It's for Malaysia and Singapore as far as I know, and I guess other countries in SE Asia as well. That's the thing, everyone else in the world already gone thru the price increase, only in our region price has been the same for 7 years plus..

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Added on October 11, 2007, 8:25 amYeah, that would have been the ideal situation. If the price had increased RM1 every 2 years since 2000 then now we will be at RM13 per pack already, and won't have this shock increase

So what do you guys think, will you still play Magic at this price ah?

This post has been edited by Fyrekat: Oct 11 2007, 08:25 AM

i think the change here is for the suggested retail price. unless the distributors price changes, packs should stay the same in malaysia. the price increase worldwide happened because wizards increased the distributors price. if there's going to be an actual increase in pack prices in malaysia, it should be rm1 extra and no more than that.

When WotC increase the MSRP you think they just keep the price the same for distributors? I doubt that WotC increase the retail price only for distributor or retailer to earn more...

this is from my understanding ...

wizards have pulled the distributorship from CC. Now retailors have 2 deal directly with Hasbro Malaysia. Also ... the cost of products have actualli gone up .........

That day Aunty already told me the price will went up, but neva expect they will lost the distributionship. Somemore happen so fast

This message is not meant in any seriousness

However, from an economic perspective, we cannot (justifiably) suggest that RM1 every 2 years since 2000 is preferable to RM13 now.

Assume for simplicity sake, that:
2001: X packs consumed RM10
2002: X packs consumed RM10
2003: X packs consumed RM11
2004: X packs consumed RM11
2005: X packs consumed RM12
2006: X packs consumed RM12
2007: X packs consumed RM13
and interest rate between 2001 and 2007 is constant r

You would have saved X*(1+r)^4 + X*(1+r)^3 + 2X*(1+r)^2+2X*(1+r) by having the entire increase in 2007, assuming that X and r is non-zero.

So, while we complain about the shock, we should be thankful that we have RM13 now, as opposed to RM1 every 2 years previously (if those are the 2 options we are comparing against).

From an economic perspective, the appropriate comparison is the RM13*X you are spending now against other opportunities (i.e. the opportunity cost of the money you are spending on this hobby relative to what you could spend elsewhere e.g. Adrian's visits to the massage parlour or Aniki's Armada home )

Even Armada hasn't gone up by 30%. Think RM188 has been around for at least 3-4 years!

This post has been edited by Playbook: Oct 11 2007, 12:55 PM

How did they lose the distributorship? Thought they were doing a good job? They actually promoted Magic quite a bit, right, with their tourney centre.

Think maybe CC selling too cheap ?

mark, stop your armada theory okay...dun drag me into it

This post has been edited by 7chai: Oct 11 2007, 12:58 PM

Sigh, so Hasbro decides to step in now and screw us all over. Will they be like hosting tourneys as well?

armada???
well the price icnrease would be not so bad but for some players (including me) its too sudden T.T

Ugh, one look at the formula already I know it's better for my brain we only have 1 increase now

Anyway, that was my point la, that if we look at this from the positive point of view then we've enjoyed a low price all these years compared to others.

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Added on October 11, 2007, 2:35 pmIt's just like the petrol increase la... all this time RM1.10 we all happy happy, then in the space of what, 2 years? Shoot to RM1.92 and everyone also kena like hell

This post has been edited by Fyrekat: Oct 11 2007, 02:35 PM

overall i dun think lots of players would be quitting since i'm sure many would have invested in lworyn (i've invested in time spiral block instead as lowryn doesnt suit my playing style)...

after playing decks with teachings and houseguard, i'm not used to deck without tutoring anymore lol...

Hahahaha... Its true... theoretically increasing Rm 1 every 2 years is more disadvantageous if u think of it that way... but it is just not an ease to the eye for the price trend la... thats all im saying... anyways... hell with it... im forced to play by myself... cannot stop... magic is really a stupid game... and lets ask wizard to stop with this short set... considering increase in price already put a hole in our pockets... dont make too much set hahaha

This is bad for NEW players who are just begginning to enjoy playing Magic...Money will be their biggest hindrance. But for the majority who are deeply into the game (or should I say too addicted ) like me, a 2RM or 3RM wouldnt really matter...Given the fact that everything else increases in price anyway, then it should be ok!

And by the way, just look at those players who attended the FNM last nyt at Manawerx, man Im betting they wouldnt mind adding extra RM to feed their decks with new pieces from Lorwyn since were gonna say bye bye to shock lands, hierachs and confidants soon...

Just my two cents

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Added on October 11, 2007, 9:36 pmEi goodluck on yout PT dude! Hopefully we could see you on some feature match via podcast

This post has been edited by Flatscan: Oct 11 2007, 09:37 PM

Actually don't need to wait for the fatpack to get the book because the day b4 prerelease I saw Lowryn's book on sale in a bookshop. Cost RM33.90 (If I am not mistaken)

wow..is cool magic gatering ... unluck i donno magic..

I think he wants the fatpack so that he can get the book together with the boosters and of course the cool storage box and dice! If just the book alone then not shiok la!

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Added on October 12, 2007, 8:13 amI don't think they will host the tournaments, that should remain the same as Hasbro only taking over the distribution. But whether tournament fee will go up... ???

This post has been edited by Fyrekat: Oct 12 2007, 08:13 AM

Will be meeting Flatscan and Kal_Spawn at Manawerx today - 7pm to about 730/745pm - if anyone wants anything else, any other card requests, pm me...

have a lurvely day.

PT valencia banjir oii hahahahah

How much do fat packs cost? Do you have any idea?