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Originally Posted by OriginalFire

I guess you are paying for the packaging and its a way to get the figures to people who missed out. I am glad they are releasing them. We need the SDCC set that started this line to get a single card release. It helps with second hand prices also. Look at what BBTS is selling the Power-Con set for, like 400 bucks. Sometimes BBTS act like scalpers themselves. It's just total bonkers what has been happening with this community from MOTU Origins to NECA TMNT to GI Joe. People can only put up with so much, this hobby should be super fun, not super stressful. I hate exclusives now, they don't need them anymore for conventions or anything else I guess.

It'll be interesting to see if they change the color of the LoP figures or do something that differentiates them more than just packaging. People that keep the LoP set in the package will always have something special, but I hope Mattel has also considered the folks who open their toys.

Exclusives have driven me away from many lines. It's fine when it's something like the Christmas Star Wars Black Series figures or Ghostbusters Optimus Prime. It's frustrating when it is something interesting and appealing like the He-Man Mini-Comic set or the LoP set. And it's infuriating, and even insulting, when it is something essential to a line like the Tundercats Thunder-Kittens set.

I read about what convention goers have to go through to (try to) get these exclusives and have to wonder if this hobby is even about enjoyment anymore or if it has just become a matter of putting a checkmark beside an item.