X-Men action figures

[Bromine]

Believe it or not, I never noticed them until Friday. I always just make a B-line for the Star Wars stuff. Must have walked by them a million times without realising it.
Anyway, does anyone else think they're a tad over-priced and over-packaged? Instead of a normal blister they've got a giant clear plastic box. This is made to look neccessary by the addition of gigantic accessories. Then there's that big plastic X symbol at the top. Was that really neccessary?
They are cool figures, though. Nice articulation. If I do get any, though, I'm leaning heavily toward Sabretooth solely for the fact that you get TWO figures for the price of one!(He comes with a security guard) That beats some silly wreckage like Wolvie has.

[jjwr]

I don't see how you can say they're over priced, at Toys R Us they're $5.99 which is less than the TPM figures(I think).

I think the packaging looks great, definetly distinctive. When I get a little more money I'm gonna buy 3 or 4 more figures(have Cyclops). I'll probably get Magneto, Wolverine, Storm and Professor X.

Very cool figures, definetly well done.

[Jedieb]

Maybe Bro was looking at KB prices. ;)

Yes, the X-Men figures are very nice. The packaging isw pretty impressive, but I think toy companies today design packaging with collectors in mind. They try to design a package that can be displayed. The X-Men figures do have an attractive price point. It's hard to believe that they can be that much bigger than the POTF2/EP1 4" line and still be $2 cheaper!! But, Marvel doesn't have the merchandising muscle that Lucas does.

[jjwr]

I think the packages on those look great, would definetly look good on display. The two packs are nice too, great packaging, great price, and the figures are cool too!

[IndianaJones]

I think they look bad, personally. I'd love a Wolverine or Logan, but they look dumb. The only ones I've seen that look good are Cyc and Storm.

[Bromine]

Okay, I guess there's an international misunderstanding occuring: X-Men figures are $8.99 at Wal-Mart up here, and that's the cheapest price around. Star Wars figs WERE $9.99, but now they're all marked down a few dollars, depending on where you go.
$5.99 IS definitely reasonable for a nicely articulated liscensed figure.

[Albi Wan Yankovi]

Geez, bro... where are you?

[Bromine]

B.C., Canada. Even with the exchange rate, it's almost cheaper to go to the U.S. to buy toys.

[jjwr]

The TPM figures here are still full price but the other POFT2 stuff is down to $3 or $4 a pop(which is about what they should cost for what you get BTW). For the size of the figure, articulation and the accessories $5.99 is a great price now a days.