[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

been checking amazon you can't even get most of those figures for 19.99.... chameleon is going for $35 bucks kraven i believe is a tad more. i mean geez... what the hell is up with amazon?

It's not Amazon. It is the re-sellers who sell on Amazon. Make sure you check the "Other Sellers on Amazon" section on the right. It seems rather random as to what seller gets listed as Amazon does not always default to their listing and despite what one would expect, the cheapest option is not always what shows on the main listing.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

It's not Amazon. It is the re-sellers who sell on Amazon. Make sure you check the "Other Sellers on Amazon" section on the right. It seems rather random as to what seller gets listed as Amazon does not always default to their listing and despite what one would expect, the cheapest option is not always what shows on the main listing.

This indeed. Third party sellers you should consider almost like ebay without the auction - the price is what is listed (and I don't think it can be used but I'm not sure on that.). they set the price themselves and to my knowledge Amazon has no control (or if any very little control) over the pricing. I guess though if there was a major problem Amazon could cancel someone's selling account.

But of course just because someone is pricing something at an extremely unreasonable price doesn't mean someone will buy it. I've seen really crazy stuff. But if it's actually sold directly through Amazon without any third party sellers the price will be fairly close to MSRP. Sometimes even a little less!

[Dr Kain]

The problem is Amazon does not seem to be getting them in for themselves. I have yet to see War Machine and Valkyrie available from Amazon.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

The problem is Amazon does not seem to be getting them in for themselves. I have yet to see War Machine and Valkyrie available from Amazon.

They will eventually, I'm sure. Patience is just required. Basically the usual flow of collectible items goes this like:

Starts showing up on Amazon through Third Party Sellers - generally can be a month or two months, sometimes less and sometimes more but usually 1-2 months seems about average. I think because these tend to be specialty buyers and distributors of such collectibles ship those out first because they were preordered?

Amazon will keep it in stock for a time. Time varies - but they'll have things usually for a little while - 6 months, a year, sometimes more. it really just depends. And you can sometimes find things for less than MSRP (I just picked up two Sentrys for less than the MSRP earlier this week). But the key thing is, there is no way to know just how long something will be in stock. But at some point will be, it just won't be around forever. At times Amazon will get restocks but don't count on it. I mean they may get restocks on things soon after but I'm talking months later.

Once stock goes out directly from Amazon it's back to third party sellers and that's where prices get really bloodthirsty. It's no longer the "gotta have it firts" like it was before Amazon got stock. This is now "this is now only available a limited number of ways MWUAHAHAHAH!" And prices can get insane on that.

Naturally this doesn't take into accounts things that are exclusive, like SDCC exclusives. Amazon generally won't stock those directly.

[donmeca2020]

I would like to order a few from amazon or somewhere else online, however a few of you have gotten me nervous about the new spidey wave... with all the complaints about the eyes looking messed up on Kraven and ghost rider, that kinda spooks me.

while i want to get kraven,ghost rider, and superior venom, and possibly chameleon, i feel like i don't want to wait for local stores to start carrying them yet that eye problem scares me.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

I would like to order a few from amazon or somewhere else online, however a few of you have gotten me nervous about the new spidey wave... with all the complaints about the eyes looking messed up on Kraven and ghost rider, that kinda spooks me.

while i want to get kraven,ghost rider, and superior venom, and possibly chameleon, i feel like i don't want to wait for local stores to start carrying them yet that eye problem scares me.

Add Misty Knight to the list of wonky eyes. Mine looks like she partied a little too hard the night before.

[Dr Kain]

Well what do you know, Amazon has the Hulkbuster wave instock at this exact moment. lol I just ordered the 3 I needed even though I really shouldn't have.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Add Misty Knight to the list of wonky eyes. Mine looks like she partied a little too hard the night before.

Ghost Rider and Kraven as well.

At least it isn't as bad on GR since you have to look in his sockets with a good light to notice it. However, once you do, you can't un-notice it.

I'm hoping to find these three in stores that I can exchange.

[ultraman zoffy]

No problems with any of the eyes in my case of the Rhino wave figures... not sure how anyone can claim that their Ghost Rider is having eye issues; his sockets are straight up solid orange. I typically buy figures regardless of paint issues since I'm comfortable correcting things myself and enjoy working on my stuff regardless of if it's brand new or not; I highly recommend learning some basic painting and customizing skills for any collectors that live in areas with poor distribution; passing up that one hard to find figure due to minor paint problems when it could be the last time you ever see it at retail is a bad look... lol. That, or at least just buy the figure anyways but keep the receipt in case you come across a better one.

I'm only able to bust out a few figures at a time nowadays since I'm moving and my entire collection is packed up in crates, but I managed to bring a few pieces to keep in my office for now... dying to rebuild my new display and have the entire waves out on the shelves once I close on my new home!

[Spyne98]

How do you get your figures to lean like that without falling over?^^^

[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by Spyne98

How do you get your figures to lean like that without falling over?^^^

I install magnets on all of my figures.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by KcKilla

Superior Venom is up for retail. Amazon.com: Marvel The Amazing Spider-Man Superior Venom Action Figure: Toys & Games

I'm surprised that Superior Venom has been so sought after (he goes for some ridiculous prices on Ebay), but he is a great figure. Just trying to figure out though if I should glue the tendrils to his back or not. Mine stay in fairly well, though the bottom two seem to pop out more often than the top. I have them gimmicked atm, I plugged them into their corresponding peg holes, and turned them slightly, which causes them to stay in pretty good.

Also, quick update, by BAF Ultron Torso came in yesterday, and sure enough, it was my original torso that was defective. The arms were still a little more loose than my preference, however they clicked in and stay on properly finally. 100 percent improvement.

Just a thought, but I wish Hasbro would allow you to purchase BAF pieces separately through HTS. There's a lot of money being just left on the table there by them that Ebayers are making a killing on.

[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Just a thought, but I wish Hasbro would allow you to purchase BAF pieces separately through HTS. There's a lot of money being just left on the table there by them that Ebayers are making a killing on.

Why the heck would Hasbro do that? The whole point of the BAF parts is to sell the figures they're packed in with... they'd undermine the hell out of themselves offering the parts loose.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Won't happen... as nice as that'd be for collectors, the whole point of the BAF parts is to sell the figures they're packed in with. Hasbro would be hanging themselves by offering them out of package.

Besides, I think the whole point of the Hulkbuster wave was to convince us to buy the whole wave. Half of those figures were remakes(though some were nice we got five remakes and two brand new figures.)

[ultraman zoffy]

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

Besides, I think the whole point of the Hulkbuster wave was to convince us to buy the whole wave. Half of those figures were remakes(though some were nice we got five remakes and two brand new figures.)

Yeah, edited my post after you quoted it I guess, but agreed... Hasbro wants people to buy entire waves, and the BAF is the incentive. It's pretty obvious they'd never part the BAF's out.

[Spyne98]

I doubt they will ever stop offering BAF's too. People won't buy the whole wave without one. They know how to makes us buy!

[advocatepinoy]

Finally got around the last 2 figures of this wave and enjoyed taking pics of them. Also made a quick review of the two. I hope it helps

Hulkbuster Review: https://goo.gl/JtX8kW
Avengers: Age of Ultron by Dominic Dimagmaliw, on Flickr

Blizzard Review: https://goo.gl/xVd4Up
Marvel's Blizzard by Dominic Dimagmaliw, on Flickr

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

No problems with any of the eyes in my case of the Rhino wave figures... not sure how anyone can claim that their Ghost Rider is having eye issues; his sockets are straight up solid orange.

There are dots inside the sockets that are a different tone of orange. The circle in the left socket is off to the left on mine.

However, the problem with my Ghost Rider are the joints for they are extremely loose, specifically the ab crunch. I can't get him to stand up on the shelf for a day without him hunching over.

[305Batman]

If you're in Miami,FL. and looking for the Walgreen's Ant-Man,fresh case of 8 by the registers at 37th Ave. and N.W. 7th St., Kmart in the same strip mall had White Tiger,Chameleon and Ghost Rider.

[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

Why the heck would Hasbro do that? The whole point of the BAF parts is to sell the figures they're packed in with... they'd undermine the hell out of themselves offering the parts loose.

There were a lot of people who never got to complete their Ronin, Fin Fang Foom, and Ares BAFs, and more recently their Mandroids due to some of the rare nature of certain figures in those waves, and they probably never will due to the extravagant prices some of those pieces (not figures mind you, but pieces) have risen to on the secondary market.

I'm no fool, I know why Hasbro makes these BAFs, and it's like many of you have said, to sell waves of figures that people might not normally take interest in (such as the recent HulkBuster and Ultron waves). However, that doesn't mean that Hasbro couldn't make the selling of BAF pieces a timed exclusive only to HTS by say...releasing the individual pieces for sale maybe 4 or 5 months after a wave debuts. That way, people who weren't able to find certain figures to complete their BAFs (like many weren't initially with Mandroid due to Black Widow's rarity) without having to break the bank on Ebay. It would also allow people to army build BAFs if they wanted to, without having to hunt down entire waves or duplicates of figures they own all over again (like the recent Allfather series did.) It also benefits people like me, who had one defective piece in their BAF from having to scour ebay in hopes of a replacement.

Not saying that Hasbro should get rid of the BAFs altogether, as even I agree it is a great sales pitch, but it would be nice to have slightly more options to obtaining them than to deal with unscrupulous BAF part scalpers on the secondary market.

[donmeca2020]

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Originally Posted by 305Batman

If you're in Miami,FL. and looking for the Walgreen's Ant-Man,fresh case of 8 by the registers at 37th Ave. and N.W. 7th St., Kmart in the same strip mall had White Tiger,Chameleon and Ghost Rider.

hmmm so the new Spidey wave is finally starting to show up in some stores in South florida. interesting... i was checking a wal-mart in davie and they only had 2 figures one tiger shark and one hawkeye.....

[JamesBenjamin]

It would be nice if they might re-issue some BaFs as store exclusives down the line. Maybe put a "battle damage" mandroid in that set with Coulson, for example.

Though, if you pay attention on eBay the chinese sellers have gotten better about knowing what will sell, and in turn driving the prices down. When Groot first hit he was selling for $80, but within 2-3 months chinese sellers had him for $30 or less for a long time.

[Kirathis]

Opened up my Hulkbuster wave last night. Am I the only one who is not a fan of the system use for Warmarchine's back mounted blaster? I feel like it is missing a hinge or swivel and I was shocked it is made of a soft rubber type material rather than a dense plastic.

[Phantomcrow]

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Originally Posted by Kirathis

Opened up my Hulkbuster wave last night. Am I the only one who is not a fan of the system use for Warmarchine's back mounted blaster? I feel like it is missing a hinge or swivel and I was shocked it is made of a soft rubber type material rather than a dense plastic.

Same thing happened when the IM3 Iron Patriot came out. Since the WM MkII is the same mold I expected the same issue with the cannon.

[BAD MOON]

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Originally Posted by ultraman zoffy

No problems with any of the eyes in my case of the Rhino wave figures... not sure how anyone can claim that their Ghost Rider is having eye issues; his sockets are straight up solid orange. I typically buy figures regardless of paint issues since I'm comfortable correcting things myself and enjoy working on my stuff regardless of if it's brand new or not; I highly recommend learning some basic painting and customizing skills for any collectors that live in areas with poor distribution; passing up that one hard to find figure due to minor paint problems when it could be the last time you ever see it at retail is a bad look... lol. That, or at least just buy the figure anyways but keep the receipt in case you come across a better one.

I'm only able to bust out a few figures at a time nowadays since I'm moving and my entire collection is packed up in crates, but I managed to bring a few pieces to keep in my office for now... dying to rebuild my new display and have the entire waves out on the shelves once I close on my new home!

Which bike are you using there? Looks good.