You really have to have limits of what you are willing to do to get these "exclusives". As expensive and difficult as these tickets are becoming to make it in the con and how expensive con trips can be, is one toy really worth blowing a whole day for it? After 13 hours in line, your day is ****ing shot! If you stay at the con, you are going to be one tired mofo! Is that figure really worth it? If the answer is yes, then does it matter if its available to others 6 months later?
At best, you waited just to be first to have it...if that ain't enough then it ain't worth waiting for period.
As DCFett said, you have to go into it certain of a limited number of possible outcomes.
Besides, with Iron Man being HTs cash cow and presumably the hold up for a myriad of other figures/licenses, did you really think these would be that rare? You know why they don't have production numbers? BECAUSE THEY MAKE A FRIGGIN TRUCK TON OF THESE MOTHER****ERS!!!!! It's the only way they make their development cost back.
Sorry you got hosed.
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.. I bet that Hot Toys didn't think that a gold repaint of the Mark7 would cause such a panic. They probably thought lets make 800 of these and sell them to convention fans only, since it's just a repaint of Mark7. Then all hell breaks loose on their facebook page and other forums and they realize that this is more then just a gimmick figure, and is selling for a grand on Ebay. Let's make more for the market, and since this is a last minute idea, let's push it out to 1st quarter of next year for more to be released.
well played HT
