Thread 11532177

We took their mortal kombat line for granted

>>11532177 (OP)
We have Baki Arena now though. So that's a win.

>>11532184
and Cho Aniki

>>11532184
So fucking excited for this figgie.

What's the deal with Storm Arena prices? They're very good at BBTS, but not so much in other places, including Gundamit which is a Chinese store and should logically be a good option to buy a Chinese brand.
I'm in Europe trying to figure what the least stupid place to buy them would be, looking at local stores now.

>>11532177 (OP)
Now customers will see the horror of the McFarlane price increases first hand

>>11532177 (OP)
I hope they haven't abandoned Soulcalibur entirely. I still need a good Nightmare figure(either II or VI), and I know that Ivy, Xianghua, and Talim would sell. Probably Voldo as well.

>>11532177 (OP)
>We took their mortal kombat line for granted
>Wanted $100+ a figure
>figures had qc problems at that price point
>Mostly made ninja repaints
>never completed the cast of any of the games
>only ever made one female character

>>11532300
all true and yet still better than mcfarlane

>>11532300
I wouldn't buy either. $100 is too much for Storm's quality, and $30 is too much for McFarlane's.

>>11532177 (OP)
>We took their 6 scorpion recolors for granted
ok

>>11532299
SC gets zero respect. Feels bad.

>>11532299
forgot I even had Taki and her soft pointy boobies plate. I want Ivy first dammit, but I wouldnt mind them ending with Nightmare neither. Also any of the later Lizardmen

>>11532226
You know, I was wondering the same thing. I bought Fei Long there because it was the cheapest place (every other import is more expensive there though).
Next time I'm going to use nin nin because they bought back a payment method where I can avoid taxes

>>11532339
Honestly I didn't like Taki or any of the female character that SC did, except Juri. The faces are weird and the body is kind of shit too but they do know how to do males

>>11532226
Greedy sellers knew they are in demand right now and getting out of stock until end of the month. Even people I know who dont usually buy figures have them. But they fuck up because one of the appeal of storm arena is being affordable.

>>11532687
$30 for action figgies is not affordable.

>>11532177 (OP)
They should have release it under storm arena sooner. I wish they would re-release their old figures in that line too like Tyson and Kengan.

>>11532226
BBTS has a good relationship with them so more or less their intended retail price. Everywhere else is price gouging their figures due to demand basically.

>>11532226
Gundamit is cheaper for most countries. Taxes and shipping are mostly included. Buying one at BBTS from most countries will end up costing $70~80 or something.

>>11532720
This! It should be free!

Hands down the best Lobo figure we'll ever get.
Just a shame they never finished putting out his space hawg

>>11533412
Are they just not supposed to be sold anywhere other than china then or what? unless you buy them directly from storm or bbts there is always a markup

>>11533496
Wait for the Mafex.

>>11533412
Choosing Gundamit would typically be a no-brainer for those reasons, but the thing is, Dan Hibiki is $30 in BBTS and $49 in Gundamit, which is ridiculous even if it might still be the cheaper option total.

If I take a look at other random Chinese figures for example it's like:
BBTS $78 vs Gundamit $62
BBTS $100 vs Gundamit $77
But it's the other way around with Storm Arena.

>>11533506
That's the point: it's not a real markup. Most buyers would have to pay more if they were buying these from most of the other retailers. On Gundamit (and some others) you pay these (reduced) extra costs upfront. Buy from somewhere else that isn't including these costs and you'll end up having to pay customs fees and shit with some extra costs added by your gouvernment/local operator.

The real isssue is that most countries have terrible importing practices.

>>11534163
SA figures have low prices yet they still cost the same to ship as more expensive ones of the same size and parts of the taxes are flat fees for most regions. It's not the other way around because it's Storm Arena, it's the other way around because they are chinese figures with a cheap base price. Same thing happens all the time with the cheaper Hiya figures.


tl;dr: it sucks but the retailers are not responsible, shitty importing laws are.

>>11533496
It should be white like a sheet of paper, not blue-grey.

>>11532177 (OP)
If they brought Mortal Kombat back under Storm Arena I'd be all over that shit. McFarlane's Mortal Kombat figures look terrible and have giant pegs, and I'd rather have 1/12 scale anyway.

>>11535006
>GOD I'd be kicking so much chunky little ASS if I got my hands on a couple of bad boys over on here instead of those mcfartys shitin around instead of a true kino 1/12 scale supremo that gives me a bonerino

>>11534984
I'm not seeing it. Gundammit has stuff that's like $15 with shipping and taxes included. If they have a flat-tish extra cost they must factor in their offering price, that cost is not $19 over the cost of an item that has already been shipped from China to BBTS.

>>11535041
Also, to bring a comparison to an item closer in price and size that doesn't skew the math, Gundamit has Dan Hibiki at almost the same price as a Xesray figure.

Gundamit prices: Dan Hibiki $49; Xesray gladiatrix $56
BBTS prices for those items: Dan Hibiki $30; Xesray gladiatrix $58

There's something going on that is not the same for one figure and the other.

>>11535041
>$15
Minimis
>>11535045
Storm is a big company stores can buy from directly. Xesray is a small studio, you have to buy their stuff through wholesalers/3p distributors. In this case, Gundamit isn't cheaper, BBTS is more expensive.

>>11532177 (OP)
I thought they removed the ab thing. Any update whether they wen through with this?

>>11535524
>Minimis
What do you mean? De Minimis is already gone from China to US shipping since around May or so

>>11532177 (OP)
What's their reasoning for not starting in the true 1/12 scale (Storm Arena). The success of Ryu and Ken proved that they should have done those from the start.
Anyway I have a crazy theory that Storm was the one releasing those bootleg Baki's to test the market.

Did someone got Kim or any of the new releases? I really want Kim, he's one of my favorites characters to use but I can't get him now

>>11537254
Pretty sure it staying know certain figures. Like the new baki has it.

When the actual fuck is that Arena Baki releasing jesus christ

>>11537254
Pls don't get rid of it, I love that kind of articulation.

>>11537254
The joint is so tiny i cannot imagine that could support all of his upper torso's girth

>>11539292
September

This arrived broken today.

>>11540849
Yikes, I'm so sorry anon

>>11540849
Dang, that sucks. Hope you can get a replacement. It's a great figure.

>>11532177 (OP)
Nash (not the kwab one) is here.

>>11541973
>(not the kwab one)
'Fraid he is, actually.
Nash got raped by bison in sf2 ce

>>11542538
Why does media always do this?

"Let objective evil go to ramage and kill again since it won't bring his victims back!"

>>11541825
Replacement is on the way, and they're letting me keep the broken one, so that's pretty decent!

>>11542865
Broken hoof isn't too noticeable and should glue on pretty easily, so I guess I'll be a 2 Motaro household.

>>11542865
Hell yeah! Was this bbts? It sounds like them.

>>11542865
Neat

>>11542920
Yeah, it was from BBTS.

>>11533596
The Mafex will be tiny compared to the Storm. At most, he will be Mafex Bane sized.

>>11542892
>>11542948
I wonder if they would do the same if I don't live in the US. I only bought for them one time and luckily he didn't have any problem

>>11544288
Different anon here.
I live in the EU.

I once got a breakage on a 2-pack. Precisely, it was the infamously easily breakable shoulder on Storm Collectibles Golden Axe lizard skeleton 2-pack. One of the two figures broke before I could even feel I was exerting excessive force; I dropped the second in boiling water and managed to unlock it.
Asked for a replacement. They called me by phone to talk about it. I think they offered to either give me another set to my pile of loot (iirc I would need to pay shipping and taxes normally) or a full refund to my wallet. I chose the wallet refund since they were just skeletons after all, not a character I absolutely needed intact. They refunded me fully even though I told them I would be ok with a partial refund since only one of the figures broke, so that was nice.
If you choose a replacement maybe you can ask them to mark it as replacement to avoid paying taxes or whatever, I don't know.

(I eventually bought a second set during a sale; I think they are still available and on discount)

>>11544344
(recalling about it, maybe they offered to ship it for free too if I chose that, idk, my experience was good, but I'm sorry I don't remember what actually matters, I was happy with the broken skeleton and my money back)

>>11544344
Oh I'm sure my country would still make me pay taxes anyway but it's nice to know

>>11542892
Can I have the broken one? Haha.

>>11544682
Sorry, I've grown attached to the fella.

>>11545853
can I have the one who isn't broken? haha just kidding... unless

>>11545853
>>11546832
I call dibs on Kintaro

>>11545853
Well they do look like good minions. I'm gonna be honest, I'm really jealous. The one time I got a defective figure they ask for the figure back. The return/replacement was free though but I thought I was gonna get two figures.

>>11547202
where did you order from? I had a similar experience as Motaro-anon. I bought Akuma and his ankle joint was ready to snap off. Emailed bbts with photo proof, they told me the replacement was on it's way and I could keep the defective figure.

Can't wait for M Bison next month. Anyone else pre-order T Hawk?

>>11547758
I have bison and space adventure cobra preordered
I don't have enough of the rest of the cast to want to preorder t hawk, he was never one of my favorites
I hope they do dhalsim next

>>11547758
Fei Long is the only one I'm not interested for me.

>>11547933
That's a shame men, he's a great figure. He has great balance and I like the accesories

I think I'm going to sell my Heihachi after all this years. How much do you guys think I could get for him? I saw going between 130 and more than 200 dollars. What do you guys think? His legs are a little loose because I used too much shock oil

>>11548728

Heihachi can sell for a pretty buck, but it seems like the tekken line resale prices are pretty low.

>>11548728
Depends on your intention. Is it to gain, emergency or just clearing space.

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