[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

I actually bought it online when it first showed up on Walmart.com. Sorry for getting your hopes up about it being local.

ah no problem, I'm sure it will show up here at some point...I guess...maybe. LOL. amazon third party sellers still have it for twice MSRP and I'm not going to pull the trigger for that. It's not like I don't have two other BP at all. be different if I didn't. but I'm glad some people, yourself included, are getting them.

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Originally Posted by ariellagunas

Next: London Comic and film con:

I could only managed to go on Sunday, as I had work commitments, so the Phoenix/Cyclops set was gone >sniff<, and I was exhausted, as I had a busy day and hospital vigil the previous night (all is well now). So I wasn't thinking clearly.

It was at the Olympia exhibition centre, and it's two huge rooms annexed by a tunnel.
The only two stalls carrying ML were each at different rooms.
I did a bee line for one, saw the Netflix and Thor waves, but I wanted the Phoenix two pack, so I dashed to the other room. Sold out. Plenty of MJ/Spidey, and... Human Torch.

Fine I thought. I'll compare prices. Went back to previous stall. No Torch. I had a budget for six figures, and I just was so tired. Run back to other store. Torch was gone.

Idiot. Now you gotta understand how difficult and expensive is to get ML in the UK. We pay at least double for each figure, due to taxes. And I'm savvy, and done this for awhile. But I fudged it.
Anyway, went back for what I knew was the hardest to get: Hela.
Gone. By then I'm so upset, and tired. I asked as I saw mail boxes, behind. The guy talk to another guy, then came back to me and told me he had it, but it would be 10£ more, as he had to opened a fresh case, and obviously she was the one in demand.
I said, whatever. Let's have it.
Nevermind, I ended with Hela, Jessica, Blade, Elektra and Jane Thor ( which I didn't need as I ordered the SDCC exclusive set, thinking it'll be hard to find. Guess what's? It's not.
The bloody A-Force set is the hard one so far. And Sif is the most wanted figure. Go (sorry) figure.
This is how much harder and far more expensive is to collect ML in Europe.

Wow. I would have been so frustrated and disgusted by that point I would have probably just left and pitched a fit in my head in my car. I'm glad you ended up at very least with what you did. Interesting that the SDCC set is easy to find over there. Maybe it will be here too.

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Originally Posted by ariellagunas

Sorry, to go off topic for a second, but I have to comment on that horrible, horrible sight of crashing shelves killing thousands of money. And the Hot toys bit.

Now, I own about 11 statues. NO MORE! Those things break. A lot. I have about four glued up (Sue, Polaris, Dazzler). I won't buy no more. I have them on the fireplace so no animal or human can't get near them. I love them, but it breaks my heart when accidents happen.
About Hot Toys: besides the prohibited price, they have cloth material. Clothed material don't last. I have about 12, which I love, but I'm wondering if to sell them. Plus space.

RE: Black Panther exclusive. I saw it. I didn't get it. Looooove BP, but I have two that look amazing, Sorry three. So, it does exist, but I had no interest.

Finally, A-Force. What's up with them? Are they getting a general release? Why are not being told by Hasbro? They sell for 40 quid each, and I need them all. Yes even that boring looking She-hulk. It would be reaaally nice if Hasbro gave a due date, so the scalpers bring the price down. So annoying.

BTW, in London, extra space is very limited, but I have 11 cabinets, and whatever in my spared room for figures. Here's a pic.

I'm waiting on SDCC set and Phoenix/Cyclops to arrived. Cannot wait.

Best of luck to you all, fellow hunters.

also, I'm not sure anyone is really sure what's up the a-force set, TRU included. They were being sold by EE at SDCC, and then they were on sale on the TRU website for like 30 minutes to an hour on 8/20 (first day of SDCC). between the two of those I know myself and two other arkers for sure got the set, but there may be others too that haven't spoken up. a lot of what people here have gotten seems to be piecemeal off evilbay. as for general release no one seems to know. Because the set sold out online so quickly, what I've read from other sets is that TRU reps were not able to tell people if they were releasing or not later on, or even worse if they were even going to get to retail at all. There's obviously a demand for it, the question is will Hasbro go back into production on the molds. I would think so, given it's just production and distribution not sculpting and casting....seems like such a waste of money for them to do such a limited quantity of. Made worse by definitely making it seem like it was going to be a brick and mortar release as well as their website, to end up being what may be just an EE convention exclusive and TRU website exclusive for a short time. People are posting about TRU cancelled orders that were placed within two hours of when they went up for sale....just an awful sales set up for what's an awesome set. I am sorrowful for all those who are wanting this set and may or may not get a chance to get it.