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This thread is about to make me bring back my GME-era "DeepFigureValue" handle.

I like the figs. This is not fignancial advice.

It's almost like, it's a 20ish dollar piece of plastic and is being sold around the same *Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price* (MSRP) as the original 20ish dollar piece of plastic was before it was over inflated by the secondary market. You can either compare them to stocks and accept the fact there are inherent risks involved in purchasing them as investments the same as stock or you can't compare them at all.

Make it a Defining Moments 4 pack so they have they have similar boxes as the originals too 😈.

It’s almost like a stock starts at a certain price, can raise in value, and then if more shares are made, be sold around that new value. Not that previous value when the company first started. Hmmm…

However, if this were a stock analogy, the secondary market prices would be the equivalent to artificially-inflated prognostications of stock prices. It's the equivalent of saying someone was desperate to own Green Bay Packers stock but none are on sale, they would pay over-market prices for shares. (Of course, this could never happen because there are laws in place to stop stocks from being sold in that manner)

I’ll be glad with this debate? discussion? is over, and I wonder if the rebelscum (or insert other SW website) forums had a similar debate when Hasbro released Vader in Star Wars black series 2 and then gallingly released him again later.

Somehow you’re like pro scalper now? I was trying to throw you a bone with that law joke. The general consensus is that people hate scalpers so I figured that was a fun scenario to think about. I don’t think any “laws” should be attached to collecting at all which has been my side from the start. Obviously quite a few of us how different opinions on what and how to collect, but none are more right than the other. If someone wants to collect for personal interest, that’s awesome. If someone wants to collect for potential value and take that risk, cool too.

I’m sure there were people on both sides of that argument as well. But neither is more right than the other. At the end of the day, it’s the company’s decision and if they want to rerelease a figure, and they think that’s best for business, then they have the right to do that. Some will be happy about it and others won’t. Ultimately, it isn’t up to us and we have to deal with it either way.

I never said Mattel should be beholden to the secondary market. I have said numerous times that their business is their business and they have the right to rerelease whatever they want if they think that is best for business. I don't have to like and and I don't like it, but they are perfectly within their rights to do so. However, I disagree with the second part and, like I have said before, that is my mindset as a collector. I do not believe in hoping for rereleases when the figures already exist and you can work towards adding a valuable piece to your collection. That, to me, is what makes collecting fun, and makes your collection more impressive, valuable, etc. That is my mindset as a collector and I believe that to my core. You don't have to agree with it. We can agree to disagree. That part isn't speaking in facts. The rereleases are happening and are going to continue to happen. I don't like it, Mattel has every right to do it, and you guys could like it, but I don't believe in hoping for rereleases.

I feel like so many people on here think I have the mindset of "I got this expensive toy, and I don't want you to have it," but it's not like that. If the roles were reversed (which I tried to explain with my Kurt Angle brawler analogy), I would say "Ah, you got that Kurt Angle brawler? That's awesome. I hope I can add that to my collection one day." And I could add it one day if I save my money, or sell some figures, or trade, etc. I think it adds value (not just monetarily) to that person's collection and makes it different than mine. It is not fun to see every person have the same set of figures. I like seeing other pictures of people's collections and saying, "Wow, that guy has such and such Marvel Legends figure. That's cool." Does that make sense? If your just looking at sheer volume, than its borderline a hoard. But if you look at not just the quantity, but the quality of your pieces, then it makes it a collection. The rereleases take away from the quality by diminishing the rare pieces (obviously the quality of the figure is higher with the updates but that's not the quality I am talking about).