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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #15 on: June 6, 2018, 12:45 PM »
3. "Fans" that are boycotting Disney/Star Wars/KK/JJ/RJ

If anyone buys extras of these and then gets to sell them to the above group in 2 years for triple cost, please share. Hahahaha
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #16 on: June 6, 2018, 05:23 PM »
Ill just add the most likely scenario here...

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #17 on: June 6, 2018, 08:56 PM »
I don't read the Aphra comic any more, but did for awhile and liked these characters from their time there and in the Vader comic. I'd like to get a set of these, but like everyone else I'm not super hopeful. The vinty packaging is nice though. It is nice to see the 3 3/4" line get some attention again.

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #18 on: June 7, 2018, 08:10 AM »
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #19 on: June 7, 2018, 09:22 AM »
There can't really be surprise or sticker-shock, can it? It breaks down to $17 a figure. The standard release Vintage figures are $13 each. These are the Comic Con Exclusives, so you had to figure they would individually price out at higher than that.

Don't get me wrong--it's a high price, but not unexpectedly high.
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #20 on: June 7, 2018, 09:25 AM »
There can't really be surprise or sticker-shock, can it? It breaks down to $17 a figure. The standard release Vintage figures are $13 each. These are the Comic Con Exclusives, so you had to figure they would individually price out at higher than that.

Don't get me wrong--it's a high price, but not unexpectedly high.

$40 would have been a bit more reasonable.
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #21 on: June 7, 2018, 09:28 AM »
$40 would have been a bit more reasonable.

$20 would have been even MORE reasonable!

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #22 on: June 7, 2018, 09:30 AM »
But at $40 they break down to $13.33 each. Hasbro would tell you that limited-edition figures cost more to make, so they have to cost more to buy. You know, the smaller the edition, the higher the cost.

The problem is these types of figures cost $13 to start, which is already asking a lot...

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #23 on: June 7, 2018, 09:32 AM »
True.  Especially with that special "exclusive" packaging!

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #24 on: June 7, 2018, 09:45 AM »
$50 seems just right to me. They're gonna sell. Why wouldn't they "gouge" a little?
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #25 on: June 7, 2018, 10:43 AM »
So glad to have 3.75 inch SDCC exclusives back.
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #26 on: June 7, 2018, 11:05 AM »
Wow.  This set is going to be $50? 

Blame the shiny foiling detail on the box for the extra $10. :P


$20 would have been even MORE reasonable!

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #27 on: June 7, 2018, 12:04 PM »
How's the weather back in 2011, Rob?  :-X

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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #28 on: June 7, 2018, 12:23 PM »
Is it me, or is it unusual that this set has already gone up on HTS (at least as coming soon?)
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Re: 2018 TVC SDCC Exclusive Doctor Aphra Comic Set
« Reply #29 on: June 7, 2018, 11:55 PM »
Is it me, or is it unusual that this set has already gone up on HTS (at least as coming soon?)

I was thinking the same thing. I know it would be against type, but wouldn't it be wonderful if Hasbro allowed folks to just pre-order one or two and NOT have to score one on the after market?
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