[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

A smart man pre-orders figures he thinks will be hard to get at retail. Black Series Vader will cost $20-$25 if people want it. If anyone pays more, then it's their own fault for procrastinating.

Not necessarily. Many places that do preorders will only allow you to pre order certain figures as part of a set, especially in the event that the figure is a greatly desired one, or is a short packed or variant item. Not all of us are completionists, nor do we either want or need (or can afford) to do this, thus forcing us to hunt the figure down in stores, or to turn to the secondary market in order to track down the figures that we (along with everyone else...) want.

I had to do this for Boba Fett when he came out, because honestly, I had little to no interest in the rest of that wave. It had nothing to do with procrastination, and I'm sure many others had to do the same thing, given the number of Greedos and Slave Leias that I continue to see warming the pegs. The same with Maul when he was released. Now, I don't know the case count for the upcoming black series wave, but given Hasbro's track record with the villains of this line of figures thus far, I can see Vader becoming Boba Fett 2.0. easily and the ludicrous pursuit of a black series figure happening all over again. While I was speaking in jest about the Mafex Vader being cheaper than the black series one, I was also being serious. Either way, its a win for us all, because now there's another quality option out there should we not be able find the figure we really want.