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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Maybe not up in Boston but down here in Texas distribution is either slow or just plain minimal and scalpers love to take advantage. If it's not scalpers then it's competing with other consumers, my local Walmart only got about three of the black series Ahsoka wave case and I only got my Ahsoka figure because I was the guy who opened one of those cases.

Totally beat me to it Sabah. Exactly- it is very wild west here. The north usually starts getting figures about 2-3 weeks before we do here. You can tell by checking the item locations on ebay auctions to see how long it will be until you need to start the hunt. But even then it can be pretty pointless unless you are really lucky and get there at the right time. Marvel legends disappear as well as star wars almost instantly. Those are the big ones.
And to add to the frustration, Hastings is going out of business so there really are not any other places to shop other than big retail or comic shops that have to scalp to keep the lights on.