Predator 2: Shadow Predator (2011 Toy Fairs Exclusive)

[Webb]

Man there must be thousands of them,still available ?

 

[Rotfish]

Then again, I seem to recall more people posting about confirming their orders in the Guardian thread. Were there less customers this time around for Shadow? Might've been.

 

[edstuff]

Found this review on youtube:

Hot Toys Shadow Predator Toy Fairs Exclusive Review - YouTube

That was a great review. I am soooo happy I decided to order this guy. I told myself I shouldn't, but what the hell do I know?

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Then again, I seem to recall more people posting about confirming their orders in the Guardian thread. Were there less customers this time around for Shadow? Might've been.

I think maybe it was the server crashes when the batman went up. people may have not bothered

 

[ducksoda7]

Then again, I seem to recall more people posting about confirming their orders in the Guardian thread. Were there less customers this time around for Shadow? Might've been.

Forgive me since I'm new collecting, but did the Guardian have as many other Hot Toys coming out at the same time? It seems like HT is releasing a lot so close together with Shadow Pred, Batman Begins, Classsic Pred, and another Iron Man.

 

[crazypredator2]

well have sse classic predator and shadow predator ordered.

 

[Rorywan]

well have sse classic predator and shadow predator ordered.

Me too! My first preds

 

[The Ween]

If this was going to be a regular release, then why not just say so from the get go? No way this was a limited release, especially the Batman.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

If this was going to be a regular release, then why not just say so from the get go? No way this was a limited release, especially the Batman.

SS prob thought that they would've sold more being an exclusive I guess

 

[prefused]

In the end, is it really worth going through all that in hopes of maybe making $100 on a good day? Why not just get a job?

to be fair, if you've sunken to the point in your life where flipping toys seems like a viable option, getting a job is probably not in the cards for you. what are you gonna do, put it in your theladders.com resume? being worth a damn isn't for everybody.

 

[Zeniff]

I really don't understand scalping. You buy a $230 figure plus, say another $20 or more for shipping. After that, you have to go through the process of listing it on eBay which costs about $5. Even on a good day, you likely won't get more than $400 out of it, and on top of that you have to pay another 10% of what you make to eBay. Also another $5 to buy a box to ship it.

So 400 - 220 - 20 - 5 - 40 - 5 = 100

In the end, is it really worth going through all that in hopes of maybe making $100 on a good day? Why not just get a job?

well, $100.00 is $100.00 in my opinion.

 

[ducksoda7]

to be fair, if you've sunken to the point in your life where flipping toys seems like a viable option, getting a job is probably not in the cards for you. what are you gonna do, put it in your theladders.com resume? being worth a damn isn't for everybody.

I don't think it's people who've hit rock bottom, though. Its clearly people who are privileged but lazy. I mean, even buying one puts you $250 in the hole until you sell it. And if you can afford to buy them in bulk and pay people to stand in line for you, I doubt that money is a big issue.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

To me it just seems like a side job. Making some extra cash.

 

[prefused]

yeah it's probably different in asia though. all the scalpers i know are fat 40 year old virgins who live with their parents. so i guess technically the money isn't an issue to them in that sense.

 

[crazypredator2]

a great year for predator fans, i have shadow ordered.
shadow and new classic are ht best predators so far,imo.
i have sold all my other ht predators and all my other ht figures, thought i was through with hot toys, but these 2 new predator figures got me hooked again.

 

[prefused]

is the SSC site running slow for anyone else? just tried to get to my account page and it wouldn't load. then it eventually went to the PPO page. maybe everybody got off work and jumped on there all at once.

 

[persuazion]

How come when I go to the site and click the Shadow Predator add to cart to preorder it takes me to a Batman preorder screen instead?

 

[Swantiago]

On the subject of flipping, while it might seem like a lot of hassle for an extra 100 bucks or whatever it can be more value/risk for an international collector.

If a figure costs 230 dollars, thats what you have to pay regardless if the dollar is weak or strong.

Being an internatinal collector myself,the state of the dollar gretatly affects the amount I collect.

Potentially,I could buy hot toys figures when the dollar is weak, then resell them AT RETAIL when the dollar is strong and still make a profit.

Of course there is equal risk aswell

 

[ducksoda7]

On the subject of flipping, while it might seem like a lot of hassle for an extra 100 bucks or whatever it can be more value/risk for an international collector.

If a figure costs 230 dollars, thats what you have to pay regardless if the dollar is weak or strong.

Being an internatinal collector myself,the state of the dollar gretatly affects the amount I collect.

Potentially,I could buy hot toys figures when the dollar is weak, then resell them AT RETAIL when the dollar is strong and still make a profit.

Of course there is equal risk aswell

That's fair, I suppose. I just assumed that it was people flipping a few so I didn't see it being really worthwhile having to wait till another exclusive is announced to flip. Now that I know that scalpers are buying them in bulk I can definitely see why they're doing it.

 

[barryo]

a $100 bucks is like 1/2 the cost of a hooker isnt it?...............