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09-23-2009, 02:11 AM | #21 |
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Constantly pumping out new versions of the same characters that are already clogging the pegs is the fastest way to kill a line. Nobody ever learns from Mattel's 2002 MOTU fiasco.
Yeah, ROC is going in the same direction as Indiana Jones. A small handful of hardcore Joe collectors will buy these but nobody else want this sh*t. If the crap in the stores ever sells, it will only be replaced by this crap which is almost identical. The toy industry is struggling because they keep making 50 million versions of the same characters & a billion crappy repaints of toys we already have. LMAO....yeah......blame video games! |
09-23-2009, 02:25 AM | #22 |
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I'll pay that price for City Strike Snake Eyes if I can't find him in stores. I've been wanting this figure since I first say Resolut on CN so if I have to pay a little extra, I can live.
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09-23-2009, 02:41 AM | #23 |
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It won't be long til "Pursuit of Cobra" cases preorders are up.
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09-23-2009, 02:53 AM | #24 |
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09-23-2009, 02:58 AM | #25 |
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i am so glad i bought it from the ebay guy for 16.99, it was shipped yesterday, bbts charges about $8 for shipping so a single resolute snake eyes ( if i can buy one from bbts ) would have been $23
these will get to the stores in christmas at this rate, tarjays are clogged with wave 1 and 2, and TRu barely has any wave 4, i luckily order my 5 night adders from HTS which came 2 weeks ago. |
09-23-2009, 03:15 AM | #26 |
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most of you get mad and yell dame you toy sclaper and yet nobody says nutting abot bbts/smalljoes/outer rim selling city strike snake eyes for 2 to 3 times the over retail and crazy shipping or even sell a bundle 5(2010 shell hangers) for 75 bucks plus 10 or so bucks to ship(works out to like 12 a fig) nope you just see C S snake cream your paints and buy it
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09-23-2009, 03:24 AM | #27 |
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Damn, $75 for 5 figures, or $99 for the box of 12. I know what I'm doing....
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09-23-2009, 03:49 AM | #28 |
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Yes, it's cheaper to buy the case. I only wanted the Resolute SE and I gladly paid for it. I really don't care. I'll only overpay on things that I know will be hard to find for me around here.
People complained when stores had the 5th DVD set up up for more than retail, but then many people couldn't find it (some never did). I paid $33 including shipping from GSTG and it was worth it to me. I never saw that at retail either. This SE ended up being $23 w/ shipping. $23 is a lot cheaper than $95 plus shipping for the case. And I won't find it around here any time soon as all the stores are clogged with the early waves. We barely got the Arctic SE/Doc/Para-Viper wave. Plus the SE only comes 1 to a case. I was hoping the one I got on eBay would come first because I would have canceled it, but now I'll have an extra to trade if I want. |
09-23-2009, 04:03 AM | #29 |
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So, $16.99 for Resolute SE from China yesterday was insane, and today seems to be "You're so Lucky."
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09-23-2009, 05:21 AM | #30 |
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Geez... do any of you whiners understand business???
BBTS buys a case with 5 new figures everyone wants and 7 old figures that are clogging pegs everywhere. Now you want them to sell you the 5 hot figs for $8 a piece and take the shaft on the 7 others that they have little chance of selling. Just how do you expect them to make any money on this? You expect them to be a charity??? I just don't understand why people are so dim sometimes... Target can price all the figs at $8 a pop because: (1) Their cost is a lot lower (2) They have a lot of kid traffic through the stores that will likely buy the old figures (BBTS caters pretty much strictly to collectors) (3) They can afford for toys to be a bit of a loss leader because they make money on all the other stuff you pick up at the same time How about we try using a small amount of common sense before we complain about being ripped off? BBTS is the only online store I know of that has the "pile of loot" feature, which saves huge money on shipping. They allow you to pre-order and not get screwed over when you can't find the hot 5 figures because Hasbro keeps shipping the same characters over and over. And they even allow you to cancel your preorders if necessary, even AFTER they arrive in stock. If you want to hunt, hunt. But don't call out an EXCELLENT resource like BBTS as being greedy or scalpers because you can't understand that a business has to make money. |
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