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Post by WCWThunderRosa on Jul 15, 2023 1:34:39 GMT -5
I'm gonna be honest, you alls constant hate and nagging does more to make people question the company than the figures (or lack thereof). Self-fulfilling prophecies of negativity. The figs actually released this year have been spectacular and the ones coming soon look amazing as well. SDCC exclusives used to be EXCLUSIVE AF, just like this one. FOMO that bad for yall? They don't want exclusivity unless they are easily able to get it. Then they're all, "got mine lol!". If it's out of reach for them ... then exclusive items are trash marketing. I really have to question the age of some of the people on here. Idk what the hell you’re talking about. Got mine lol? That’s literally the exact opposite of everything I’ve ever said about this Product should be available. Something like this wouldn’t be annoying if the rest of the line was easy to get but half the stuff they release is 1 of 1000 or 3000 or 5000 or whatever Every time you say something stupid about this the response is always “Mattel does things fine”. Because they do. For Mattel the SDCC exclusive is the one time a figure is hard to get. So if you have to go to a scalper once a year, well that’s not so bad, at least I can go buy the new Cody or Cena or Macho Man at target for msrp or get a whole set of elites and an exclusive from RSC for a pretty decent price.
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Post by PJ on Jul 15, 2023 4:17:12 GMT -5
The McRib has been a disappointment the last two times it came back. They’d put so much sauce on it that the bun would fall apart as soon as you pick it up. It still didn’t stop me from buying it, but it was so messy. As for the quote you did for me… Yes, we’ll have to disagree with what a con exclusive should be. And yes I could easily buy it off the secondary market, but I refuse to feed a scalper when I have my own family to feed. You’re a man of principal. I respect that. But just how far would you go? If it was a Surfer Sting (or WMIX Steiners/Superstar BG), would you spend several thousand on travel to get it or would you pony up and fund a few McRibs for a scalper and his family? Well, if I wasn’t already planning to fly to SDCC or attend the NYCC then I would be going last minute for them. So if a friend wasn’t going to SDCC/NYCC who could pick one up for me (which none are this year) and it’s wasn’t offered on their website like Mattel used to do with their exclusives after the Comic Cons then I just wouldn’t get it. Over the years there’s been quite a few Batman/DC comics figures that I would love to own that I missed. Same with the NYC Toy Fair Jakks 1/100 Roddy Piper and weasel suit Bobby Heenan that aren’t in my collection. Could they be sure. Over the years I could easily afforded to buy them off ebay or my area’s local scalper shop (T0y W!z), but I won’t pay the scalpers. So they just aren’t in my collection. I figure I am 56 years old and I lived that long without owning them so I won’t miss them. That’s why the Jazwares Chase Sting isn’t in my collection now. Would I love to have them? Sure, but not if it means I have to pay a scalper to get them. So I just go on like they don’t exist. Every now and then I do check eBay for past missed exclusives and if they are about the cost that they were at the cons I will buy it. About 5 years ago I picked up another of the SDCC 2003 Mattel Batman made by the Four Horsemen for about $10 less than the one a friend picked up for me at SDCC. But that rarely happens. This year is going to hurt between this Sting and McFarlane’s 30th Anniversary Knightfall Batman if neither are offered on their official websites/stores.
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Post by captncharisma19 on Jul 15, 2023 7:00:07 GMT -5
There's a Chinese seller on eBay that will have this for $70 without the box (eventually). Brodie was available this way for a long time and may still be. I'm not going to look or anything because these are weak exclusives
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Post by mrh on Jul 15, 2023 14:39:42 GMT -5
I see both sides. Thinking of me as a kid with Hasbros -- I would have really wanted to get something like this, and might have considered paying for it.
But I also see the fun and excitement of doing such a cool figure like this, and only being able to get it there and in a 1,000 quantity. What can you do...
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Post by PJ on Jul 15, 2023 15:35:54 GMT -5
I see both sides. Thinking of me as a kid with Hasbros -- I would have really wanted to get something like this, and might have considered paying for it. But I also see the fun and excitement of doing such a cool figure like this, and only being able to get it there and in a 1,000 quantity. What can you do... I voiced my displeasure and moved on. If it’s put on their website during or after SDCC I’ll try and get it if not I look at is as just another figure that doesn’t exist.
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dizneyfist
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Post by dizneyfist on Jul 18, 2023 17:23:22 GMT -5
It's lame to show a repaint as a reveal for SDCC.
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