[Skoob]

Who cares what other people think? It's still a free country, for now. Anyway, I see no stigma. Toy aisles are cruised routinely by 'grown-up kids,' probably the most lucrative target market for collectibles, since millennials generally don't have as much mon-ay. To the extent that you have discretionary cash to blow on such things, you should be envied, not criticized. Is there any hobby more innocent than toys?

The woman described in that article from 2013 should be glad to see toys on the shelves at brick-and-mortar retailers, where the biggest troubles lately seem to be cash flow and inventory distribution, not scalping. This incident may be some kind of weird psychiatric release of stress from another part of her life. Scalping just isn't that important in the grand scheme of things, certainly not enough to warrant a big dramatic scene.

(If anything, the scalpers should be pitied for what seems an act of desperation. Can they not find a less sleazy, more uplifting way to make a buck?)

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Six-inch Black Series collectors might be interested in these custom boxes, which strike me as quite well done, showing real flair on the part of the designer. The official Hasbro boxes seem rather dull by comparison:

Star Wars Black Series 6 Inch CUSTOM VINTAGE STYLE BOX SLIPCOVERS (EBay)