[Kirathis]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

I'd love to own Rocket and Groot, but I have yet to see Rocket in a store (I refuse to shop online for him). I've seen every other figure in the wave, but I'm gun-shy about getting any of them without getting the one I want most first.

It's really strange with Rocket. Some people have seen him numerous times. Others like you and I have never seen him at retail. I hate to say it but unless you just happen to luck out, shopping online is about the only way you might have a shot at him. I constantly watch Amazon to see when they restock and have actually gotten stuff for a decent price. So far my Nova, Carnage and Black Cat from Amazon have all appeared to be in great shape (minus some box damage but I'm not a MIB collector). Granted they have not been opened yet.

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Originally Posted by Nymesys Prime

Flaw in your logic is that NO retailer is going to limit a store sale item like this due to scalping. They don't know/care about scalpers because they still get the sale..so if you were to buy up all the Storms and Magnetos the store doesn't care if the pegs are left with shit tons of Wolverines. Case distribution is the problem as they pack Mags and Storm at 1 per case. 1 (ONE) UNO Single....creating the shortfalls we are seeing now. The Wolverine doesn't even have a BAF piece yet he is packed at 2 in the case...when the case could have had even distribution of Cyc,Stryf Storm and Mags at 2 per case...so yeah the 1 in case figs are gonna go first due to scalping and panic...

The issue is that Hasbro still thinks that they have to pack the "popular" characters more than one to a case because there is an apparent thought that those are the ones that will sell. It stems from the belief that kids will want the popular figure and that's what they will want their parents to buy. Sadly, what they fail to realize is that Legends is primarily a collector market. While there will always be fans of the characters, how many of us really want our 10th Iron Man or Wolverine, etc?

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Originally Posted by hitman2099

how much does it cost to get into sdcc? I'm tired of paying ebay prices for sdcc exclusives.

The biggest trick is even getting a ticket.