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Kibble wrote:Shadow Command leader Megatron looks to be the one going for stupid amounts of money. I almost bought one when they were marked down to $25 or so but I couldn't think of a single reason for actually having the damn thing. Bummer, because I thought of one now that it's too late...fools on eBay.

I did buy one for $35 at Walmart, had it for a year on display, and sold it for $80. Though it does go for ridiculous amounts on eBay, I don't regret not wringing every dime I possibly could have out of him. I would like to get a regular RoTF leader Megatron, but even that is way overpriced.

Transformers Lucky Draw Gold Optimus Prime Twin Blaster

Only US6000$ on Ebay. No AFA bullshit.

At least, the shipping is free.

Yeah. only 3 exist but still, WTF? Who would pay so much?

In before a rich nerd with way too much money on hand.

-Kanrabat- wrote:One year and a half ago. I remember seeing a HUGE pyramid of Leader RotF Megatrons for sale at my local Wallmart at 50$ each figures. I passed because I was not really into Transformers and I find him ugly and too expensive.

Because of no Leader Megs for DotM, I finally want a RotF one. Turn out I was not the only one with that idea because he's 200$ minimum on Ebay right now.

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I remember I was waiting on ROTF megatron. There were 2 releases I was interested in. The silver voyager class, japanese exclusive, which was canceled. Then they had a voyager class recolor with some legends packed in. Wanted to see what this looked like before I bought any version of ROTF megatron. Of course, this got canceled as well. I wanted the voyager mold in silver, and figured, if they never did one, I'd just get the leader class.
I tend to always wait to see the repaints, unless I really like the figure from the beginning, and it's never an issue. In this case, it didn't go so well.

Well I dont know if this qualifies,

but one that stands out in my memory is classics Skywarp/Ultra Magnus.
now I wasnt buying tfs at the time I saw it first back in target stores but there was a
boatload of them all over the place. Not too long after i saw them and passed (as I wasnt buying tfs for some odd reason) they were on the fabled .04 cents ending price of like 3.04 maybe>>?

Now flash forward to a couple years ago and Im really regretting not buying them and cant/can understand why the set is up to over a hundred on ebay or so. I finally broke down and bought 2 sets last year since I was rolling in dough at a botcon and the price was fianlly "right"

I still feel a lil ripped off since I know the people who bought them probably still have a warehouse of them and are putting them out one at a time ("last one folks") and made a veritable killing off a rediculously good toy that was super underpriced for a time at target stores, and is now somewhat overpriced today.

So thats one example of an overpriced toy though it is somewhat in demand et al.

Diem wrote:I recall having an argument with Counterpunch about this when I was still fresh and new...I said Botcon exclusives were overpriced, he said that a huge amount of work went into producing a limited run figure like that, I said that regardless of the work, the customer is still paying $50-$400 dollars for something that, in different colours, is available on the shelf for $10 and so on.

That said, Darkside Megatron commands a hell of a lot of money for a retool of a mediocre voyager.

Well, BotCon figures aren't really overpriced at their retail price. That's usually 3-5 times their shelf retail value.

The aftermarket prices that you're referring to, those are over-priced. I'm always surprised at what some things go for now.

I think the most over-priced transformers in years are the Human Alliance figures. The price bump for the little human figure is a flat out scam.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:I'll be the first then, MP11s Sunstorm

I second that.

Counterpunch wrote:I think the most over-priced transformers in years are the Human Alliance figures. The price bump for the little human figure is a flat out scam.

An even bigger scam is the aftermarket prices for some of them...I got stuck with an extra HA Barricade at the end of the ROTF line...was happy to see fools were paying over $100 for that mediocre thing. Sold mine for $112. Looks like they sell for around that loose even. I'm tempted to unload my own copy! I'm kinda tempted to sell all my movie toys that are going for stupid money, actually.

Kibble wrote: I'm kinda tempted to sell all my movie toys that are going for stupid money, actually.

Yeah, I'm very tempted to sell my Optimus and Jetfire. I could make at least double what I paid for them. But it's a damn awesome figure...