Man I seen collectors on boards and youtube not receiving preorders at all or 10 to 12 months after release with toyswonderland. Do you mainly shop with them? I only bought a couple figures in the past . I never had a problem with them on older figures.
No I mainly shop thru Sideshow, but I've been noticing this literally every single release. I started really paying attention around the time with Vision tv show release, before that I didn't bother to check everything there, but I saw him literally 100+ less than sideshow after shipping. I also remember the Iron Patriot being almost 200 dollars cheaper and I cancelled my order w/sideshow to get him at TW. I had 0 issues with him and apparently thats because endgame figures were created in huge bulk and they were dying to get rid of them.
I did have an issue with them thru their alternate site comic santorum, I ordered a thor hammer with LED effect and it didn't work. They actually refunded me the entire order and let me keep the hammer, I think it was around 300 dollars total.
I've ordered a lot of second hand stuff from their store and I ordered a lot of pre orders like Zack from gametoys and a few other things and never really had an issue. I think I did order a Yoda from original trilogy and his leg broke and they told me to file some form for them to assist and I got distracted and never did it.
Idk maybe I'll just order thru them for stuff I don't mind waiting on if it means I can save 100+ each time lol. There is something to be said about customer service as Sideshow has generally been good for me, but we'll see.