Firstly, I was not assuming you were in the "same boat" as me. My response was to your comment that "staying up till 1;30am not an option esp when there is no warning or guarantee there will be anything of interest up for PO", that you made for the second time. I was not trying to upset you or say that you didn't have a valid point... only that we knew it was coming, and if one has been buying from Sideshow for a while, one knows to expect anything... exclusives, low edition sizes, in-stock products, etc. Virtually all of the LOTR products have been announced and previewed, and then pre-ordered the following week, except for the faux bronze Fellbeast/Eagle diorama to the best of my knowledge.
Try being a Universal/Classic Monster collector! There have been 4 SSE 1:1 busts (average edition size 62), 10 SSE premium formats and 1 base (average edition size 187), and 2 SSE dioramas (average edition size 50);most of them have gone up with virtually no warning as to what they were (other than horror related) and 80% or more were in-stock at that! One was even a lottery where you weren't guaranteed of getting it unless your name was picked! Try those odds... low edition size, in-stock and no warning!!!
In conclusion, all I can say is if you have been purchasing from Sideshow for a while and have been paying attention, then you should expect the unexpected and be prepared for it! Of all the monster items that I mentioned above, I haven't missed ordering a single one!
