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Originally Posted by Harbinger

All of this bs is just more reasons why exclusives are a bad bad idea. Hell anymore they dont even reach the floor, just go straight into the hands of dirtbag scalpers.

Is it really dirtbag scalpers, though, or just other collectors? I mean two things can be true, but I think a lot of the issues are based on perception backed up by a lot of extreme cases of FOMO. And as it is, I highly doubt these figures would be less sought after if Wal-Mart carried them, too, I think they would still be selling out.

Also today I ran into another Baroness, in the afternoon, and on the shelf. I know I'm not that lucky, so I think these are just starting to become easier to get (it just takes time).

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

For every Skywarp and Thundercracker argument, there's a Carbonized Mandalorian, Red Hulk, NECA TMNT counter-argument. I'm pretty sure all Target Exclusives come in their own cases, but yet, there are a lot of unhappy Target exclusives collectors out there. Believe me, I want you to be right! But only time will tell. The question is, do you want to roll that dice? As evident by the craze, most GIJoe collectors don't. Myself included.

As for variants for the troopers and Baroness, that's a given. GIJoe's been doing that since 1982. There will be Python Patrol, Tiger Force, Night Force, etc. I think everyone know this, but we also know that this Target Exclusive wave will just be different enough that it'll bug you not to have one if you're a collector. Even now, people are hunting blue eye and brown eye Beach Head variants, and Cobra Trooper with blue or black collars. That's just the nature of the game.

I getcha, but some of those other counter arguments have a reason why they were harder to find. Mando was a hot item because he was like both the first release from the hottest new show from Star Wars and was a bit limited because after a few lackluster years for the brand I don't think Hasbro predicted that demand. Red Hulk is only in demand because I literally think Hasbro didn't fully release the figure, especially when all of the Black Widow exclusives were so plentiful at Target that they hit clearance (Plus I don't think he ever actually had a shelf space in store, which leads me to believe more are to come and they may be sitting on them for now). And NECA is NECA, that's all you have to say right there.

As for variants, I can see wanting to have slight deco changes like getting retail Snake Eyes in all black alongside the exclusive Pulse version, but otherwise I don't know, it's up to the individual collector how much sleep they want to lose over the eye color of their action figures. I'm in on this line so far, and I can understand the desire to collect every different variant if you're a major Joe fan, but I'm afraid I'm just not that in, so I'd rather focus on getting some Red Ninjas now rather than trying to hunt down another of the same Beach Head with different eyes.