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well that didn't last long then, is it us fans or the scalpers who seem to have the site on virtual lock down? and better question how do people do it? is it the fans? hardly. its mostly hoarders, scalpers, impulse buyers who later have buyers remorse, the obsessive/compulsives... AND, a few fans who actually need these figs but end up getting the crap end of the stick because the aforementioned got them before they had a chance in hell. how do they do it? constant lurking of the site and likewise constant refreshing of the screen, sometimes bookmarking the page. its kinda sad, actually.

should be very soon... i'd predict within the next two/three weeks. i want these so bad i had to preorder from SmallJoes. there's no way i could deal with having to hunt these down!

i was tempted to snag an AA, but truth be told, i have two already. ((applause)) proper etiquette is to leave some for the next collector!

your assessment is erroneous. it has been well documented by those of us that have been collecting this line for a long time that regular Vision, X-Force Warpath, Jean Grey (basically half of Wave 6) were the most sought after figs in the MU line because of its short release, not to mention the really cool characters (mostly X-Men) included in the wave. it wasn't until Archangel and Thanos were released in the later waves that other figs were included in the discussion. once the revisions were being leaked, prices shot up on the revisions until they began to saturate the market. after which prices SHOT UP for the original versions since most collectors caught on that they (originals) were not going to be re-released. thus, value for the revisions began to slowly drop. i sold plenty of regular Vision's and Warpath's at $30+ a pop right up until the revisions came out. i was interested to see if revisions would trump the original value, but that is no longer the case. regular Vision and XF Warpath now easily fetch $50+, and in many cases, much more than that.

patterns. equations. statements. this is what i go by. for the sake of those 'hoping,' i truly wish those hopes come to fruition. a "revision" case is not 'revised' a second time around within months of its initial release, unless there were major errors that needed to be addressed and thus 'revised.' i have yet to see a revision of a revision.

i guess this has to be repeated anew. there will NOT be any reissues of the original Vision and (silver) XF Warpath. only the variants and gray/black 3 pack WP. Jean Grey, Sunfire, Bullseye, Thanos, Archangel etc. are being re-released as evident in the revision cases, but for those of you hoping to get the original releases of the aforementioned characters, i'm afraid its not going to happen. as for the HTS peeps sending that email, we all know very well that the people at HTS have no freaking clue what they're talking about. they're Customer Service reps putting out fires with whatever knowledge they may, or in many cases, may not have. i don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but it bums me out when so many people are hoping to get the grails when in fact what they're going to get are the variants. Hasbro made it clear that revisions were going to give fans the chance to get the characters they missed out on during the first go 'round, but they never said they would be releasing the original versions of every character. Hasbro knows about the frenzy regarding original Vision and silver XF Warpath, and in some sectors, Flame On Torch. they're not going to re-release these versions again. it makes sense to keep the grails intact.