Boss Fight Studios 1/12 and EPIC HACKS

[GrumpyMatt]

Norm is right. It's already $60 for the "basic" figure. I can't see the accessory pack being less than $30 and I feel like it's going to be closer to $40.

Whatever, I haven't preordered HB yet and it's very likely I never will and will just be happy with what I already have.

The note on different styles and sizes is slightly interesting.

 

[Damien]

So is selling this separately the result of the voodoo math for the figure production cost, or just the urge to double dip?

My guess is that the coat is 90% of the cost of that accessory pack, and they couldn't cost out putting it with the figure AND having the figure be under the MSRP they wanted to hit. The most logical thing to do is take out the expensive secondary piece, put it in a pack with a few less-expensive-to-produce accessories. Now customers can still get the entire set, but you can also still accurately claim you're selling Hellboy for under X dollars.

 

[RicksNerdLife]

That's dirty.

 

[Ashtalon]

Ooof. The basic Hellboy figure already seemed a bit expensive. And now the coat is costing more. This is creeping up to 1000toys level, although not quite there yet. But still...it's like a glancing blow to the nuts. Which can sometimes feel worse.

 

[TheGillMan]

I really like the look of that pack, but yeah...I'm already dropping more than I want to just to have Red and Lobster in my collection. Unless it's REALLY reasonable (and this is the modern Boss Fight...we know it won't be), then I think I'll likely be skipping it altogether and just sticking with the figures themselves.

 

[TheSameIdiot]

I plugged "Hellboy" into the BBTS search to see how the accessory pack fist differed from what was solicited with the figure, and the 1000toys version came up first. Between the price, articulation, and the owner's shady business history, this might be a cancel for me. RHOD aside, the 1000toys version looks better.

 

[bat]

Neil was on my list of like, five men I was like "PLEASE DON'T LET ME DOWN." I don't think I have anybody left on that list. Not that they all let me down, but there were so few I just don't want to admire anyone anymore. I'll never go back to Neil, but that's because it felt like a personal affront.

My line for consuming their work is if they're still a) actively making money off it and b) still actively bad people. There's a few writers who were outed as sleazy, disappeared, might write a TV episode or a novella once in a while and basically owned their banishment and went away. I don't hold them nearly in the contempt of folks who try to brush things off. And then you've got Joann who just invents new ways to be shitty every day. I think of how James Gunn got called out for some shitty statements from 18 years ago - you can become better over time if you say harmful things. Nobody's perfect, but you can choose to double down or be better.

Meanwhile, Lovecraft was a garbage human, but he's dead and his work is in the public domain. I'll still read his stuff sometimes because there's no ongoing harm.

I don't think humans are all irredeemable but it's the ones who tell you what they are and continue to do harm that I write off completely.

I reckon there's a lot of dead men who created characters in toy lines I love I wouldn't respect if they were still kicking, but they've shuffled off this mortal coil, so enjoying their work feels less dirty to me.

The problem is that we don't have sufficient repercussions for bad behavior among the powerful nor any protections or recompense for the powerless. There's no institutions with will and authority to bring the powerful to account through channels outside of their power. Lacking such FAFO mechanisms under capitalism - a system that definitionally rewards exploitation - virtually assures that the worst actors rise to the top. I'm a scientist and have had my best, most impactful work stolen by big names in my field. And why wouldn't that be the case? There is obvious advantage to cheating and no career detriment for cheating such that cheaters win and must win. It is unsurprising to me when prominent people in a field are outed as abusive or labor stealers or worse. This is what we select for.