Clearance vultures REALLY hurt the vehicle segment of Hasbro's Star Wars line. Any time an exclusive vehicle got announced there would be a chorus of people saying "I'll buy it on clearance". And they wonder why Target won't offer exclusive vehicles anymore? It seems like Hasbro is forcing an uncomfortable conversation with some of these people.
And bravo to Hasbro for doing so. Why should a group of people ruin it for the rest of us? The clearance vultures are a vocal group and now we are starting to hear them say the same things about figures in both scales: "Hey! If I can get these at Ross or Ollies down the road for 70+% off, I might as well wait." That's not going to help us get new figures in the line, nor is it going to instill confidence in the product if the retailers can't sell it in their stores.
It's funny, some people at the SW The Vintage Collection FB group were commenting about buying the E-Wing on clearance.
The group should actually encourage these people to wait for the E-wing to hit clearance and then laugh at them when they realized they've shot themselves in the foot.