[ProfessorHov]

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Haha, $25 is the retail price for Bob up here. Saw three at the LCS the other day and they wanted $40 for him.


Certainly they aren't easy for everyone to find but we both know a good portion of the demand is created by scalpers... err resellers grabbing all they find. So many figures would be easy for collectors to find if hundreds of them didn't end up on eBay and such.

With these figures we have yet another case of late waves not shipping much because stores have lost faith due to bad sales. I don't blame them clearing out a product from a movie that has been taking up space for over a year. We eventually see tons of these rare figures showing up at discount stores and the like.

Its also simple math that thousands of stores across the country will carry figures from a certain line and many of those won't have any collectors that live near by. In rural areas especially you won't find many and a lot have probably just resorted to buying whole waves online. Children and their parents are still the #1 buyer of retail figures for most stores. I know in SoCal (and other large metros) you would get people lining up at TRU before it opened but outside of the Christmas season that isn't a reality for most.

In SoCal they line up regardless or know people who hold items for them. Hell most of the collectors are workers. I talk to man reps they have told me many people have been fired for holding items. Target TRu have strict rules now on that. Yes most get away but least thy are trying to stop that. If it was collectors in line I would understand but it's scalpers. They buy them and jack up the price. I've meet many scalpers they are not nice people. Very rude and pushy. When ever I go to frank and sons I always see people dropping of bags of toys from target and toys r us.