Well, maybe I am not looking in the right places with the new forum organization, but this was posted on the WotC Star Wars Minis forums by WizO_Tao, but effects multiple lines:

Ow. Not really surprising, but very annoying.

Cheers!

Ow. Not really surprising, but very annoying.[/QUOTE]The surprising part to me was the short fuse date- One month notice? After a great many Bounty Hunter cases have been presold?

It stinks.  It smells of something...

It's not unexpected as we were discussing this about 2 months ago regarding DDM packs. 

Very sad, very sad. 

It had to happen sooner or later.  I wonder how this will affect:

1) singles prices from eBay sellers
2) average and median prices on madda's list (though I'd expect it will take a couple months to filter through)

For example, if the Cleric of Order sells for $3.50 today (random guess), then, with a 16% increase in booster prices, will the Cleric of Order eventually also take that hit and get valued at $4.06?  And, how long will it take for the price increase in boosters to affect price increases in both singles and out-of-print pieces?

Let's say the Pit Fiend becomes a highly-sought-after piece (like the Balor has been).  If the Balor's madda-price was $20 (total guess), will the Pit Fiend's be similar?  And, will that similarity reflect the increase (i.e. $23.20)?  Will that increase pull up the Balor's price too, or is it a recent enough addition to the collections that it's equilibrium price will avoid the increase?

Tough to foresee.

Dave

[QUOTE]gss_000 wrote
I don't think there is such a big conspiracy as you said other than just keeping a profit margin in the cost of rising prices.

If it helps matters, I'm surprised that there wasn't a greater increase for SWM and AAM.  Realize that each box makes less of a profit than DDM because they have to pay for licensing as well as everything else, unlike DDM which they hold all the intellectual property outright.

Man, topics like this always start getting me in a "I remember a time when bread was a nickle!" mode.
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Point of fact, Hasbro owns Axis and Allies, so there is no licensing fee...  That said, AAM were already priced at $14.99 (though you got 9 miniatures, and the tanks were assembles with movable pices via screws...).

Bounty Hunters had better be a WOW set through and through.  I'm already hearing from some younger buyers (i.e. High School and College kids) that a 2nd Huge set after just 1 normal set was going to be difficult for them to manage.

Still, I can't say I'm surprised.  However, If Harbinger had premiered at $14.99, I'm not sure I'd have gotten hooked the way I did when they were $9.99....

Pat E

FYI, I'm afraid the price increase may effect DDM sooner than we thought.

I'm not surprised by the AT_AT to be honest.  It still is on shelves at it's price point, but they haven't announced the AT-TE.  That said, they actually ADDED to teh CRD.  The original had standard wings, the production figure includes clear plastic wings, so I'm not so sure about that part.

Pat E