Karen
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Post by Karen on May 12, 2004 17:21:50 GMT -5
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Post by Chaos on May 12, 2004 17:39:07 GMT -5
THANKS!
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Post by Willfan on May 12, 2004 19:08:57 GMT -5
I was waiting for this...Yay!
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Post by JusticeDemon on May 12, 2004 19:53:01 GMT -5
This is what it says...
#1 - Battle Fist (chase) - $200
#2 - Absorbing Man - $60
#3 - Abomination - $60
#4 - White Witch Willow - This MAC Collector's Club exclusive was the last Buffy figure produced by Moore before they stepped back to design duties and handed the production reigns to Diamond Select. Since Buffy fans are super-hardcore and this figure depicts Willow as she appeared in the final episode, it's being scooped up for $60 online faster than you can say "Glinda."
#5 - Glow-in-the-Dark Koozebane Kermit - $50
#6 - Rotocast 10-inch Wonder Woman - $50
#7 - Red Skull (Chase) - $42
#8 - Transformation Willow - Why does Willow have creepy black eyes? We're not sure. We missed that episode when it first aired. Then we bought the DVD but that disc was scratched. Then we TiVoed it, but our TiVo shattered into a million white-hot pieces and the shrapnel nearly blinded us. We think there may be some dark forces at work. Perhaps the same dark forces responsible for this figure being worth $35.
#9 - Darkseid ("White" Version) - $24
#10 - Dark Witch Willow - Who's this goth chick? Surely it's not our beloved, cute band camp girl from the American Pie cycle of films. Ah, but it is her, depicted as she looked when she went crazy when someone killed her girlfriend. Yeah, that's enough to make someone go goth. Black magic may have something to do with it as well. Anyhoo, it's a cinequest.com exclusive and it goes for $32.
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Post by Lior Knight on May 13, 2004 0:00:06 GMT -5
Now that’s great! Willow wave succeeded beyond anticipation (figures being sold out so quickly, 3 of 6 figures get into the top 10 listing) that just proves how well Buffy figures will sell even though the series is over.  |
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Faithfan
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Post by Faithfan on May 13, 2004 0:24:55 GMT -5
Very cool!! And it's really nice to see Dark Witch Willow in there. Still my favorite of all the Willow figures. |
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Post by buffyswatcher on May 13, 2004 0:37:02 GMT -5
Ditto
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Post by BtVSFigs Admin on May 13, 2004 0:50:21 GMT -5
Now what on God's green earth convinced MAC that these wouldn't sell? Was it because not enough people preordered before they even released images of the final product?? hmmm....
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Post by cosmicspidey on May 13, 2004 1:33:02 GMT -5
Now what on God's green earth convinced MAC that these wouldn't sell? Was it because not enough people preordered before they even released images of the final product?? hmmm.... I think MAC was probably going down the crapper well before they decided to cancel the series, and didn't want to risk losing even more (no pun intended). Obviously, since the company has all but shut down recently, that's probably not too far-fetched. |
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Post by The Second Evil on May 13, 2004 2:04:16 GMT -5
This is so cool! You would think the fans would be a bit annoyed by having 6 versions of a character released... and their Not! They love them! I'm so glad they're selling so well!
With regards to Moore, they were stupid ok. They were utterly stupid. They shouldn't have released the gentlemen, they should have changed Drusilla's hair, should have moved Bunny Anya back a line and should not have cancelled the Buffy and Angel line. Didn't they ever know that a lot of people dont like pre-ordering?
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Post by x-esque on May 13, 2004 9:15:44 GMT -5
Wow, I had no idea Willow was so all over the map! I didn't even know she was on the map. This kind of news makes me hopeful for Diamond's plans for the future.
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Post by Rogue on May 13, 2004 9:43:04 GMT -5
Wow, I had no idea Willow was so all over the map! I didn't even know she was on the map. This kind of news makes me hopeful for Diamond's plans for the future. DST took a step MAC didn't take often enough -- DST advertised the upcoming Willow figures in ToyFare (and other mags?). The most recent ad MAC put out was last year, a one-page spread in the back of ToyFare for Angel series II (Lorne, Wesley, Darla). Of course it didn't help that they weren't even going into production at the time the ad was circulated... and that they up and cancelled the line not long after advertising. Thank god for DST. They have the funds to get these great figures out to us, and the respect for the license they ought to have!  |
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Post by slayathon on May 13, 2004 11:55:33 GMT -5
I am so glad to see this!!!!
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Karen
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Post by Karen on May 13, 2004 19:41:03 GMT -5
I edited the top post to add the scans of the pages from toyfare if you want to see them.
Karen
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Post by XxTemporary_InsanityxX on May 13, 2004 19:48:17 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by kakistos on May 13, 2004 20:03:53 GMT -5
I'm really glad I didn't have to pay those prices for any of them. Are people really paying that much?
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Post by DanMan on May 14, 2004 17:11:21 GMT -5
If you check eBay, prices do get up around there. Which seems really stupid to me when you should still be able to find figures like Transformation Will at a store, or order the cinequest.com exclusive...at cinequest.com. Dark Will is still available and only $17. That one shouldn't be too hard to figure out, yet she often goes for well above $20 or even $30.
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Post by sprocket on May 14, 2004 19:22:38 GMT -5
I suppose not everyone will look around for good prices.
I just cancelled my DST order (they couldn't tell me when they would be able to ship overseas), so went looking for the 3 figures I was missing. I checked ebay for bargains, but also at various online stores. Dark and Transformation were easy to find - and for around the original retail price. The only one I got on ebay was Vampire, and that was a buy it now for 12 pounds.
I don't know why you would resort to ebay unless you can't get it elsewhere, or find a bargain - but I suppose, ebay can be a bit of an addiction - it can be a bit of a "high" bidding for an item. I'll never forget the morning I went mad and almost paid $115 for blue jacket buffy - thank god I was outbid in the last second - I ended up getting blue jacket buffy for $35 a few days later. It wasn't so much that I really wanted the figure, but, well, I kinda became obsessed. Now I require a sensible person to be sitting next to me if I'm in the mood to spend some $ on a figure I really want.
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