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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

Any company that can offer their exclusives to non-attendees will always be applauded by me. In some cases, licensing or niche factor of the item means that's not possible. That's the companies choice. Collecting isn't a gated community and you need to come to grips with the fact more and more people are going to have access to exclusives with each passing year.

I tend to agree with you on this. Making convention exclusives easily available to those that couldn't attend, whether it's through a special limited internet offering or through limited time store releases is a great thing. It's one of the things I liked that Toys R Us had started looking into more too.

The memories attached to getting it at a convention will always be there, and you can always get it signed by various people that contributed to getting it made or the VAs, etc. at the convention too. But those that couldn't go for various reasons be it cost, medical reasons, or any other reason whatsoever, having the opportunity to get something they'd miss out on otherwise is a great thing. And really, anything that keeps scalpers from taking advantage of others is a godsend in itself. Keeps scalpers from taking advantage of the item and screwing over fans in general. And this Prince Adam figure in particular could do truckloads through the internet sales too. "Pride Prince Adam" is still a major point of enjoyment for a wide base of people that otherwise wouldn't go to SDCC. It's a smart company move to make it internet available.

Most exclusives, sometimes the extra accessories are more than enough to make it distinct from a different major retailer release. Like Metallic Devastator or the extra weapons Metroplex with slightly different paint apps. But that's for mainstream retailer mass releases. Like POTP Primal's exclusive with the crown and mace, the throne packaging, crown, mace, and prime masters should really be the main emphasis of it as an SDCC exclusive tied to the fan poll of it. With a mass release of that colored version later as an encore of the positive response without those.

But this prince Adam internet release of the exact same thing sold at the convention is also an amazing thing, and it's still limited. In fact it even helps Convention attendees like those that'd be too busy to wait in line to get it because of how much is going on at the convention. Helps better plan around it to make sure they still get what they want, while enjoying the convention too, besides helping those stuck at home. Like how this helps out Tony too or other site news staff.