Why do people keep buying these chinsy figures?
459713
Don't be stupid people, Amazon third party people sell it overpriced, there are other places that sell it for 69.99 or less, I can't say because then the resellers will buy it, but LOOK CAREFULLY.
1768629
Try the community at my figure collection, you might find someone who has a spare. A lot of the bootleg stands actually fit the authentic figures and people may want to get rid of them
1527181
They probably have more of each color or the cheapest one is not selling well. Sometime companies will lower the price of one to get the merchandise to sell. Hope this helps.
614545
That's due to the fact that its only available from third party sellers. Amazon sells it for around 9.99. That fact that it is out of stock now on Amazon, means that sellers that have it can capitalize by increasing the prices. The fact that we are in the festive season doesn't help either. I would wait or get another character that is sold by Amazon.
2197462
Supply and demand. It is Xmas and you will be pressed to find these anytime of the year after May -&gt; October while they set up for next years Furby RLOVEution. Trust me, I went on a crazy binge looking for these last year. After May you will see them on an Auction Site for $80+ and they will not be the color you want. Just the way it goes I guess kudos to Hasbro on the genius idea I just hope they get even better and more intelligent.
930163
Seriously. I've also noticed that a while back too and so my money is mainly being spent elsewhere. These guys are RIPPOFFS. IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE CHEAPER HERE NOT MORE EXPENSIVE!!!
1066776
I agree with you. In fact, I think the practice of hoarding and reselling toys ought to be illegal. It's like ticket scalping and price-gouging, both of which are illegal. I won't buy one an inflated price, regardless of how much my child wants one. However, if I'm lucky enough to find them in stock, I will buy an extra and donate it to Toys For Tots. Unless people do that, how many low-income kids will get this popular and very neat toy?
2157113
Many people (myself included) don't consider them "toys"-they're collectibles and we'll pay A LOT for one-I own a set comprised of a Takara Tomy Striker ASP-01 and aftermarket trailer/weapons ring as well as other mods that I paid a total of nearly $400 for. And $71 is nothing-this figure now goes for well above that here 6 years later-like I said, many don't look at the Leader class as a toy.
1066127
Wonder if they were the bricks made from China then. There's a forum on Brickset.com that tries to point out the differences between the bricks manufactured in China vs. the ones in Denmark or elsehwere. Would be a little disappointed too if the minifig is manufactured in China too (the Collectible figures are).
1129998
Because some people might not want to buy it after seeing it. You can see a picture of it here http://www.amazon.com/Str8-n-Up-Slouching-hunching-stress-reducer/dp/B007U8D5GQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1400774834&sr=8-3&keywords=str-8-n-up
2055881
It's a gamble if you do not purchase directly from Amazon. There are a lot of bootleg versions of this figure, and resellers may or may not even know the difference.
1163974
It's a collector's item. That's part of the reason why it costs so much. There are also probably a limited number of these being made. Limited supply + demand = a higher price.
1516747
As far as I know this is a restock of this figure by DC Collectibles, according to the last news this new shipping of figures was carefully checked, but some problems with articulations remained. I keep my figures in the box, so Im not very aware of this problem. What I recommend you, is to talk to costumer service via chat, and explain them the problems with this figure, maybe they can send someone to pick up the best version of the figure in the warehouse.
1147807
These are individual sellers selling the dolls. Like the price??! I don't know if they priced it wrong by mistake or what, but it's a "tad" high. They can keep their 5.
140929
From everything I can tell from comments & the product description, its just that you are 'paying' for the big one and getting the little one 'free.' Since it specifies that its a Buy One, Get One Free SET, and not Buy One Set, Get One Set Free, it seems to be a marketing ploy to make it look like a particularly good deal.[I have not bought these however, so I can't confirm this from personal experience.]
2088024
I paid less than $100.00 for this. The small one is for little dolls. This is the one for the 12 inch Barbie sized dolls. I think that these are being sold by individuals on Amazon and because it is so late they are ripping the customers off so that they can make a profit from their purchases. Parents are desperate to get them and will pay any price. The "small" castle was selling for about $50.00 I think.
6519
There are two versions of this figure. An American and a Japanese. The American version normally is more expensive than the Japanese. Mostly the box is different and there are a few different small parts between them. But they are the same figure.