[Struggler]

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Originally Posted by Whovian2018

To me, the term scalper can't apply in this case. As far as we know, these are being made to order. Currently an unlimited supply exists as there are an unlimited amount of pre-orders being taken (though this could change, I doubt it). Buy 5 of these and selling them later does nothing to affect anyone else's chance of owning one so there is no scalping being down.

People buying multiples whether or not they plan to resell any of them, are helping the hobby by forcing hasbro to produce more units of this which will lead to more of the units being circulated within the hobby later on. The ordering period ends in a few weeks. How many collectors who can't afford it now, will be able to afford it afterwards? How many new collectors will join the hobby after the end of next month that will want to acquire one or more of these?

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Originally Posted by webz

One thing people fail to take into account is a lot of “nerds” save up $$$$ for the conventions. That money is now freed up. Also, a lot of “nerds” work in essential services (IT, programming, and other services that are related to the conversion to working at home), meaning not as many are furloughed or laid off.

One thing people fail to take into account, is that some collectors are poorer than others.

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Originally Posted by Augustus10

Most toys depreciate a lot and take years and a lot of luck to even maintain their value, let alone increase in value...
...Obviously collecting toys as an investment is stupid... but that is one of the rare instances where you could actually double your money and the price is only going to continue to climb..

Yeah, I'm not so sure about all this.