We’re all feeling the pinch of rising prices for toys, but could relief be around the corner? Richard Gottlieb thinks so:
It looks like toy manufacturers and consumers may be looking towards some pricing relief in 2009. There are a number of factors that contribute to the cost of toys made in China (and that means most toys). Three notable ones that have affected toy prices over the last twelve months have been:
- The value of the Yuan versus the Dollar
- Salary demands by Chinese factory worker
- The cost of petroleum
Read the rest here.
They should drop just by looking at gas prices alone. The economy eventually catches up to the average folk.
First time poster, love the site. Keep up the good work.
Hooray for cheaper child labor. MAKE MY TOYS FASTER AND CHEAPER CHINESE INFANTS!
Okay, not really, but that's kinda what it says. Decreasing salary demands sounds like a scary situation for those over there.
That's true. The article did bother me in that regard. My toys will be cheaper because Chinese workers will have fewer bargaining rights…um, yay?
Hey… if I wanted to be socially or environmentally conscious, I'd have a different hobby!
I'm all for slave labor to save a few cents, and then polluting the environment to get them here from over seas, and then to make my "carbon footprint" even bigger, having them put in oversized packaging with superfluous twisty ties.
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Anyone else feel that its overkill for Hasbro to use Twist Ties on every weapon in those weapon caches for star wars figures?
@Esbat… I share in your frusteration. Have you ever tried to get a Transformer out of the box?