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#8991 |
Cobra Sith Lord
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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I am not a fan of scalping in the slightest. BUT, I will say if it weren't for ebay I would not have been able to go back and get all the figures I missed since I didn't jump on this line until this past X-mas.
So figures like the exclusive color-changing Zartan, Firefly, Bludd and quite a few others were only able to be in my collection because of ebay. I suspect there are just as many FOMO collectors buying stuff on ebay as there are folks like me who just missed out on the first couple of years of the line and had to play "catch-up", if you will.
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#8992 |
At ease, Disease!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Parris Island
Posts: 3,790
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I am not a fan of scalping in the slightest. BUT, I will say if it weren't for ebay I would not have been able to go back and get all the figures I missed since I didn't jump on this line until this past X-mas.
So figures like the exclusive color-changing Zartan, Firefly, Bludd and quite a few others were only able to be in my collection because of ebay. I suspect there are just as many FOMO collectors buying stuff on ebay as there are folks like me who just missed out the couple of years of the line and had to play "catch-up", if you will.
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#8993 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,799
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Which is very much what I mean. See Walmart canceling people's pre-orders for exclusives but then their "third party sellers" on Walmart.com are selling these same exclusives for a 200% mark-up. Or Amazon's Roadblock popping up only from 3rd party sellers at an exorbitant price.
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#8994 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,875
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Hasbro went super wide with those GI JOE care packages. More youtubers received this package than any other line I can remember. They are flexing. They are confident in their product.
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#8995 |
Space Cadet
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: The southern side of stability
Posts: 2,141
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See, that's the problem. It's not a problem for either. Product is ordered, produced and paid for, and profits are received. The problem is with us collectors being incapable of understanding it's all, and only about the numbers, not the holes on our shelves nor the extent of effort/strain required by us to fill them. It will never be about the latter.
A necessary "evil." Scalpers and EbaY have taken the place of comic book/toy store owners and the booth runners in yesteryear's convention halls. The blessing in disguise is that if it weren't for places like EbaY, we might very well be paying even more (as anybody who collected comics pre-EbaY can testify to). On Nam?s second point yes although eBay is full of trash sellers it is like a big s flea market that keeps many prices lower than trashy comic ?dealers?
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#8996 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Deerfield Beach, FL.
Posts: 3,323
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Not from Dorkside, but I ordered 2 BATS and 2 Alley Vipers each from GameStop and BBTS on day 1. GameStop shipped the BATS in January and cancelled the BATS from BBTS, but the GS Alley Vipers are still "awaiting product availability." The BBTS ALLEY Vipers finally arrived at the end of April and are in my pile of loot. I haven't decided if i'm going to cancel the GS Alley Vipers or hold out and keep them. <shrug>
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#8997 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Do I really live?
Posts: 1,786
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Let word of mouth and the market place spread how great the figures are... Not pandering to sycophants on Utube.
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#8998 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Des Moines
Posts: 899
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Seriously. First it was scalping, now it's infinite reveals and no product that is hurting this line, to me. |
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#8999 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Des Moines
Posts: 899
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A local Target had two Alleys, one BAT the other day. They're coming! |
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Crimson Guard
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Northern California
Posts: 2,875
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It?s marketing 101, the influencers increase awareness of the brand as a whole, not just for the current wave. |
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