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Originally Posted by kylactus

supposedly (according to David Vonner in an interview) Vision was only shipped in the first round of his wave due to a problem at the factory in China, I don't know if that's true, But I've personally seen three cases from that wave opened with no Vision, by Vonner's estimates as I recall there could have been as few as three or four hundred that reached the US, secondly when he came out, being that he's got a very basic structural design, a lot of people used him for customs, add to that that he still holds up as probably the best paint job of the series, and the fact that he's kind of a "main" Avenger and gets so very little Toy love you have a perfect storm to run the price up.

Yep. Long story short, supply and demand. I really do think a lot of people passed on him during the initial release tho, at least I did. Of course I was stopping by grocery stores looking for MU figures and back then they were easy to find. I didn't even know about any of these online forums or that I could order these by the case/online. I have seen some older ladies looking for MU figures just casually explaining how they are fans of certain characters like Loki. This line WAS great during its heyday. Casual fans and hardcore collectors, plus parents willing to shell out $10 or less for some cool looking characters for their kids. It'll come back around in a few years hopefully.