The crazy thing is, according to online inflation calculators, $5 in 1996 USD is only $9 in 2022.
Oil cost (on average) $22.12 a barrel in 1996, which would be $39.64 in todays money.
The actual price of oil in 2021 was $70.68 (again, on average)
The crazy thing is, according to online inflation calculators, $5 in 1996 USD is only $9 in 2022.
I guess they need to switch to making our toys out of vegetable oil instead.![]()
I understand that. It's just surprising that plain old inflation only accounts for like half of the increase.Those calculators don't take all the other factors like materials, labor, and shipping into account.
I guess they need to switch to making our toys out of vegetable oil instead.![]()
Then you would have also ended up troop-building that Deluxe Autobot.Would've also been cool to get like a troop builder multipack with a white or black KSI Sentry and a red or silver Shadow Raider, facing off against whatever Deluxe Autobot was available.