I'm wondering Takara, has given the FOC figures metallics to justify a price hike. Weren't the United figures original retail priced lower? Maybe Takara just wants a bigger slice of the pie considering aftermarket prices and what people are prepared to pay for popular United and Henkei figures? maybe who knows transformer toys are steadily costing more to produce?

It seems alot of the Takara releases, and Asian exclusives are trying to reap more profits from the collector market. On one hand Im happy because we will get more desirable products, but the downside is higher prices.
I'm not complaining, but there are the pros and cons.