[kylactus]

let me clarify, I don't believe that any toy line made after 91 is going to retain any monetary value. I've never sold a figure, This is a hobby not an investment. Red hulk and Thanos are coming out in upcoming waves, and Iron Spider use to be fairly hard to find. I, as a serious collector enjoy the hunt, if anyone could get any figure at any time for retail prices there would be no challenge, its like baseball cards, comics, or anything that is "collected" The chase of "Rare" items, the bragging rites of a great find, struggling to complete a collection, those are my drugs! and continually re-hashing the same molds over and over is lazy, profiteering bullshit! what's there argument for doing this? to attract new collectors to a dead line? Why? Three years ago I got my red hulk at retail, (after much searching)now I can go to BBTS and buy one in a "new" package! It just gives me a case of the why bothers. think of it like this, you work hard bust your ass and buy a brand new Porsche, then the next day the government gives everyone else the same car for free, if your ass is not chapped, your either an dead, a hippie, an idiot, or you put no value on your time and effort. If you truly believe that toys have no value, ask yourself this: if they were bio-degradable, ten year shelf life then they rot, would you buy them? I guess I'm just a relist, I'm not going to sit on a moral high horse spouting on about the "virtues" of collecting, everything has a monetary value assigned by the market. you want to play, you have to pay that's life. And it "bothers" me when, (to complete a collection) I need to buy the same figure 3,4,or 5 times. I know there's no gun to my head, but FU its my hobby.