I had some gift cards laying around, and I went all in on the Hot Toys Stormtrooper. I did get lucky finding a seller in California who was only charging MSRP and no tax, when it was already being marked up 50 bucks. I wound up getting it the day after it shipped too.
Queen Amidala Collection doll for $10 on clearance at KB Toys. For their time those were really nice "figures." I kept them all sealed in the box. I'm under the impression they're actually just dolls.
We got Dalton Bond for $20 at a local toy shop once. We got most of our PotA figures there too but think they were around $30 a piece.