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"Bleh! I sold out in three hours!"


Another MOTUC figure went up for sale today. I got my order in, and I've received confirmation from DR, so I'm good. Lots of other people, not so much. Faker here sold out in about three hours, which was shockingly fast, and yet, not shocking at all. Half the run was sold at NYCC last month, and the remaining stock went up for sale today.

And, of course, the people who didn't buy are crying up a storm, saying that Mattel should have had enough stock for everyone who wanted one, not figuring on that Mattel likely made all their Faker figures before even He-Man and Beast Man went on sale in December, and therefore had NO FUCKING IDEA how well these would sell then.
How long have some of you been in the game? If you were around back for the 2002 MOTU line, you'd know that this is a HELL of a lot better than fighting twenty local collectors for one figure out of one case, said case being all your local store will receive for another month. Mattel tells you what day and what time to buy these things, which is better than driving around from store to store and being beaten to the punch every damn time. Mattel's undoubtedly going to reissue these figures at some point- they already mentioned this fall for He-Man and Skeletor reissues.
I'm personally hoping they do a King Grayskull reissue, but it seems unlikely that one will happen.

Collecting is the ultimate expression in capitalist behavior. By now, you should have figured out that these aren't toys, but collector's items. It isn't like the 1980s anymore. But crying about not getting to order something, even when you know it's going up for sale, well, fuck, man. I missed KG, I didn't like it, but I made damn sure it wasn't going to happen again. If you've allowed yourself to be subject to it five times, damn. But you can't POSSIBLY expect everything to be available at all times.

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