Animated Wave 2 Deluxes Blackarachnia and Autobot Ratchet Out in Cincinnati Area

Nobody can lay claim to my title of Undisputed King Scalper. Nobody.

Wanted to clarify a misconception I read earlier too: BBTS had several Animated toys for sale, and the deluxes were $20. Though I did see many people talk them down to $15.

Also- checked the K-Mart that aksmth mentioned earlier on my way to the airport. The voyagers and 2-packs were all there but the deluxes' area on the shelf got bored through with a wallet jackhammer. One of each wave 1 deluxe was all that remained. ;_;

(so yeah looking for Ratchet and Blackarachnia that don't cost double-retail >.>)

They're all up on eBay, you can count on that. Take a gander at an Animated search under Transformers, 90 % Ohio based.

I am sorrowful oh Internet Celebrity. Had I known your want for the Wave 2 guys we would have definately made a point of it to pick up a set for you.

The sets were sold well into Saturday before they finally ran out. Ccalping requires one to create an artificial shortage in order to profit from it. If you agree that the sets lasted a reasonable time, then there was no "shortage" created by them having a single extra set over what you THINK they should have had, whether or not you agree with what they should be allowed to have. Even if you believe there was a shortage of sets, period, and not enough to go around, then they can't be scalping, because the shortage was not their creation in the first place.

If they got that extra set from someone who didn't want their allocated set anyway, then your entire complaint falls apart, as you can't say that potential third party didn't have the right to buy their one set and pass it on or resell it. They may even have paid that person more than the cost, which in your book makes that potential third person the scalper, not the person you insist on demonizing.

If you can't be in line by that point, the THIRD DAY, then you can't really want the product very bad. As far as I can tell, everyone who wanted a set and made an effort to actually get in line and GET one, got it. Fun Pub followed the limits all through Thursday and Friday before allowing seconds and they still lasted a long time.

Even my friend who arrived late on Friday evening and just BARELY got to pick up his box set through the extreme kindness of a FunPub staffer, had no trouble at all getting himself into the line at a reasonable time Saturday morning and getting a set.

You judge to easily and quickly, when you simply do not know the facts. It's not cool to go around slandering someone for their actions or what they had when you have no idea of the circumstances. Making assumptions is a poor place to start from.

Yes, Sportsfans, the scalpers are out there for Wave 2.

After 8 K-Marts, 4 Wal-Marts, and driving around nearly 3/4 of the I275 loop, I've only seen a handful of the two figures so far. One TFW2005 member is getting a set, and I'm keeping a set.

Are you sure the scalpers are entirely responsible?

I have a personal theory that, with BotCon come and gone, shipments to Cinci are in the process of ending, or already have, and you will simply be winding down what is already in the area until it's gone. At that point, I expect shipments to resume on the normal release schedules, starting with Wave 1 again.

Obviously I can't prove that, yet, but that's what I expect to happen or to already be occuring.