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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

It was! My brother was a big Starting Lineup collector back in the days, whenever I traveled he'd give me a list. You won't find Cal Ripkin Jr. anywhere near MD or surrounding areas, but you're likely to find him in CA. Likewise for other players, you have to get out of the city/state they're playing in, but that was before the days of internet and online ordering.

Most sport fans I know also are fans of a particular team. Lakers fans will only collect Lakers items, so out of the set only LeBron will be bought. They're not collecting the whole set to have rival players display on their desks.

We already discussed that this series is not for kids. Even factoring in the "whine factor", no parents are shelling out $400 for a set of these figures. Maybe 1 or 2 of the kid's favorite players, tops.

Toy collectors are already hurting with $25 - $30 Marvel/Star Wars/GIjoe figures, they may pick up one or two of their favorite players for $50. Maybe.

The market for these are getting narrower and narrower.

Being a fan of certain team is one of the things I didn't bring up. Were I interested in this line I wouldn't be buying anything without a Boston-centric jersey on it, and even then it would be from specific eras.

I don't care if collectors are mad about the price of things, but would it kill everybody to be intelligent about it? These are a hard sell, but there's clearly a reason that these figures are $50, it's not just "hasblo gweed".

If you don't think this is a fair price have some self-control and don't buy it. If you can't afford your toys (a complaint I've been hearing for 20 years) then get your act together and maybe somewhere down the road you can find stuff on eBay which, contrary to popular opinion, is not a scalper haven.