HORRORBID BREAKING NEWS: The economy is bad! I know your sitting there staring at your screen shocked to have just heard that news. Our 401k's are in the garbage our stocks are about as valuable as a used condom and apparently it is nearly impossible to sell RV's these days. Not a lot of reasons to get out of bed! Except for the love of collecting sweet lady horror. You have to have that mask you've been wanting, you're going to get that new figure or poster, you can't stop the urge because of something as frivolous as money, can you?....

Follow up:

I think a lot of us are new to the fact that we might not be able to pick up the latest version of our favorite collectible. Over the years we have had the luxury of picking and choosing are most favorite items simply by the way they looked, not always by the price tag. With the way the economy is going the pinch is starting to be felt by all of us. Yes there are pockets of areas that are much worse off compared to other areas and the internet does help greatly to still get products out to the masses. But the hard facts are we are all feeling this recession.

I would say the majority of you reading this right now are experiencing some tightening of the budget due to the bank crisis. I know from my own experiences I've bought probably half the amount of collectibles last year as I did the year before. I've spoken with many artists and companies that sell horror and for the most part things have been staying fairly steady. Business is still relatively good but every is worried that things will get worse and people will by less and less.

Mask makers have certainly seen a downturn. Masks that sold for $700 in 2007 are now being offered for much less. Masks that get mentioned for sale with a $700 price tag today generally get laughed at because of how the market has changed. The good news is this is a collectors market, if you have the money it's time to BUY! BUY! BUY! Things are going for a lot less these days and that isn't a bad thing for us the consumer....

There is no doubt if things don't get better we will all feel the pinch but hopefully they will get this turned around and the sun will shine again. With all the great horror movies coming out this year and all the new collectibles it would be ashamed to have to choose food over collecting.