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Re: New Knight's Kingdom Prices
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:03:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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Actually, there’ve been three Bionicle-related McPromos, although the middle
one didn’t come with actual sets. In mid-May 2002, the
Bohrok Swarm trading card packs
were released with “Big Kid” meals.
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I wasn’t really counting that promo specifically because it didn’t involve any
manufactured plastic parts. Besides, not only was the promo restricted to
playing cards, but they were actually produced by Upper Deck, not TLC, so I’m
not sure how much they count. I know most AFOLs wouldn’t even count the most
recent promo as “LEGO toys” (some still don’t refuse to count the actual
BIONICLE sets, for that matter).
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Back on topic: the larger Knights’ Kingdom figures are on a par with the
Bionicle Toa/Rahkshi/Vahki price point and set count, so that’s not bad. But
I see what is meant by the high price for
Vladek Encounter, same price for not a lot of stuff. The larger castle sets
seem like a better value, with a price per piece about half that of the
Encounter.
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I did some piece/price comparisons between some of the various themes a few
months ago, and the numbers are all across the board. SW sets had the lowest
piece-count at some price points and the highest piece-count at others, which
doesn’t really mesh with the theory that SW sets are always priced higher due to
the licensing fees. The one thing that seems to hold true is that minifigs
heavily influence the price structure, with $10 sets in 2003 ranging from
68-120pcs when they included one minifig, and 197-290pcs when they included
none. One set even included two minifigs at 37pcs, but it also had a large
playmat and the minfigs were the NBA springy-legged variety, so...
The presence of a horse in this KK2 set probably also affected the price a bit.
Still, SW had two sets last year that each contained two humanoid minifigs (R2
doesn’t come pre-built, so he doesn’t count), had similar piece counts (39-44)
and cost two bucks less (really makes me wonder about that horse now). When you
think about it, minifig legs require three pieces be pre-assembled, and minifig
torsos require that six pieces be pre-assembled, so it seems logical that they
should be priced higher than nine similarly sized bricks because of the
increased processing time on what are probably very specialized machines.
Still, two years ago the $10 Werewolf Ambush had 110 pieces while it included
3-2/3 minifigs, which doesn’t make any sense compared to the 2003 pricing.
Man, every time I think I’m getting a handle on how minifig sets are priced, I
keep finding examples that run completely counter to my theories. Now I’m
beginning to wonder if the prices might be directly tied to the size of the box
(which could explain why the Spybotics boxes were so pointlessly huge).
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