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Hi,

I'm talking about a trade locally with someone - what is the average price of assembled GW models, as a % of retail? - from currently available lines - nothing OOP.
Trying to establish an equitable value. They had a cash price, or trade and the trade they're looking for seems like a lot.

Thanks for the help.

Ashitaka wrote:
Hi,

I'm talking about a trade locally with someone - what is the average price of assembled GW models, as a % of retail? - from currently available lines - nothing OOP.
Trying to establish an equitable value. They had a cash price, or trade and the trade they're looking for seems like a lot.

Thanks for the help.

I'd rarely expect to get more than 30-40% MSRP

highly depend on the assembly, is it pro semi assembled for easy painting? pro prepped(mold line removal, pinning, magnetizing etc.) what type of glue is used, most pro use super glue, plastic glue make a mess of things most of the time, only time I see it being useful is bonding 2 thin plastic parts.

you get 50% above MSRP if pro, 40-50% of retail if amateur.

The value depends entirely on whether the two parties both agree whether assembly of the figures increased or decreased the value.

Scenario One: Person A sits down and puts together a box of models. Person B walks over, likes how the models were put together and is glad to avoid the hassle of putting the box together, so offers a trade of the same price.

Scenario Two: Person A sits down and puts together a box of models. Person A tries to sell the box to Person B, who thinks about all of the weapon choices and options that they can't use out of the box now. So the box of figures is worth *less* to Person B than the price that Person A paid for it.

You cannot establish an equitable trade if one person is in Scenario One and the other is in Scenario Two.

How much I'd offer in either cash or trade value would depend a lot on 1) how well it was assembled + 2) how much of a bitch it's going to be for me to paint fully assembled.