Star Wars Black Series discussion

[MULTIPLEX]

Tie fighter too. Only $80 + tax, shipped. Still passing.

[M4rtin]

What's a good price to post my BS haul, for whole set ?
Thinking of moving to Figuarts or Kotokabuyia.

Blue Wave

#01 Sandtrooper
#02 Darth Vader
#02 Darth Vader - open box used for display
#03 Luke Skywalker
#04 Chewbacca - open box used for display
#11 Emperor Palpatine - open box used for display
#16 Princess Leia


Orange Wave

#07 Greedo - open box used for display
#09 Stormtrooper


Red Wave

#01 Finn
#02 Rey
#02 Rey
#05 Chewbacca
#06 Captain Phasma
#11 First Order Tie Fighter
#14 X-Wing Pilot Asty
#15 Jango Fett
#15 Jango Fett
#16 First Order Flametrooper
#18 Han Solo
#21 Luke Skywalker

-Han Solo and Tautaun
-Jabba The Hutt

[wedge1021]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

I saw at least one vendor in line with me on the Thursday afternoon at the Hasbro store.

Walking around later, I saw the figures he bought at the Hasbro store selling for an astronomical price at his booth.

Wow - he could have at least had the decency to wait until the next show to scalp them.

[M4rtin]

Saw some of them had Obi Wan for $170, literally 30sec walk from Hasbro booth

[Wintermute]

Originally Posted by wedge1021

Wow - he could have at least had the decency to wait until the next show to scalp them.

The guy's booth was honestly a scalping showcase. There wasn't one thing there that wasn't priced above and beyond what it was worth.

The guy went to the Hasbro shop with "a friend" so as to get past the 1 exclusive per customer policy. That friend was just another person who ran the booth.

I'm pretty sure it was the vendor "Rare Hunters".

[turtle power eh]

Originally Posted by Wintermute

The guy's booth was honestly a scalping showcase. There wasn't one thing there that wasn't priced above and beyond what it was worth.

The guy went to the Hasbro shop with "a friend" so as to get past the 1 exclusive per customer policy. That friend was just another person who ran the booth.

I'm pretty sure it was the vendor "Rare Hunters".

Sadly this has become the way of business when selling toys. I've pre ordered many figures from the guys you are talking about and usually for a fair price, picked up and paid cash (I will agree that some of their single figure prices are too steep for my liking, I have always been given fair prices when ordering an entire wave or case).

As much as I hate scalpers there is going to be a market for the con exclusives and guys who sell toys for a living will exploit that. You didnt go to the con, you want the con exclusive figure, at some point the reseller is your only real option.

I had planed on attending fan expo on the weekend but bailed out last minute, now I'm looking to get that damn Obi Wan box set and the going rates are sadly around $120...but when you break it down $70 for the figure and $40 to get in on the Sunday and I'm already at $110. The markups are not insane when you really break down the cost of actually going to the con and buying the figure.

FYI not here to defend or call out the scalpers but business is business and everyone has to eat.

[wedge1021]

Originally Posted by turtle power eh

Sadly this has become the way of business when selling toys. I've pre ordered many figures from the guys you are talking about and usually for a fair price, picked up and paid cash (I will agree that some of their single figure prices are too steep for my liking, I have always been given fair prices when ordering an entire wave or case).

As much as I hate scalpers there is going to be a market for the con exclusives and guys who sell toys for a living will exploit that. You didnt go to the con, you want the con exclusive figure, at some point the reseller is your only real option.

I had planed on attending fan expo on the weekend but bailed out last minute, now I'm looking to get that damn Obi Wan box set and the going rates are sadly around $120...but when you break it down $70 for the figure and $40 to get in on the Sunday and I'm already at $110. The markups are not insane when you really break down the cost of actually going to the con and buying the figure.

FYI not here to defend or call out the scalpers but business is business and everyone has to eat.

I get that - there are always extra costs involved that need to be recouped somehow. But scalping exclusives at the same convention that they're initially available at is pretty bad.

[megathong]

Rey with Starkiller base dropped to $24.99 at EB Games

[turtle power eh]

Originally Posted by wedge1021

I get that - there are always extra costs involved that need to be recouped somehow. But scalping exclusives at the same convention that they're initially available at is pretty bad.

I agree 100%, I guess the vendor was praying for someone uneducated to drop by and think it was only available at SDCC and not at FanExpo...Who knows? I'm still hunting for Obi Wan on the cheap, so far no luck lol.

[Wintermute]

I've also been to that vendor's website and it is hilarious the price they are charging for certain items.

Take, for example, this ML Cyclops figure, sold by them for $54.99:

http://www.rarehunters.ca/collection...lops-pre-order

Or, even better, the Han and Greedo TRU exclusive box set for $99.99. You know, the one that was clearanced at TRU for $14.99:

http://www.rarehunters.ca/collection...h-showdown-set