Even if that is a joke (which I'm not sure of) its a safe bet that there are people who will indeed be doing that.

Definetly. But magic the gathering in general has had a terrible track record of accurately gauging and releasing the right amount of product.

To put it in TF terms, most of the limited release product has been like hasbro MP10 where only certain stores get it and in limited quantitys and the price it however they feel regardless of MSRP and even then a shocking amount goes to flippers. Makes TF collecting quite relaxing actually.

 

It was also sort of annoying that at the Con, the limit on these sets was 2 per person (vs. 1 per person for Metroplex and the Joe set). And then it sold out first, leaving a lot of attendees in the lurch. I think they underestimated its popularity (to be fair, I did too... I had no idea how popular Magic apparently is).

But I do wish it had been limited to 1 per person at the Con.

 

That limit would have helped con goers, but the aftermarket price would probably be almost the same. The supply would remain just as limited.

 

Or even if they had made it a "con" exclusive leaving the door open for it to ba available later at things like NYCC and PAX instead of just SDCC.

As it is I have a standing offer of $100 for anyone in BC who can get a hold of one.

 

c:>ping tfw2005.HTSRagethread.com -t

Anyone still out there?

 

got tired of waiting around so I went to Target & scored a set of the new deluxe Generations wave. they were 12.99 each. can't wait to get home & open them!

 

Or even more limited. If you consider how many people would have opted to keep theirs without having an extra to sell.

 

I'm so used to refreshing and expecting to see the same items pop up, that I'm worried I'll freak out and not react fast enough when they finally do show up! Anybody else feel this way? At this point, I'll at least hesitate a little being like "is this real life?"

Ugh, I really hope it's tomorrow and not Friday. It'd be nice to enjoy the spoils on Friday without this added stress (assuming I get what I want)!

 

Nice score. Where are you located?

 

Oh yes, I agree. I'm just speaking selfishly as a Con-goer.   But I do feel like given the expense and hassle of actually attending the Con, it should be more of a sure bet to get the actual products offered.

I can't believe I'm saying this... it makes me almost ill to do so... but Mattycollector handled it better. You pre-ordered your Con exclusives, so they knew exactly how many they would need to produce/bring, and then you could just go pick them up. If Hasbro had done that, plus brought some extras to just sell on top of that, fewer people would have met with disappointment.

 

this was at the Target in Pinole, CA. they also had 3 Sandstorm figures too. left them there since I already picked up 1. definitely the best of all the new triple changers IMO!

 

We're costing them a fortune in bandwidth bills.

Personally, my page refreshing tools are checking as frequent as possible and have been since Sunday night.

 

Na, just kinda numb at this point occasionally get board and browse the site, I've got until 4 then I'm off work for the 45 min drive home.

 

Yeah, I am beyond pissed. Wasted half a fucking day on this damn bullshit. This hobby is damn tiring.

 

try buying the latest sneakers (jordans, etc) online. It's worse than this.

 

The seething rage is beginning. Let's hope their blood goblets fill up fast over at HTS HQ and the levers set the exclusives free soon.

 

Guess this is the first year they'll go:
A. on a Thursday
B. on a Friday
C. 2 weeks after SDCC
D. Hasbro is secretly selling these on ebay since they know they can get 3X the price

 

e. Marking them up and giving to places like FunPub to scalp them

 

I go with D