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Iceman · 02-19-2014, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 3233rafael

I hope by the "others" you don't mean the rest of my list. The Vision is easy to find compared to the others on my list, just very expensive, the rest of my list is almost impossible to find my friend. Do a little search on eBay, Amazon or anywhere else and find out for yourself.

The problem with you logic is that people don't care about packing variants. 9/10 just want the figures and errors like no Hope Hope Cable people just laugh about while opening them. My first Cable was actually one of those. I didn't realize it was a thing till after I opened it. Would have gladly traded it for one with hope. The fact that almost nobody cares about those odd variations makes them harder to get for the people that do.

As far as Vision goes I was never willing to pay like $50 or more because he didn't impress me other than a nice paint scheme. I think the clear version is much better as it's easier to not see the funky small buck and I dig translucent figures anyway. I'd take an Astral Strange over a solid Vision any day of the week if someone was offering but that's just me. I do think that unreleased stuff like the Ant-Man 2-pack and those Cage/Widow variants are the most rare and probably most prized by collectors. After that it's your Solid Vision, X-Force AA, and the like. They may not be as rare as the Scarlet Spider variant but there isn't another version of them that was easy to get and that people are content with.

Vision sells for a lot and that will continue, maybe forever, but fine gets reissued in MI prices will drop like a rock. Even if they make a new comic version on a new buck that would happen. The market will go from every collector who is a fan of the character down to MOC completionists. There is evidence of this, Warpath for one. Was like $50+ at one point. Went down with the X-Force 3-pack. Some people wanted the silver instead of the grey so that version still cost a bit. It got repacked into the Dagger/Along case and now demand is largely filled. I've seen him peg warm here for months. Even on clearance for $5 he didn't sell for a week. This is why I don't pay those prices for very many figures. Unless the line/scale is solidly dead a rare figure is likely to come around again.

02-19-2014, 08:17 PM	#7369
Iceman MUtant Overlord Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,754	Quote: Originally Posted by 3233rafael I hope by the "others" you don't mean the rest of my list. The Vision is easy to find compared to the others on my list, just very expensive, the rest of my list is almost impossible to find my friend. Do a little search on eBay, Amazon or anywhere else and find out for yourself. The problem with you logic is that people don't care about packing variants. 9/10 just want the figures and errors like no Hope Hope Cable people just laugh about while opening them. My first Cable was actually one of those. I didn't realize it was a thing till after I opened it. Would have gladly traded it for one with hope. The fact that almost nobody cares about those odd variations makes them harder to get for the people that do. As far as Vision goes I was never willing to pay like $50 or more because he didn't impress me other than a nice paint scheme. I think the clear version is much better as it's easier to not see the funky small buck and I dig translucent figures anyway. I'd take an Astral Strange over a solid Vision any day of the week if someone was offering but that's just me. I do think that unreleased stuff like the Ant-Man 2-pack and those Cage/Widow variants are the most rare and probably most prized by collectors. After that it's your Solid Vision, X-Force AA, and the like. They may not be as rare as the Scarlet Spider variant but there isn't another version of them that was easy to get and that people are content with. Vision sells for a lot and that will continue, maybe forever, but fine gets reissued in MI prices will drop like a rock. Even if they make a new comic version on a new buck that would happen. The market will go from every collector who is a fan of the character down to MOC completionists. There is evidence of this, Warpath for one. Was like $50+ at one point. Went down with the X-Force 3-pack. Some people wanted the silver instead of the grey so that version still cost a bit. It got repacked into the Dagger/Along case and now demand is largely filled. I've seen him peg warm here for months. Even on clearance for $5 he didn't sell for a week. This is why I don't pay those prices for very many figures. Unless the line/scale is solidly dead a rare figure is likely to come around again. __________________ BST Last edited by Iceman; 02-19-2014 at 08:19 PM..