$79.99 MR FX sabers at Best Buy
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rmschneider104
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Anyone know how these scale to the regular MR Vader saber hilts???
allosaur176
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Yes, but being i'm not a hobbit, its grossly oversized
KevVader
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Originally posted by RedTwoX+Jan 10 2006, 10:46 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RedTwoX @ Jan 10 2006, 10:46 PM)</div>
You only manufacture a warehouse full if you expect to sell a warehouse full. I doubt they are "getting rid" of them. It's possible that missjudged the number of people willing to pay $100. I think it's more likely that they hoped more would pay $100, and then worked down to find the balance point between supply and demand.
Of course I have been know to make mistake... from time to time. Oh dear, oh dear...
I am such a GEEK.
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...it's called getting rid of overstock. I'm sure MR projected the number of sales of these items which determined their production quantities. However, with the market getting close to saturated with these particular models...MR has gotta move them.
Best Buy may be using these as "loss leaders"...but I doubt it. Typically, loss leaders are high volume, low priced, high margin items that retailers can afford to take a hit on to get people in the door.
misterfusion
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The same was probably assumed regarding the Sting FX... It retailed for what? $120, that's at or above the retail of the current FX sabers. I'm sure no one thought that they could get a Sting FX for $14.99... But it DID happen. Never say never.
Prop Runner
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Not pretending to know Best Buy's marketing & sales strategies, but this could very well be a "loss leader" price. In marketing, a loss leader is an item that is sold below cost in an effort to stimulate other profitable sales. There are several varieties of these profitable sales, the most common being low-priced soda six-packs and buy one, get one free deals on liter sodas: You get the $0.99 soda six-pack, located right before the aisle of the highest-end items, such as personal hygene, and then, since you're a mindless consumer, yoou buy the enticing new $15.99 battery-operated disposable razor.
This could be the Best Buy version of a cheap six-pack: get the saber, which is located in the back, "conveniently" right next to all the big screen TVs and their eager salesmen.
- Gabe
This could be the Best Buy version of a cheap six-pack: get the saber, which is located in the back, "conveniently" right next to all the big screen TVs and their eager salesmen.
- Gabe
icemanfredtm
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walmart has them for 79.
was waiting on a new billing cycle to but it.
but when I check back , one day they are in stock the nest out of stock (anakin)
was waiting on a new billing cycle to but it.
but when I check back , one day they are in stock the nest out of stock (anakin)
MR is making running changes to the Vader ESB FX saber- for example, on mine the clamp design is entirely different from the one pictured here: http://www.fx-sabers.com/vader_ESB_tutorial.html
Instead of a metal clamp that more or less faithfully replicates the original prop (see link above), they've gone to an injection molded plastic 'clamp' sleeve with two diecast metal sidebars to replicate the 'box' portion of the clamp.
Pic of new clamp design
The overall feel of the clamp part is significantly cheapened (and looks much less accurate) when compared to the first version. To be fair, all products undergo changes and refinements in their design in order to simplify the assembly process, or cut costs, but it's not usually to the detriment of the product.
I'm sure this isn't the only change to the prop (I haven't disassembled the guts yet). Has anyone noticed similar redesigns in the Anakin Ep3 saber? Maybe this is why the sales price is dropping- MR is trying to redesign to a lower price point... Has dealer cost changed recently?
Instead of a metal clamp that more or less faithfully replicates the original prop (see link above), they've gone to an injection molded plastic 'clamp' sleeve with two diecast metal sidebars to replicate the 'box' portion of the clamp.
Pic of new clamp design
The overall feel of the clamp part is significantly cheapened (and looks much less accurate) when compared to the first version. To be fair, all products undergo changes and refinements in their design in order to simplify the assembly process, or cut costs, but it's not usually to the detriment of the product.
I'm sure this isn't the only change to the prop (I haven't disassembled the guts yet). Has anyone noticed similar redesigns in the Anakin Ep3 saber? Maybe this is why the sales price is dropping- MR is trying to redesign to a lower price point... Has dealer cost changed recently?
I recently picked up 4, MR episode III .45 scale lightsabers at Fry's Electronics for $9.99 each. They had the yoda, anakin, vader and obi-wan. IIRC the MSRP was originally like $35 each for these things.
It also looks like they have the Anakin FX's for $67.99 on their website. www.frys.com
It also looks like they have the Anakin FX's for $67.99 on their website. www.frys.com
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