I would imagine that people that collect Hot Wheels are far more responsible than the toxic people in this hobby.It's the grown equivalent of people that collect Hot Wheels. It definitely is entertaining to read after a long day.
I'd actually say that hobby tends to be insufferable when it comes to the collectors themselves. At least in this hobby, you have a fairly good chance of getting a popular model upon release however with Hot Wheels, the collectors will buy out new releases of some soight after car and then go to resell them for some ungodly price. Also for the most part, I've found that the collectors here tend to be nicer and more mature. There are the occasional exceptions tho.
From the retailer side it's a bit amazing as well, before I became a large retailer, another very well known retailer was actually cordial. Once I became a retailer with a lot of buying power, I became mortal enemy #1 because I infringed upon someone's world. It's crazy!!! That person has since been banned from all my social media and since has been kind of self imploding anyways.You know when I first started collecting 1/400 scale models, I really never expected the hobby to have so much drama
If only I had the startup capital, I could solve this problem in 5 seconds by starting a new manufacturer focused on models from the 70s to the 90s, made to today's standards, with fastidious QC policies and responsiveness to collector input, reviews, and criticism. His customer base would vanish in an instant.
You seem to have forgotten about the sales revenue that would be generated....as fast as your capital.
If that happens the only money that will disappear is mein. But in all honesty if I had my own brand I would have tried to 3d print the landing gears and engines to reach the highest possible accuracy
No I haven't, but I think I'm aware of what it would take beforehand to generate revenue with a niche product. I can't image you'd get out of all this with anything at least close to a positive ROI.
