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Today, 05:25 AM | #13821 |
Cobra Viper
Join Date: Mar 2010
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Disagree on Baroness. The first was a limited, exclusive release in the Cobra Island subset during the whole pandemic stocking/distribution fiasco, and at a higher pricepoint. By all rights, the Retro should've sold out. Especially being a popular character. It's a headscratcher as to why she's still warming.
Maybe they for some inexplicable reason under produced Destro and Gung Ho and over produced Lady Jaye and The Baroness so there simply wasn't the market to shift them and they were not seen as "premium" enough for the scalpers to grab. I think though what may have happened is what seems to so often happen ; They didn't distribute the things properly dues to some stores or even some entire regions not being allocated any stock, combined with them dumping leftover on a single store (that also happens) then of course they also like to waste time and money by having things sit in the warehouse for months or years and then eventually sell it to Ross or Ollie or put it up to clearance auction etc.. It can be a bit more complex with the "Deanna Troi" factor involved which is where you have a wave that contains one or more unpopular or over supplied character that causes a stall in the sell-through rate and prevents restocks. Sometimes though where things go is a mystery... like what happened to all those Target Exclusives... they didn't distribute them and they have not always shown up at clearance outlets they just disappeared giving the impression of tiny production numbers on some. Where as it could be they are just still stuck in the back of a warehouse somewhere being neither clearanced or distributed. As why would something like (random example) A Python Patrol Crimson Guard have sold out but a Python Patrol Bat was available for a long time easily ?. As for the baroness specifically any new Collector might want to buy her, I would say the Retro one is "slightly" better over all due to the better skin tone and removable glasses and additional weapons... but the Coil Cycle is somewhat useful with red toys (as well as her) and that version does have a knife & Snake as well. I think ultimately it is a personal taste thing and down to how cheaply you can chase up a coil cycle or how common retro baroness is in your area or online. Personally I could have done with a few extra Baroness for customs and for her accessories. But as it is I have only the one Retro and several Cobra Island ones (as I liked Coil Cycles enough to buy a few). I will say this though the Ferret is a way bigger than the coil & the Ram cycle alike. |
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