[goldblade6]

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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

No, Den-O is right. You're examples are, as Den-O said, one offs. The best example is if your argument was correct, why isn't Mattel putting those MOTU figures, or the Ghostbuster line in stores?

The toy manufacturers give retailers a chance to sell an "exclusive" items, but those toy manufacturers give those retailers an incentive to do so, making it, a numbers and dollar signs game.

The fact that retailers sell "exclusive" or "limited edition" items from lines doesn't equate to "hey, we care about the collectors market" it's that they got paid by the manufacturer enough to cover any losses that come up because they take a chance on such items for "shelf warming."

Shinken-Red and Gold, are a prime example of this.

Yeah, and I guess the whole collector-oriented aisle in every Toys R Us store isn't for collectors. Toys R Us just figures that moms are going to buy nightmarish statues of horror movie characters for their kids. What are you guys smoking?