[netkid]

No they aren't, and that's why I hate comic-con exclusives.

If I ever operated a toy company, conventions exclusives would be nothing more than early bird sales of upcoming products (like what Kenner did with Star Wars). People would come to the con because they could get something new first and then show it off to their friends or just enjoy it early. The last thing I'd want to do is make it difficult for potential customers to obtain the goods my company produced, making them being to loathe me.

The only good thing about limited con exclusives is that you're likely to sell out or be left with very little remaining stock, which you can then sell online to the rest of the world.