[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by elbe

Thanks so much! This was incredible helpful and informative! I try to be persistent and look out for these things, but it can be incredibly difficult.

For instance, I remember when Hasbro released the X-men wave.... (Wolverine - mask off, Magneto, Storm, etc for the Jubliee BAF) and I thought, okay let me be persistent and look out for it at Toys R Us... but I could NEVER find them! lol

In the end... I had to buy Storm from Ebay where people were selling her for more than $100! Ridiculous! lol. Aw well... being a collector sucks sometimes.

Don't feel too bad about that wave. It was stupid hard to find, and most of us have horror stories about it. I managed to pick up Storm and Magneto as a set on Amazon, which ran me roughly about 40 bucks for each of them at the time.

Sometimes though, I realize persistence is not enough, and it just boils down to the area where you live...and it's a hard truth in our hobby that some areas just tend to be stocked better than others. Thank goodness that the internet has closed up many of those challenges, but it opens up new ones as well. But being patient and persistent on the internet as well can help you find what you're looking for (in particular, ebay.) You never know when you'll come across that piece you're looking for at a great price!