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I picked up a second Storm to save on shipping. Would happily trade the extra, or sell for my cost plus cost of shipping.

What time did these actually go up? 9am EST? I know Target is based on Central time, but for some reason I still thought it would be an afternoon release time. I managed to snag Storm, which was by far the bigger get. My Target backlog is down to just Weapon X and Mystique, which isn't too bad, especially as they're both just lightly updated re-releases, and I imagine will both be widely available upon release. I still need that Walmart Quicksilver too, though.

I never understand why people are always so willing to throw other people's fandoms under the bus like this. Why fewer X-Men? It's not a zero sum affair. Me getting fewer X-Men doesn't get you more Avengers. I don't care about the Avengers one bit, but I hope you get all the characters you want. They can do both. I can tell you that, from the perspective of an X-Men fan, this line has felt pretty barren for years. We had a hot-streak for a year or two around 2019 and 2020, but it has been dry for a while. For instance, last year had 105 releases. Here are some stats: X-Men comic figures/sets: 17 Deadpool/X-Men movie figures: 6 X-Men cartoon figures: 6 Avengers comic figures/sets: 11 Avengers-related comic figures: 16 Avengers movie figures: 5 My numbers above lump the entire Wolverine anniversary line, the Venompool figure, Ka-Zar, and two figures from the Strange Tales wave (Bloodstorm and Hellverine) into the X-Men stats. Conversely, I didn't include anything Spider-Man-related, anything from the Strange Tales wave, Astonishing Wolverine, or any characters I wasn't absolutely sure were Avengers-related (like Namorita, Crystar, and Red Widow) in with the Avengers stats, and many of the figures I called Avengers-related are probably actually just Avengers figures. I just know people often take exception to characters from Thor or Iron Man solo titles being called "Avengers figures", so I erred on the side of caution. Most of that category are primary Avengers members in looks that I couldn't 100% for sure say were part of Avengers runs, with a few being characters like Odin who are more closely associated with only a single member of the team. Looks like you're eating at least as well as I am (probably better, as movie and cartoon figures don't really do anything for me, and that accounts for a huge percentage of last year's X-Men), but it's all a matter of perspective. When the comparatively few figures related to your corner of the universe aren't characters or looks you're as attached to, it definitely feels like less attention is being paid to you.

Pretty much all the X-Men stuff sells out crazy fast at the preorder stage, but then ends up flooding Targets after it properly releases. I would expect the same with both of these (unless Target wises up and puts more of the print run up for preorder to cash in on the FOMO).

I just saw this, so missed out on whatever came on August 29th. I take it Storm and Mystique never made it, and are future Fridays?

It looks like this was an in-stock restock too, because mine already shipped. Damn. I'm sorry, everyone. I came on here to let people know as soon as I got my order in (and somebody else had already posted it, anyway).

No!! I'm so sorry! I almost bought two, in case you weren't able to get one, but I didn't want to take one away from anyone else in case you got one, and I also didn't want you to feel forced to deal with exorbitant American shipping into Canada, which I think has done in any previous trades we've tried to work out in the past.

I was able to get one with the restock. I feel much better now. Good luck, everyone!

As far as I can tell, it never stopped being sold out.

I would be fine with that! I don't care how soon I get it. I just don't want to pay after-market pricing. There seemed to be basically zero hype about this set, and I did everything right to get it, so this is all really surprising and disheartening.

I have premium! I was logged in at 12:45. I had Paypal open and logged in. I watched the countdown. At 1:00pm, I refreshed, and suddenly I was logged out and it said something, something, too many people. I tried to log back in, and it was sold out. This did not make me feel good about paying $50/year.

So, is it not actually sold out? I was on right at 1pm, saw the countdown hit 0, refreshed, and it just says sold out. I know it's premium only, but I am a premium member. Did it really sell out in seconds?

It's been five years since I made this thread, and they've released 36 of my top 100 since then (including three of my top five), with potentially another three rumoured for later this year. Here's my updated list: Psylocke (Outback armour) Magik (Fall of X gold costume) Senyaka (Acolytes) Tempo (preferably in all gold, with both modern and classic helmets) Exodus Dust Emplate Shadowkat (Fall of X) Storm (Outback) Colossus (Outback) Bishop (Uncanny X-Force) Revanche Magik (New Mutants from the same era as the Dani Moonstar figure) Frenzy (Age of X and following era) Armor Hellion (with detached hands somehow) Magneto (Bendis Uncanny X-Men) Amelia Voght Spiral (Uncanny X-Force) Gateway Trinary (X-Men Red) Colossus (Jim Lee era) Karma (New Mutants from the same era as the Dani Moonstar figure, but with the cybernetic leg) Pixie Juggernaut (Alaskan X-Men) Cypher (Dawn of X, with Warlock sword) Magik (original New Mutants) Phantazia Havok (Age of Apocalypse) Sunfire (Dawn of X) Feral (Liefeld era) Amazon (Age of Apocalypse) Sage (X-Treme X-Men) Arclight Tempus (the Five) Holocaust Danger N'astirh Ahab Quark Askani (Knights of X) Sunspot (Liefeld era) Magma (powered up, but with de-powered head) Rictor (Knights of X druid) Iceman (Jim Lee era, powered down) Proteus Rachel Grey (red and yellow trenchcoat) Psylocke (Disassembled) Bloodstorm (X-Men Blue) Colossus (red/white) Selene Mr. Sinister (long-haired Victorian tuxedo) Spoor Scalphunter Beast (steampunky end of pre-Bendis era) Mellencamp Siryn (Liefeld era) Harry Leland Lady Mastermind Honey Badger Colossus (Acolytes) Gauntlet Sunfire (90s) Masque Vanisher (X-Force) Elixir (X-Force) Jean Grey (X-Men Red) Brood drone Sebastian Shaw (shirtless) Cannonball/Cypher/Sunspot (New Mutants three-in-one to match the Dani/Karma/Wolfsbane figure) Xorn Psylocke (Marvel NOW) Reignfire Cecilia Reyes Goblin Queen Sunspot (all black fully powered-up) Wolfsbane (X-Force) Penance Jean Grey (post-Hellfire Gala) Dragoness Tusk Purifier (multiple heads, for troop-building) Storm (post-Hellfire Gala/X-Men Red) Forearm Madri (Age of Apocalypse) Synch Blockbuster Hope Summers Prism SHIVA Riptide Erik the Red Harpoon Decimus Furius X-Cutioner Forge (Age of Apocalypse) Wolverine (current Ultimate title) Madelyne Pryor (Outback) Cannonball (Age of Apocalypse) Rockslide

Isn’t Mads already Kaecilius in the first Doctor Strange movie?

People keep saying this, and it just isn't true. The whole idea behind Haslab is that it allows them to make niche products that they don't think would have widespread mainstream support, without having to take any major risks. Any time Hasbro makes a toy, one of the biggest expenses is the molds necessary for any new parts. These are major expenses, but they're also fixed costs, irrespective of units produced. If they produce 100 figures or 100,000 the cost of that mold stays the same, but it obviously breaks down differently on a per-figure basis. A $10,000 mold costs $100/figure if they only produce 100, but only $0.10 per figure if they produce 100,000. For huge projects like those featured on Haslab, the material costs are already going to be significant enough per figure that there's a finite number of units they can reasonably expect to sell, so they can't just order up 100,000 of everything and assume that the lowered per-figure cost of the mold will make the figure profitable by itself. So, when they say they need to sell 10,000 units to move into production, they mean 10,000 units is the minimum threshold necessary to give them a sufficient profit margin to make the base figure worth producing. If they have stretch goals at 12,000 and 14,000 units, then they have done the math and they know that the additional molds necessary to include those extra parts will pay for themselves at those respective sales levels, but not before. Those extra face-plates/heads/whatever aren't "figured into the cost" because the cost varies wildly based on the number of units sold. There's perhaps more to be said about what constitutes a "sufficient profit margin", but usually business calculations to that end are comparative. Are there other similar things they could be investing money into that would yield more return? If so, they'll do those instead. My shop sells a lot of Magic: the Gathering, and anytime there's a fancy expensive set, people grumble about the price of boxes, and say things like "$50 should be enough profit", to which I have to respond "it is... on a product that I'm selling for $100, but the profit has to scale with the cost." Why would I pay $300 to buy a product that I can only sell for $350 if I can pay $50 for a product that I can sell for $100? They both generate the same profit, but one was a much lower investment. In other words, if I spend $300 to buy six of the $50 product, I'll have made $300 profit for the same investment as the more expensive product that only yielded $50. It's always going to be a better use of my dollars to buy the cheaper product. That's how Hasbro determines their prices.