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I took advantage of EE's Pre-Black Friday sale and had all of the following arrive today: GamerVerse Punisher & Nick Fury 2-Pack Inhumans Medusa & Gorgon 2-Pack Mini Comic Book Wave 2: Phoenix (Rachel Summers) Silver Surfer Daredevil (The Man Without Fear) Beast (Astonishing X-Men) Black Widow Feral

Just got a big haul today, Executioner wave, Ai Apec, Warbow, Phantom Rider, Werewolf, IM72 & Enchantress, as well as Medusa & Gorgon!

I am glad the Psylocke 2 pack is getting restocked. I say that as someone who got incredibly lucky online. They sold out shortly after I managed to get one, and I half expected my preorder would be canceled. What I don't like is the "See now, buy now." That just feels incredibly sleazy to me and a bit predatory. It's like when a video game developer says, "If you want more...make sure you buy this one..." Just make enough to meet demand or make them fan channel with a wider release. I realize that Target paid for this exclusive but it doesn't make it any less frustrating. I do hope they do. I have the 3 pack, but I want to see more people be able to get it. I would actually hold out hope for that more than Psylocke. That SDCC Death's Head got a re-release later and you can pick him up on BBTS even now. Hasbro at least seems to realize that both Psylocke/Thanos and Savage Land 3 pack are sought after and they like money. It would be crazy not to. I saw a youtube video where someone said about re-issues are a betrayal and lessen the value of their collection. I frankly don't care. I've benefitted from re-issues. Unless you are collecting NIB and high end stuff like F4F, etc? I don't see Legends as an 'investment'. They are toys. Sure vintage toys can have value, but you have to sit on them for years. The value they may have now is artificially inflated thanks in no small part due to scalpers.

Actually, the retailers make a lot of these assortment requests, in conjunction with Hasbro. After all, it's about getting wallets in their stores. Sometimes though, an exclusive has a sell-through window where it is exclusive to a specific retailer for a period of time, and then gets a secondary wider release through other retailers. Occasionally, when that happens, the figure is slighty different ( running-change paint apps etc) to distinguish it from the exclusive in a minor way. The key thing to remember is that retailer exclusives HELP the brand because the retailer bears the costs of any new tooling, thus adding to the tooling library Hasbro has. That means that you WILL likely see that given figure ( or at least parts of said figure) again at some point.