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Originally Posted by shortysben

As far as Vision Goes, I personally have one MOC, and you better believe I would expect top Money for that sucker...not because I bought it @6.99 (remember when MU were that much?), but because I traded a LOT to get it....

That's the thing with Vision. I don't remember him being one of those figures with a super high ebay price when he shipped. People weren't trying to scalp him until they realized how hard that wave was to get and that people actually wanted Vision. I think these $200 prices are just due to the build up since those first auctions that started going for upwards of $50. And as you've just pointed out, once a collector pays a high price (cash or trade) they aren't likely to back down from that valuation a year or two later. The problem comes once the blood is in the water for scalpers and they keep pushing those prices as high as they can. Usually they will try to sell any new figure for as much as they can before it hits retail hard and with Hasbro being terrible at getting some of these things out it plays right into their hands (Prof X anyone?).