So, did anyone else order this figure?  I pre-ordered from my comic shop about a year ago and just received word this weekend that they would not be able to fill my order.         I looked online and apparently many people already have these AND it is available on the GG website, so kind of pissy that my  comic shop is unable to get them as planned.  I prefer to order from them because I get free shipping, which makes these a lot more affordable.  I scarambled and found another site via Amazon that only cost a little more ($76.66 shipped), but am curious to know if anyone else had the same problem.  It looks like Hammerhead is already out there, but still listed as pre-order for me, so I wonder if I'll have the same damn problem.

Now up for pre-order!

Does anyone have any tips for saving dough at Sideshow?  I'm about ready to cave on some crazy expensive Hot Toys figures, so figure dI would check for sales or promo codes first.  Thanks!

 

Just three more to go...

R2-D2
Tusken Raider
Jawa Vinyl Cape

Figures Pending or not yet released:

Walrus Man
Greedo
R5-D4 (Pending)
Hammerhead
Snaggletooth (Red)
Luke X-Wing
Yoda (Orange)
Yoda (Brown - Pending)
Power Droid
Lando Calrissian


My haves (not for trade - just keeping track)

Lando Calrissian
Snaggletooth (Blue - Pending)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jawa Cloth Cape
Princess Leia
Han Solo Big Head
Han Solo Small Head
Stormtrooper
C-3PO
Luke Skywalker
Chewbacca
Darth Vader
Boba Fett
DS Commander

Anyone have a good source for vintage figures and variations?  I've been looking around on the net, but prettymuch everything I've found is incomplete.  I'm not looking for 26 variations of Obi-Wan where the hue of the bottom of his left foot is slightly different, or the placement of the "Made in China" stamp is slightly lower versus another.  I just want the real difference makers like figure accessories, differences in molding, noticable paint differences.  Anyone have a good resource?

Does anybody know when this guy is scheduled to be released?  I pre-ordered him on another site that had him listed as Feb 2012 release, which has obviously come and gone.  I had 3 other figures in the basket, so anxiously awaiting Greedo to get all of them.

Okay, so I want to get people's opinions on this.  I had a recent experience where I asked more than the original retail price for an extra carded figure.  Without going into too much detail, the figure is over a year old and I was going to put it on Ebay, as it's going for 4-5 times the original price.  I offered someone $5-10 less than the lowest price I found on Ebay thinking I was going to help them out.  That person was pretty disgusted that I was asking anything beyond the original retail.

So I want to hear what people on JD think about asking more than your original retail price for figures.  The easy route is to say vintage figures used to cost $2 and now they easily go for 10-20 times that, but those are really old collectibles.  What about more recent stuff?  Toy Fair Vader and FF Weequay come to mind as items that shot up in price right away.  I'm a kubrick collector and it just goes without saying that if you want a chase figure, you're going to pay way more than the original price.  The recent vintage Wedge fiasco is another example.  What if Hasbro was not rereleasing this figure and you had a spare available?  How would you handle it?  What if you found a Hot Wheels Treasure Hunt at retail - would you sell it to a HW guy for $.99?

I'm much more inclined to sell at cost with friends or people that have helped me out in the past.  When TRU had their crazy sale on the EU wave ($5 for the first figure, $1.50 for the second), I bought multiple sets of the figures and offered them up to the MN group at average cost I paid per figure.  A year later, I'd be less inclined to offer that price, especially to someone I don't really know if the figures are going for $15-20 each on Ebay.  If I buy extra, its generally with the thought of helping out the MN JD collector group or trading for something rare I need later on, but when it comes time to sell, I want to know what others would do. 

My own perspective is that rare stuff is going to cost more.  As the Kubrick guys know, I just shelled out a lot of money for some rarer Kubes that would have cost much much less at retail.  Since I'm one of the guys willing to pay more for something rare, then I have an expectation that I should get also something more for something rare.  Doesn't have to be top dollar, especially if I'm helping out someone at JD or a friend of a friend, but I do think asking more than retail is fair.  Am I off base on this line of thinking?  Would appreciate hearing others' point of view.

Thanks!