[kylactus]

the biggest problem with buying toys online as a MOC collector is the fact that you can't really check out things like paint apps and condition (I once got a MU Mystique from HTS minus a hand. Not to mention that some companies don't take much care when packing, leading to bent and creased cards and smashed bubbles. Plus the fact that the hunt was always fun (back when stores still stocked what I collect) and it often lead to finding new products to collect that I would have never looked for under normal circumstances. I think there is a vast world between serious toy collectors like most of us, and children who chew there toys up and play with them (as intended). This group, the adult semi-collector, I guess. (like the guy that decorates his man room with a couple spider man figs, or has a few characters from his favorite videogame on his TV stand, or the woman that has assorted Wonder Woman figs in her cubical.) these folks won't go out of there way to hunt a particular figure, and probably don't care to complete a line, but they still, as a group probably represent a good portion of the overall toy market. and by taking figures out of brick and mortar stores I think the toy companies loose those sales all together. (not to mention kids themselves usually think very visually and want to hold the item there getting in there hands.