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Snowflakian · 08-27-2009, 03:17 PM

I've collected for ages, and while I do love the occasional thrill of the hunt, and satisfaction of seeing characters in stores, there are certain must gets in random waves that worry me on availability. This sentiment is probably echoed by many across various superhero lines, Joe lines, and even transformers.

So I'm curious. What's the best outlet to make sure you get these figures without having to order them by the case, or dealing with BBTS's overcharging per figure. I love their pile of loot system, but paying 15 bucks for a moonknight was a bit much.

What other sites, stores or otherwise can allow you to preorder to this degree well? Whereas hasbrotoyshop is slow to up for preorders, and BBTS is selective on who they let you preorder. (Still no Guardian or Warpath listing).

Even for DCIH it's become a hassle. The walmarts here only perpetually have the Dr. Fate green arrow and alex luthor wave with omac, while toys r us has only ever had the guy gardner and black hand wave.

I've yet to even see soundwave around here in ROTF, let alone the ICT, or Arcee.

What do you guys recommend? And how would you feel if Hasbro maybe started for MU or ML at least, a subscription service itself for figures? Whether exclusives, or figures of waves.

Granted I guess that'd be impossible for certain figures of case assortments since they still have to sell the other parts of the case not ordered somehow.
(IE Fake case assortment example 3x spiderman 3x Wolverine, 2x warpath 2x sunfire, 1x jean grey, if everyone orders a warpath sunfire and jean grey, that's 3 spidermans and 3 wolverines left over per 1 jean grey sold, or 6 wolvies and 6 spidey's per every 4 warpaths sold in this example.)

It'd just be nice to have a way to guarantee getting certain figures, without all the hassle of calling 15 different stores, checking all the online outlets, and getting stuck between ebay that's 25 with shipping for a single figure, or bbts that's 23 with shipping, if they aren't sold out or even listed.

For Imports I can understand this, but why should domestic figures be this difficult?

08-27-2009, 03:17 PM	#1
Snowflakian Illyria's New Qwa'ha Xahn Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In the clouds. Posts: 4,120	I've collected for ages, and while I do love the occasional thrill of the hunt, and satisfaction of seeing characters in stores, there are certain must gets in random waves that worry me on availability. This sentiment is probably echoed by many across various superhero lines, Joe lines, and even transformers. So I'm curious. What's the best outlet to make sure you get these figures without having to order them by the case, or dealing with BBTS's overcharging per figure. I love their pile of loot system, but paying 15 bucks for a moonknight was a bit much. What other sites, stores or otherwise can allow you to preorder to this degree well? Whereas hasbrotoyshop is slow to up for preorders, and BBTS is selective on who they let you preorder. (Still no Guardian or Warpath listing). Even for DCIH it's become a hassle. The walmarts here only perpetually have the Dr. Fate green arrow and alex luthor wave with omac, while toys r us has only ever had the guy gardner and black hand wave. I've yet to even see soundwave around here in ROTF, let alone the ICT, or Arcee. What do you guys recommend? And how would you feel if Hasbro maybe started for MU or ML at least, a subscription service itself for figures? Whether exclusives, or figures of waves. Granted I guess that'd be impossible for certain figures of case assortments since they still have to sell the other parts of the case not ordered somehow. (IE Fake case assortment example 3x spiderman 3x Wolverine, 2x warpath 2x sunfire, 1x jean grey, if everyone orders a warpath sunfire and jean grey, that's 3 spidermans and 3 wolverines left over per 1 jean grey sold, or 6 wolvies and 6 spidey's per every 4 warpaths sold in this example.) It'd just be nice to have a way to guarantee getting certain figures, without all the hassle of calling 15 different stores, checking all the online outlets, and getting stuck between ebay that's 25 with shipping for a single figure, or bbts that's 23 with shipping, if they aren't sold out or even listed. For Imports I can understand this, but why should domestic figures be this difficult? __________________ Last edited by Snowflakian; 08-27-2009 at 03:20 PM..