There are new figures every year that are in demand from Hasbro, McFarlane, Mattel and others. The sad part is collectors miss out on the figures and there's no specific reason for it and those figures may not ever get re-released. 🤷🏽♂️
I believe its good when Hasbro reissue certain figures,but at the same time alot of the reissues sit is because alot of flipper's stock pile on alot of these hard too get figures so when the reissues drop only a certain amount of collectors buys them where alot of the flippers dont purchase them because now their sitting on stock piles ,think about it new rare figures drop a bunch of scalpers/flipper's buy all them up ,so the demand for them same figures are high because you have too go too secondary market too purchase so alot of collectors are complaining, reissues drop now their in abundance so the collectors who missed out might buy one or two figures one too open one too keep boxed while the flippers looking silly because once he was sitting on a gold mine now they're really not worth that high price plus you got too realize scalpers/flipper buy thousands of dollars in figures look on ebay its thousands of scalpers ,thats alot of figures,thats why the reissues sit because the collectors arent greedy as the scalpers if the collectors where scalpers all them reissues would be bought up as well just think about it 🤔
I just started collecting Marvel Legends last fall, so I myself have been pretty happy with mqny reissues like the Kingpin I picked up for 28.99 cad the other day.
Because scalpers are afraid they'll be holding a bag and they are propping up the market. Figured it out months ago on Green Goblin and Xavier with Hover chair
You have some valid points, sir. Availability is the biggest problem in toy collecting in my opinion. Different regions receive different stocks of products. I live in Arkansas and my Target shelves will never look like California. Other collectors will tell me that I need to pre-order if I don't want to miss out. I have a budget for collecting that doesn't allow me to randomly pre-order everything at random without certainty of when the item will ship. Many collectors pay way over retail value for certain figures online and pretend that they found the figures locally. Collectors are a stubborn and argumentative community who are only looking out for their own personal interests. And I am a collector. Someone is probably going to shoot me down for this message too. Flippers, bots, inventory errors, poor distribution, retail chain mismanagement and numerous other problems exist. I used to buy G.I.Joe O-ring figures and Kenner Star Wars at the Dollar General Store. The toy manufacturers aren't selling superhero and soldier toys at the same levels they used to because they are not selling at all the locations that Pokémon and Minecraft are. Just some thoughts for my fellow collectors.
There are always new collectors. When a popular figure is only available for $100+ on the secondary market... well, Hasbro can accept that and do nothing, and collectors can try to justify paying that much. Tip: don't. These are Marvel Legends. Even a very good Legends figure is not worth Mezco money. I want to get a Squadron Supreme Power Princess but I'm not paying $100 for her. I'll hold out for a reissue or if one never comes, so be it.
I can't speak for anyone else, but if it was a figure I really wanted and couldn't get at the time of release for whatever reason, well...I DID track it down and probably paid more than I should have for it (but still not an outrageous amount). I've also gotten better at managing to get figures I want, while thinning out a lot of chaff that I was collecting that maybe I wasn't that interested in in the first place. Bottom line: My days at paying for figures at after-market prices are done. And if I miss something, I'll just wait for it to be re-released. I hope all those people who buy up stuff with the sole intention of jacking up the price and gouging collectors are suffering. I really do. You're the same kind of individual who jacks up the price of a bottle of water to $15/$20 a bottle after a disaster hits. I hope Hasbro keeps doing this till the cows come home! :)
This is a company problem from my pov. So I don't collect marvel or Star Wars, I collect gi koe classified. When I say it's a company problem for the overstock here's what I mean. The last wave was set to be released first week of Dec. 2 months before they show up in Walmart and target brick n mortar stores not online at first just the brick n mortar. Mid of Nov all hasbro pulse orders get an email saying our orders were pushed 3 weeks. By that time I'd already found my order and then some in person myself and thousands of others canceled our orders. I understand allowing their retail partners to get them out first but when you push back orders while still allowing the retails to restock people are going to buy them when they find them and leave the company with massive surpluses, this is now the 3rd wave I've seen this with.
🎯2nd chance???? You long time toy collectors forget about the thousands of kids and new adult collectors who jump into the hobby every year. That Kingpin was already going for $100 a cons?? I’m a new action figure collector this year I was into comics. I bought two of those Kingpins at that $40 price point.
Hasbro don't care about you. They care about money. So nice try. Newbies are just as important as older collectors. Your money is all that matters.
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@@versewonderstrikes5353 you spoke about long term collectors as if we dont matter ,but we are the ones who built these companies to where they are today .
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@@versewonderstrikes5353 and they dont get much of my money today i dont buy endless spiderman ,wolverines ,iron man and captain america figs ..you do . I only need a sabretooth to COMPLETE my marvel shelf ,you trying to catch up . Son 😄
I was there when the Captain Rex and Commander Fox reissues first dropped. I love clone wars so I was really interested in picking them up. BBTS, Entertainment Earth, you name it was sold out on secs. Now I go check and they’re available again. I truly do think it’s a good thing for the extra inventory on reissues. Maybe hasbro should do the same with more recent releases like the 85th Warbird. (Yes I’m salty I had to resort to scalpers on eBay cause I watched the pre-orders on Target like a hawk and still was somehow too slow)
@ I understand that, but I also believe there is a middle ground. It could be a periodic reissue of desirable figures in a decent quantity, enough that Hasbro isn’t losing much money on units that aren’t moving, actual collectors wouldn’t be left wanting (and so they’d go on clearance later) and to keep scalpers at bay about snatching everything up to flip for 3-4x the msrp. We know they release at limited quantity already to keep the demand high so that when they do reissue they can at least try to have hype when they do drop. But as mentioned in the video most of the hype is resellers who wanna make a quick buck off of desperate collectors with too much disposable income. So then the wind is sortve taken out of their sails when the desirable reissue is overstocked and now their goldmines are more like bronze or iron mines.
The reasons for me: - the reissues weren't good in the first release. - most of the figures were a cashgrab in the first place - scalpers have made most of the figures impossible to find, just lowering my interest to even look at them. - the same figure eventually gets re-released years later with few "improvements" (things they can do since the first release but they don't bc of company greed) (eg. Spiderman TAS figure being a walmart exclusive/ releasing a new version with the ugly low shoulders, but with a Peter Parker head so you get both) Overall, even the new releases feel like re-releases most of the time, because they end up reusing the same body bucks over and over and they don't put any thought or effort in making the figures appealing. I'm just disappointed that keeps happening and that most consumers just keep biting the hook, but that's consumerism at its finest 🤷
There are new figures every year that are in demand from Hasbro, McFarlane, Mattel and others. The sad part is collectors miss out on the figures and there's no specific reason for it and those figures may not ever get re-released. 🤷🏽♂️
I believe its good when Hasbro reissue certain figures,but at the same time alot of the reissues sit is because alot of flipper's stock pile on alot of these hard too get figures so when the reissues drop only a certain amount of collectors buys them where alot of the flippers dont purchase them because now their sitting on stock piles ,think about it new rare figures drop a bunch of scalpers/flipper's buy all them up ,so the demand for them same figures are high because you have too go too secondary market too purchase so alot of collectors are complaining, reissues drop now their in abundance so the collectors who missed out might buy one or two figures one too open one too keep boxed while the flippers looking silly because once he was sitting on a gold mine now they're really not worth that high price plus you got too realize scalpers/flipper buy thousands of dollars in figures look on ebay its thousands of scalpers ,thats alot of figures,thats why the reissues sit because the collectors arent greedy as the scalpers if the collectors where scalpers all them reissues would be bought up as well just think about it 🤔
Scalpers getting screwed always rocks
The Toybiz Legends Green Goblin is still the GOAT!
I just started collecting Marvel Legends last fall, so I myself have been pretty happy with mqny reissues like the Kingpin I picked up for 28.99 cad the other day.
Definitely copped that Kingpin from BBTS. I couldn't believe they would go for $80 on eBay. Lizard is another one that's dumb high right now.
Because scalpers are afraid they'll be holding a bag and they are propping up the market. Figured it out months ago on Green Goblin and Xavier with Hover chair
Good point but I think us collectors will pay for this in the end. I doubt Hasbro will be quick to reissue anything in the future…
You have some valid points, sir. Availability is the biggest problem in toy collecting in my opinion. Different regions receive different stocks of products. I live in Arkansas and my Target shelves will never look like California. Other collectors will tell me that I need to pre-order if I don't want to miss out. I have a budget for collecting that doesn't allow me to randomly pre-order everything at random without certainty of when the item will ship.
Many collectors pay way over retail value for certain figures online and pretend that they found the figures locally. Collectors are a stubborn and argumentative community who are only looking out for their own personal interests. And I am a collector. Someone is probably going to shoot me down for this message too.
Flippers, bots, inventory errors, poor distribution, retail chain mismanagement and numerous other problems exist. I used to buy G.I.Joe O-ring figures and Kenner Star Wars at the Dollar General Store. The toy manufacturers aren't selling superhero and soldier toys at the same levels they used to because they are not selling at all the locations that Pokémon and Minecraft are. Just some thoughts for my fellow collectors.
There are always new collectors. When a popular figure is only available for $100+ on the secondary market... well, Hasbro can accept that and do nothing, and collectors can try to justify paying that much. Tip: don't. These are Marvel Legends. Even a very good Legends figure is not worth Mezco money. I want to get a Squadron Supreme Power Princess but I'm not paying $100 for her. I'll hold out for a reissue or if one never comes, so be it.
I can't speak for anyone else, but if it was a figure I really wanted and couldn't get at the time of release for whatever reason, well...I DID track it down and probably paid more than I should have for it (but still not an outrageous amount). I've also gotten better at managing to get figures I want, while thinning out a lot of chaff that I was collecting that maybe I wasn't that interested in in the first place.
Bottom line: My days at paying for figures at after-market prices are done. And if I miss something, I'll just wait for it to be re-released. I hope all those people who buy up stuff with the sole intention of jacking up the price and gouging collectors are suffering. I really do. You're the same kind of individual who jacks up the price of a bottle of water to $15/$20 a bottle after a disaster hits. I hope Hasbro keeps doing this till the cows come home! :)
This is a company problem from my pov. So I don't collect marvel or Star Wars, I collect gi koe classified. When I say it's a company problem for the overstock here's what I mean. The last wave was set to be released first week of Dec. 2 months before they show up in Walmart and target brick n mortar stores not online at first just the brick n mortar. Mid of Nov all hasbro pulse orders get an email saying our orders were pushed 3 weeks. By that time I'd already found my order and then some in person myself and thousands of others canceled our orders. I understand allowing their retail partners to get them out first but when you push back orders while still allowing the retails to restock people are going to buy them when they find them and leave the company with massive surpluses, this is now the 3rd wave I've seen this with.
🎯2nd chance???? You long time toy collectors forget about the thousands of kids and new adult collectors who jump into the hobby every year. That Kingpin was already going for $100 a cons?? I’m a new action figure collector this year I was into comics. I bought two of those Kingpins at that $40 price point.
We dont care about you newbies 😂😂😂
Hasbro don't care about you. They care about money. So nice try. Newbies are just as important as older collectors. Your money is all that matters.
@@versewonderstrikes5353 you spoke about long term collectors as if we dont matter ,but we are the ones who built these companies to where they are today .
@@versewonderstrikes5353 and they dont get much of my money today i dont buy endless spiderman ,wolverines ,iron man and captain america figs ..you do . I only need a sabretooth to COMPLETE my marvel shelf ,you trying to catch up . Son 😄
Is your mic ok? Couldn’t hear first part of video.
They need to rerelease jamison and mysterio
I was there when the Captain Rex and Commander Fox reissues first dropped. I love clone wars so I was really interested in picking them up. BBTS, Entertainment Earth, you name it was sold out on secs. Now I go check and they’re available again. I truly do think it’s a good thing for the extra inventory on reissues. Maybe hasbro should do the same with more recent releases like the 85th Warbird. (Yes I’m salty I had to resort to scalpers on eBay cause I watched the pre-orders on Target like a hawk and still was somehow too slow)
It’s good for us but if Hasbro continues to see their reissues not selling well, they may decide to stop reissuing figures in the future.
@ I understand that, but I also believe there is a middle ground. It could be a periodic reissue of desirable figures in a decent quantity, enough that Hasbro isn’t losing much money on units that aren’t moving, actual collectors wouldn’t be left wanting (and so they’d go on clearance later) and to keep scalpers at bay about snatching everything up to flip for 3-4x the msrp. We know they release at limited quantity already to keep the demand high so that when they do reissue they can at least try to have hype when they do drop. But as mentioned in the video most of the hype is resellers who wanna make a quick buck off of desperate collectors with too much disposable income. So then the wind is sortve taken out of their sails when the desirable reissue is overstocked and now their goldmines are more like bronze or iron mines.
The reasons for me:
- the reissues weren't good in the first release.
- most of the figures were a cashgrab in the first place
- scalpers have made most of the figures impossible to find, just lowering my interest to even look at them.
- the same figure eventually gets re-released years later with few "improvements" (things they can do since the first release but they don't bc of company greed) (eg. Spiderman TAS figure being a walmart exclusive/ releasing a new version with the ugly low shoulders, but with a Peter Parker head so you get both)
Overall, even the new releases feel like re-releases most of the time, because they end up reusing the same body bucks over and over and they don't put any thought or effort in making the figures appealing. I'm just disappointed that keeps happening and that most consumers just keep biting the hook, but that's consumerism at its finest 🤷
I made a custom green goblin with the jackolantern figure and the nwh green goblin helmet.
I know kingpin is only 2 per person at bbts so he's not gonna sell as fast sorry flippers 😂
If i wanted them i would have bought them the first time
Because they are crap!🤷