[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

You can find just about every recent BAF piece on EBay. There's no need to resort to that. The first time I saw that it pissed me off. If someone's going to steal, have some balls and steal the thing. Just because someone put a random POS in place of what they wanted, it doesn't change the fact that they stole something. I have a ton of figures I really didn't want just because I wanted the BAF. There will always be shit figures that fill in a BAF line, especially with the way Hasbro cranks out these BAFs. It doesn't seem like ToyBiz ever really had that big of a problem with repeats and repaints.

I will say, I can't justify buying another Hasbro version of Spider-Man. I might have to start getting into customizing if I have to buy another. It seems like I have 40 right now.

Like I said...the only reason I haven't resorted to part swaps and returns is because of my own integrity. Plus, at the core of it all, I'm a father, and I can't stand the idea that in the end, by doing such a thing, I'm not only cheating other collectors, but I'm also cheating children whose parents might be picking up this figure for them, not knowing the difference from one BAF piece to another.

Toybiz was guilty of retreads left and right. They just didn't call them Spider-UK or Spider-Punk then like they do now. They called them "Power Gliding", "Off-Roading" or "Salad Tossing" Spider-Man, and they often came with goofy gimmicks or accessories that were twice the size of the figure itself...

And yes...I know that Spider-UK and "Spider-Bitch" are actual characters, but they might as well be "Feces Flinging Spider-Man" at this point, because having so damn many of them is ridiculous. I mean, did we really need to have Mary Jane to be released in a two pack with ANOTHER Pizza Spidey, only this one having that horrible glowing green spider on his chest? Hasbro is just milking us dry for the extra cash at this point...

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Originally Posted by Tomax

what a second, your a completionist? now it makes sense, why you would get burned out. i didnt know, my bad. i take back what i said. i feel sorry for completionists...

I'm only a completionist in NECA's Aliens and Predator lines. Outside of a few unnecessary variants (open mouthed or closed mouth for example,) I have just about every variation of the two creatures that NECA has ever put out. I've become a completionist of sorts though as of late with Legends though however, thanks to the excellent run of BAFs that have been put out by Hasbro as of these last two years.

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

As Archangel said, it's not all that hard to find recent BAF pieces on eBay.

Not always the case, and in many of those cases, it's not worth the cost. A recent example I had was with the MCU Mordo and Spectral Dr. Strange. I ended up actually having to buy those two figures simply because there was never more than one or two listed, and there was no way in hell I was paying someone 20 dollars or more for a single BAF piece that I could end up finding cheaper in-store with the figure. With Mordo, it was especially stupid, as some people were being really scalper with the BAF parts, resorting to breaking up all three pieces of the Dormammu BAF pieces (remember, he came with a leg and two glowing skulls) into separate auctions.

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Originally Posted by lordbest

Edit: @ Trivial Psychic, the 40th anniversary Vader will be released in the regular line as well, they just haven't said when.

Given how well the release of the original Vader went *snickers* and how poor Black Series distribution has been as of late in my area (I have not seen a wave on the shelf since the first Rogue One wave dropped,) I wasn't about to hold my breath on the Vader re-release and fell into Hasbro's trap a few days ago...



and with that said...


You have been purchased for the last time....Parker!...I hope...