To this day... missing out on Leonidas still haunts me.
Got the P2 Elder at scalped price at around 320. Still glad i bit the bullet. After all these years, still among one of my favorite figures.
At the time people held out on the Hellboy for a version 2 with his black shirt and maybe a cigar smoking head. That never came, Ver.1 didnt sell too well so they made low quanities. People started regretting and up goes the price.
Blade was similar. The proto didn't look like Snipes, and not many pre-ordered. They made low quantities. They revised the sculpt prior release and supply was lower then the demand.