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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

At some point, Mezco is going to price themselves out of a market they themselves created. Literally every new set of releases has seen the price increase substantially. Now standard releases are $80 with Deluxe Editions at $130? For a 6" figure? It's just overkill.

That is inaccurate. Standard Marvel figures (like this yellow DD) are $80. Standard DC figures are $75. Hannah Barbara, Universal Monsters, and Star Trek are $70. The price difference is mainly in the license. They started with older/less sought-after licenses that cost them less.

Sure, this deluxe Punisher is more, but he's coming with SO MUCH. Their con exclusives were a little high, but those are limited and either had cool features (light-up eyes and metal pieces for armored Batman) or special packaging (round shield tin).

Personally, I'd rather spend $130 on a deluxe version of a character instead of buying 2-3 different variations of that character at $70-80 each. I'm praying that they give this deluxe treatment to Green Lantern when they do him! Can you imagine all the construct/effect pieces they could do? Just go look at Space Ghost and imagine them doing Green Lantern. Oh, man!

As for shipping, order from Entertainment Earth. They have almost all of Mezco's figures and most have free shipping.