[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by MGTAJ

Apologies for the double post but I came across this post elsewhere the other day and it really sums up the collecting game to a tee. It's a long read but the dude speaks the truth about the situation.

I always assumed a lot of what that article says. I know scalpers wouldn't exist if people didn't pay them and that the scalper market has actually created a lot of this high prices we see the week someone hits retail. The only cure is mass distribution which peg warmers can blockade.


When I like products I want to support it as much as I can. It's why I shake my head sometimes when I see people saying that want something but are going to wait to get it till it's on clearance or something. Up here we have regular sales (every couple weeks) so it's a bit different but it we don't buy certain things they aren't going to keep making them. Like the big Star Wars vehicles that are probably a bit overpriced like the BMF or AT-AT. If those shelf warm stores will tell the companies they don't want that kind of product anymore and we won't get it anymore. Just look at the Sentinel. Most of us didn't want the purple/silver color so we let it sit, especially once they announced the classic was going to ship. The classic version never hit retail but only made it to discount stores. Once stuff is at the discount store it is considered a failure by the toy company and primary retailers. I even remember hearing about the gigantic battle packs warming at Wal-Mart and we haven't seen any new packs since. Yet collectors pay high prices for that stuff once it's gone from the store. I keep noticing packs like the Sabertooth/Wolverine one that warmed forever become pricey once they are gone. I think a lot of us have that "I'll get it later" mentality and then it vanishes without us realizing. Either it goes on clearance, they send it to a discount store, or it gets sent back to the manufacturer/destroyed at the store. For me, if see something at retail and pass a few times I will never pay more than retail for it later on. I only pay for stuff I never see on the shelves.