guy66657
Super Freak
And now you can buy GA for less than retail. That should be the lesson for people now sweating like they think they missed out.
Haha can you really? I only see it for like 300 everywhere i check.
And now you can buy GA for less than retail. That should be the lesson for people now sweating like they think they missed out.
I'm glad she sold out so quick. Hopefully CW Wanda will be announced in the next few weeks
And now you can buy GA for less than retail. That should be the lesson for people now sweating like they think they missed out.
And now you can buy GA for less than retail. That should be the lesson for people now sweating like they think they missed out.
How does waitlist work? Does it matter how early you hop on it or is it random?
It's supposed to go in number order (like getting in line) but I've seen on some occasions people reported that theirs converted before someone else who got on the list first. That might be random and rare though
The cheapest one on eBay is 300usd. The cheapest. That's not close to the retail price. Sorry
The retail was 210. So it's a huge mark up. And I've never seen one for cheaper then it was for retail unless it was missing something or loose. Not once. To be less then retail it would need to be under 210 dollars.
Just looked at past sales in eBay. I was wrong...one figure in 30 days was sold below retail. And 28 over. And 15 over 300. 5 over 325. Two over 350 in the sold section. Meaning completed. So, not really that cheap.
I don't think it will sell out that fast.
Looks like I wasn't such an idiot when I brought up golden age cap and that every single year since they have done movie promos at least one figure sells out in less then a day. So much for those "that was two years ago" stuff huh. Strange
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I wasn't saying it's going to be some high priced investment thing. I don't buy them for that reason and think it's a bad idea to buy them with that as a goal. Buy what you like. I just happen to like a lot.
But I was making the point that it may not be some huge price hike but outside of a small percentage of sales of it the prices are above retail. And since the GA cap has been brought up multiple times as an example of how it doesn't sell out fast anymore (wrong obviously) or that these type of figures are easily accessible under retail, again 1 out of 30 under retail and 15 out of 30 over 100 dollars more then retail the numbers say that's just not the case.
Look at it this way, if someone took your advice and things do turn out exactly like You think (even though the example you used indicated that's not how it actually went) then they may lose 5-10 dollars. But if it turns out like GA cap really went, and like I've been explaining then chances are they are saved 100 bucks. If you had a 1 in 30 chance to lose 5 bucks or break even and a 29/30 chance to save money (upwards of 100 bucks) which would you take?
I have not been telling anyone to buy a figure or not, but I've been trying to provide all the info so they can make a choice based on the best availble info and what works for them. Not what works for me, or any other specific person. Not what I would do. I just buy them all. But I'm both fortunate and in a minority of people who do that. Most people would not buy them all even if they where billionaire. Just the way I collect.
Most people pick and choose, and part of that process is assessing if a figure will be significantly more expensive down the line or may get discounted. And the numbers say this figure will be more expensive on average, then retail. That's not to say you may not be able to find a deal, or that prices stay the same forever. It's ultimately unknowable. But there's ways to mitigate the risk and passed and current market trends factor into that. Not what one or two figures out of day 100 sales of that figure go for, but what the majority go for...or what the average is.
You don't need to have "insider" info to figure a lot of this out. I said that this version of the SW would be for sale at ssc and that was based on the wording of the ad, the title of the figure and the previous 15 years of hot toys. They had never released a unique movie costume (not a repaint variant like cooper trooper or milk war machine for example) only at a specific show. Of the few figures to never get on sideshow they where all sponsored figures like the choocolate cooper trooper and milk magazine war machine. But those where based on figures that where availble as standard releases. And out of 500ish total figures only 4 or 5 had never been availble mass. You don't need any special info to see where that goes.
Hey Motux, good job playing both sides with your predictions!
Wow!
Sold out already?
My twin brother is going to be pissed!
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