[CMIII]

I want to apologize to every one, while I still feel the collectors bare a share of the blame, noone here should be singled out.

Many of you have complained that Mattel rose the cost and thats why you did not buy in, but it might not be as simple as that. The DC products were licensed and leased to Mattel. We do not know what happens behind the scenes DC could have raised the fee on character use this could be as little as .01 or as much as 1,000,000.00. On top of that both DC and Marvel have been fighting long running legal fights for the Seigel and Schuster character and Kirby characters (Superman Universe and Marvels full line up) and also paying for estate privilages for characters 80 or more years old again costly. Also in recent years CEO's have been made into Lex Luthor style bad guys because they worked hard to get some where. In truth I see Hasbro and Mattel stuck in a No win, Raise prices upset fans, Don't raise lose money, or Make money and get treated like the enemy