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Originally Posted by Eko123
Just a casual observation...but out of all the brand name collector-oriented action figures that have shown up recently at Dollarama over the past few months, I've noticed that the ones that seem to fly off the pegs the quickest (at least in Toronto) have surprisingly been the McFarlane Toys Princess Bride figures.
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That's because those garbage figures, like a lot of action figures at Dollarama, are not worth the price until they hit $5 or less and "impulse" buying kicks in. I know I bought Inigo and Dread Pirate Roberts but passed on Vizzini and Butter Cup. The figures are average at best for articulation and range from passable to utter garbage for likenesses. I only bought the two because I consider them the best part of the movie. Followed closely by Vizzini and Fezzik. However even at $5 I don't really want a Wallace Shawn action figure, and Fezzik didn't come in this wave and frankly the sculpt is still terrible.
That is the good/bad thing about Dollarama's recent spate of action figure goodness. Impulse buying (and over buying on my part) is too easy. I picked up way too many Star Wars Mission Fleet figures because they were under $5 when I really only had a couple ships before that. I have a bunch of stuff I picked up at Dollarama "just because" of the price when I really didn't collect them before. Same goes for $5 Fridays at Gamestop. I pick up way more figures on those days than I actually want/collect because of the price.
Now of course that is a me problem, but it does kind of show the problem with the action figure market now. It is overpriced in a lot of cases, but when they get cheap I get sucked in way too much.
Also they may not have much stock for stocking the shelves as FETT1 mentioned after talking to an employee.