[3233rafael]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words, this line has been a definite labor of love (not to mention, drain on my wallet) for a while now.

I definitely can understand where the both of you are coming from, as this is one of the most intimidating lines of toys to get into outside of PAK figures due to the incredibly and insanely high prices of them on the secondary market. At this stage for me, it's really come down to...preorder the second waves are announced, or pay for it later as you're going nuts trying to track them down at a decent price on ebay or at a LCS, because figures even a wave or two old can jump up into the 50 to 70 dollar price range literally in what seems like a heart beat.

What makes it more difficult for the average collector to jump on the Predator bandwagon, is the near redundancy of the line itself, and trying to figure out where it begins and ends and where to compromise your collection so you don't drive yourself broke in the process.

I'm not sure if I am saying this right, but I'll try my best to make sense. For example, while I have nearly every Predator that NECA has put out there in some form, I still have holes and gaps in my collection simply because I don't drop money on every single little variant that NECA throws out there. Do I really need an open mouth Jungle Hunter, a closed mouth Jungle Hunter, an open mouthed battle damaged Jungle Hunter, a closed mouth battle damaged Jungle Hunter, cloaked Jungle Hunter, half cloaked Jungle Hunter, a Jungle Hunter coated with white chocolate sprinkles?..well...you get what I mean. I can sit here and say that I have every Predator because I do in some form, I have the Jungle Hunter, City Hunter, Super and Lost Predator's and etc, but the Predator line (and really...NECA) has forced me to compromise my collection in the process over the years due to the sheer amount of variants in this aspect, which as a collector, is simply soul crushing to the completionist aspect that drives me to collect in the first place.

Hope I didn't lose anyone there...But being that Raf is a super collector himself of various lines, I'm sure he knows exactly what I'm trying to say...lol.



What do you consider big bucks? Ten or twenty over retail? Twice the retail value? I ask because I've seen a couple of auctions recently in the 60 to 70 dollar price range, and while it's steep, it you really want and love the figure, it's a steal and worth chasing. Especially if you are a fan of the figure, which is a really cool one that I can see hitting Marvel Legends Storm prices in terms of ridiculousness in the coming months as it gets tougher and tougher to find.

Lol, Believe me, I understood every word you just said. That is exactly my point! If you know a little bit about me then you know that If I'm in on a toy line, I'm all in or not in at all. So, here is the only reason I would probably not go all in on this one... All the variants that you mentioned, I started late buying these figs and lastly, I made the mistake of opening the first ones I bought which means I would have to buy them "ALL" over again and that will be very costly and time consuming and a headache here and there and... I know you get my point, Lol!