[Gm79]

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Originally Posted by Cobra trooperc

That would be the reason I would get it. Though I am bummed that you have to get the Hunter tank then buy the attachments to make the Wolverine or the Bridge layer.

Agreed, but $230 for the Bridge Layer and $200 for the Wolverine don?t seem to out of line and you?d still have the option of displaying it as a standard tank when you wanted to change it up

[GIJohn88]

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Originally Posted by Apocalyptick

Everything for SDCC is a lottery. Tickets, hotel, and even the big exclusives. This year Hasbro joined the lottery system for exclusives, so you had to choose a day and time with one or more of your alloted tokens (12 a day) to get a chance to go to the booth to purchase exclusives. Last year, they just had a card that you could pick up in the booth with a code, log on to Pulse, and purchase what you wanted.

On that topic, for people going to SDCC this year, did you get a Hasbro time slot. I got one for Saturday. Tried to get Funko again and didn't. The 10+ years going to SDCC, and I have never got Funko.

I am fascinated by this. So you have to win a lottery just to be able to buy something even if you are physically there? Why not just have the various booths floating 1000 yards off shore and make people swim to them? Find out who REALLY wants what then.

[wehrmanm]

So you can spend hundreds of dollars at SDCC and still *not* get a reasonable chance at buying the exclusives you want?

I've been told not to yuck another person's yum, but wow, what a colossally f****** stupid thing to attend. Might as well use a fraction of that money and chance getting CC on Pulse; heck, even spending $100 for it on eBay would leave you financially way ahead of all the SDCC costs.

[Cobra trooperc]

Good news is there is nothing I am interested in. The Once a Man Commander I really am not jumping up and down for to be honest.

[DPrime]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

So you can spend hundreds of dollars at SDCC and still *not* get a reasonable chance at buying the exclusives you want?

I've been told not to yuck another person's yum, but wow, what a colossally f****** stupid thing to attend. Might as well use a fraction of that money and chance getting CC on Pulse; heck, even spending $100 for it on eBay would leave you financially way ahead of all the SDCC costs.

Agreed. I used to dream of going to SDCC - I don't want to go anywhere near it now. Just looks WAYYY too expensive and honestly just a big PITA.

I kind of feel the same way about Disneyworld, and increasingly, a lot of concert festivals... I don't mind crowds, but they are getting out of control, and price-gouging everything to absurd amounts, ugh. I'm so sick of it.

[SuburbanHell]

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

I agree with you 100%. They are the National Enquirer of Toy News. Even the layout and composition style is similar LOL

I'll remember that the next time I get a Google alert from them. 😂

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Originally Posted by CobraChaos

Raptor looks like Hawkman joined Cobra.

Right? It's so bad. I hope the real one won't be anything like that.

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

So you can spend hundreds of dollars at SDCC and still *not* get a reasonable chance at buying the exclusives you want?

I've been told not to yuck another person's yum, but wow, what a colossally f****** stupid thing to attend. Might as well use a fraction of that money and chance getting CC on Pulse; heck, even spending $100 for it on eBay would leave you financially way ahead of all the SDCC costs.

I have to agree, that seems kind of ridiculous. Worst part is there's scalpers spending that kind of money just to upcharge these figures for those people who actually want the figures by a crazy amount. 😩

[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by DPrime

Agreed. I used to dream of going to SDCC - I don't want to go anywhere near it now. Just looks WAYYY too expensive and honestly just a big PITA.

I kind of feel the same way about Disneyworld, and increasingly, a lot of concert festivals... I don't mind crowds, but they are getting out of control, and price-gouging everything to absurd amounts, ugh. I'm so sick of it.

That right there .

My cousin that lives in sacramento and i went back in 2014 what a shit show its cool and im glad i went but now , you couldnt pay me to go , disney world i took my son there 3 different times when he was younger w/whoever i was dating @ the time and those were good times but now never , and my good friend down here his wife has the lifetime memebership or something like that to disney world she goes 30-40 times a year ,
Concerts are the same way even my girl isnt in the mood for it and its not our age either its the mentality/entitled bullshit that follows those type of venues around and the target demographic audience doesnt help it either .
And not to mention literally getting rapes through your cc whilst paying for it is just as bad dont get me started on cruises either . Done with that shit as well .

[Trigger2K]

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Originally Posted by Jeffrozup

There is a new system this year (at least with Hasbro) where you had to sign up for a specific day to visit their booth to purchase items and you had to select which items you were going to buy. They, basically, eliminated the walk up purchases, from what I understood from reading the information Hasbro released.

Not sure if it changes as SDCC goes on each day and it becomes open "to the public" so to speak.

That's crazy. A lot of people travel long distances to attend and it would be infuriating to not get the exclusives you want.

That said, rules didn't seem to be followed at last year's SDCC the way codes were being handed out like candy to everyone by the handful. Maybe it won't be too difficult this year.

[280-CUSTOMS]

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Originally Posted by Trigger2K

That's crazy. A lot of people travel long distances to attend and it would be infuriating to not get the exclusives you want.

That said, rules didn't seem to be followed at last year's SDCC the way codes were being handed out like candy to everyone by the handful. Maybe it won't be too difficult this year.

I have been told its way different year to year ?

[Mister Hiss]

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Originally Posted by DPrime

Agreed. I used to dream of going to SDCC - I don't want to go anywhere near it now. Just looks WAYYY too expensive and honestly just a big PITA.

I kind of feel the same way about Disneyworld, and increasingly, a lot of concert festivals... I don't mind crowds, but they are getting out of control, and price-gouging everything to absurd amounts, ugh. I'm so sick of it.

I live in NYC and tried the NYCC once. It was a nightmare. Never again.