Has anyone bought any non import figure here? How much was the tariff surcharge?

I'm not from the US so i get my Mezco figures from BBTS and i've been wandering about this and since Mezco is based on the US i'm hopping the price increase won't be that high as with other figures.

>>11429534 (OP)
Did anyone notice BBTS changed their website the other day? At least for mobile.

>>11429534 (OP)
I can't bother to do the math, but Marvel Legends Maximum Hulk, a $60 figure, is in stock at their website right now and has a $7 upcharge on it. So, your Mezco figures should have an additional surcharge of $10 or som maybe a tad less. Although, it seems they double backed and if you pre ordered before May 9th or whatever, they're not hitting you with tariff fees. I had a few pre orders left with them, and was just charged for ML Archangel, who I pre ordered before the tariff stuff, and I paid $39.99 for him while currently, he's listed as $44.99. So, anything you preordered previously should be safe.

>>11429535
PC as well. Not a fan.

>>11429534 (OP)
>Mezco is based on the US
They are still importing/manufacturing their plastic from somewhere else - Vietnam, China - somewhere.

>>11429534 (OP)
I got an email yesterday regarding a figure I had preordered (MOTU Masterverse) that had increased in price compared to previous waves when they listed it due to the tariff bullshit, and they said that the price will now be lowered back down to the price of previous waves. But I think Mattel manufacture them in Vietnam, not China, so the case with Mezco may not be the same.

>>11429593
>>11429769
Thanks! Did they asked you if you wanted to cancel before charging you for the figures? I have the LINGJIHUN turtles too but i want to cancel them and buy those directly from China instead.

>>11429655
Yeah but i was hoping the tariffs to be lower than a chinese brand figure.

>>11430564
>Thanks! Did they asked you if you wanted to cancel before charging you for the figures?
No, but like I said, my pre orders were from prior to the "lock in" date or whatever and I didn't pay any extra, I paid the original price from before the tariff shit.

>>11430564
there's this weird period between july and august where things from Vietnam will cost more than a Chinese figure due to the timing of when the 90 day pause for 10% ends and returns to 46% and 90 pause for China at 30% is still ongoing.

>>11433378
I just want the shit I've been waiting on before the 90 day period is over and he starts his tantrums again, dammit.

>>11431347
Burgers can't go 5 minutes without burgering.

>>11433378
Damn i guess i'll just bite the bullet since there isn't really another place i can get my Mezco figures and i really want their beetlejuice figure.

>>11433395
Same man, i still have some figures pre-ordered on BBTS, this sucks...

>>11429534 (OP)
Joel Boblit is from that one tribe and has TDS pretty bad. He can't part with a cent, but then again BBTS is pretty niche and can't afford to eat tariffs like other importers. If we are all patient and chill for a bit you won't get taken for a ride.

>>11435640
>TDS

>>11435640
I'm boycotting any toy store that raises their prices above MSRP. Which means I am currently boycotting every toy store and a lot of non-toy stores. Needless to say, I'm pretty much close to done collecting even just out of a lack of places to order from.

>>11435834
>boycotting stores that must raise prices vs boycotting the government responsible for making them raise

whew lad

>>11435834
Let me guess, you think a store should actually pay to sell products instead of profit from selling products lmao

>>11435640
this anon had no idea how right he would be

>>11435859
They are forbidden from questioning glorious leader.

>>11435939
I was trying to tell everyone to just chill and hold off on buying stuff for a few weeks! The tariff situation will expose which online/brick n mortar retailers are going to try and gouge their customers when they level out.

>>11436245
The trade expansion act of 1962 gives the president the ability to charge tariffs. The judges are saying "we don't feel there's an emergency" which isn't interpreting the Constitution, but ruling based on their opinion. It'll get overturned.

>>11436603
>trade expansion act of 1962
That Act gives the President authority to negotiate tariff reductions, not increace it. It's meant to boost trade internationally and not cut us off from the world trade.

>>11436603
>>11436611
MAGA has to prove there's a national security threat on import toys to warrant the tarriffs they are trying to impose on them.

>>11436632
Idk some kind of toy brand I think

>>11436632
>>11436639
I think they are the ones who make the cloth-suited figures.

>>11435859
I can boycott a toy store. How can I boycott a government? I don't have a choice what country I was born in and I can't get out. I'm literally trapped in the US. If I could go to Europe I would.

>>11435866
No, I think if they can't keep the figures at MSRP then they shouldn't sell the figures at all.

>>11436603
Shut the fuck up

>>11437040
So... You think they should just stop existing and shut their doors? Like I really don't understand how you can have this stance despite it making zero sense. You think that they should eat costs which would make existing as a business impossible.

>>11436603
Why do you want a dictatorship so badly?

>>11437579
Why can't you fat lazy Americans make anything worth a shit?

>>11437583
Someone has to employ you. If the third worlders aren't given jobs they fuck babies and animals.

>>11437583
You should be in the factory gears Kenny

BBTS is the last place you should be going for imports in the first place.

>>11437272
>You think they should just stop existing and shut their doors?
Yes. This would solve a lot of problems with the action figure industry.

>Like I really don't understand how you can have this stance despite it making zero sense.
The problem is figures getting prices inflated and idiots paying that much because they see Character From Nostalgic Comic Book and so they must buy it, even for $60+.

The industry would contract heavily under such conditions now given that almost every retailer is charging over MSRP. That would mean less opportunities for sales. Many producers of poor quality figures would no longer be able to keep producing figures. And if it means the entire action figure industry just implodes, at least the people addicted to plastic will be saved from themselves.

>>11438691
I know, i only use it for Mezco figures or some chinese figures when i need to use BBTS warehouse (wich i like and Chinese stores doesn't have).

>>11438691
You're wrong

>>11439619
What a retarded viewpoint. And most importantly, the people selling the cheap shit? They're probably the ones who would survive. It's more expensive, quality stuff that would be the first to go.


You're a good reminder of how fucking stupid people are that comment on these tariff issues.

>>11439982
I said poor quality, not cheap figures. Poor quality doesn't always have to be cheap. Look at McFarlane with that $50 4 POA Kaiju megafig he is releasing, or his overpriced collectors edition line (now $35). Poor quality, and not so cheap, at least for what they offer.

The best quality figures are almost exclusively Japanese and they would survive without retailers like BBTS, EE, Amazon, or Gamestop, because they aim to sell figures in Japan to Japanese people and the western market is a secondary concern.

If by cheap crap surviving you mean like Spinmaster or Playmates. Sure, those would survive, because price exploitation doesn't work on toy lines that are actually aimed at kids; only ones aimed at people with more money than sense. Besides, companies like Spinmaster or Playmates are irrelevant to collectors and aren't worth even considering.

Would Hasbro and Mattel survive? If you've noticed, they have shifted a huge portion of their lines to "fan channel" and Amazon because retailers will not put up with their frequent failures, and they are top heavy and unable to react quickly to change. They would likely be unable to continue most lines. Only if they could quickly transition to selling most of their product via Pulse/Mattel creations and fans accepted buying them there could they stay afloat. Otherwise those would be the two biggest "cheap crap collectibles" companies out of making action figures.

The tariffs are gone so why are their pricings still saying "excludes tariffs"

>>11445296
tariffs aren't gone dimwit - they are paused for 90 days, and even if they stay where they are RIGHT NOW they are 30% on china for toy classed products, ergo they still are gonna charge them because they can.

>>11445296
The tariffs are still here and are still a looming threat to get worse. Pay attention for once in your life.

>>11445678
Damn, guess America has to invade the middle east again to secure world freedom so burgers can get their BBTS preorders in on time for touch down at the half point.

>>11445710
good one man