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Just because something is made as a toy doesn’t mean it can’t be considered collectible or valuable. That’s like saying a vinyl record can’t be considered a collectible because it’s meant to be listened to.

But again, vinyls are reprinted and repressed all the time, and generally that doesn’t nuke the value of early rarer pressings.

It’s jarring to read some of the comments like “If the package has one tiny little minuscule ding or mark I can’t take it.” That’s exemplary of mental illness in the form of OCD. Tons of collectors have it, and it’s wild how many aren’t aware of it at all. The people who need every figure from every line, which they obviously don’t “need”. It’s a hobby that’s supposed to be fun, not a compulsion that needs to be fed. Glad to see some get it. 

Oh come on this comment on a board loaded with people that will critique where the pin stripe line is located on someone's boot or wrist band and then scream about it not being accurate???

You keep looking at it from the perspective of a scalper and that the scalper is getting screwed so who cares. I’m not a scalper. I don’t want my figures to hold value because I am hoping to sell them. I just dont want something rare and sought after to lose its value.

Let me describe my mindset as a collector more clear. When the first Harley Race figure was released, it was impossible to find. I never once saw any figure from that series in my Walmart. It totally sucked, but I knew that if I wanted it badly enough for my collection , then I’d have to pay scalper prices. Yes scalpers suck, but no one forced me to buy it. I was willing to pay over retail to ensure that I can add this figure to my collection. I paid $65 plus shipping for it way before it went into the hundreds territory. Years later, that figure gets a rerelease. I was upset this figure was going to lose value, but I was just as upset that I paid $65 plus shipping for it when everyone is now getting it for retail.

I don’t like how these companies rerelease to the point where everything is just worth retail. Why couldn’t people save to pay like I did to try to add a valuable piece to their collection? Same goes with the Taker. I spent nearly $200 for that Taker years into the line and now all of a sudden its going to be $30. That’s very frustrating for someone that works hard for their money and also works hard for their collection.

Why can’t a figure be worth $300? That’s a lot of money sure, but why can’t a collectible gain that type of value? That’s part of the fun to me. It’s up to the collector if they want to pay that or not. You’re not willing to pay that, which is totally fine, but you can’t understand why a collectible could be that sought after? That’s what I don’t understand.

And I’m not bitter, but it I can’t say it’s not frustrating. Rereleases were never a thing in this line until recently so I would have never known that they would “revisit popular figures.”

Yeah I don’t agree. And the Magic the Gathering comparison makes it even worse. Why should every single card in a trading card game be easily and equally accessible. What’s the challenge then? Everyone has the same exact deck? What’s the point of that?

As someone who started collecting on Elite series 1 and owns every main line figure from 1-39, this is very good, they should keep doing this

Every single one of these had single joint arms, stagnant hands, and many had bad face scans (some of which unfortunately still do on the Vault releases). The argument that they should never release these again is stupid

Yes and it’s correct