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<blockquote data-quote="Slayer2k16" data-source="post: 559352" data-attributes="member: 7252"><p>I guess I'm more of a casual collector who after selling their vintage collection to someone on this forum wanted to pick up some figures mainly for nostalgic reasons.</p><p></p><p>The first choice was Vintage Collection or Black Series while troopers and Droids looked good in Black Series the human's ie Blaze looked terrible and the Vintage Collection were more what I had and cheaper especially when they were on sale so I went with that line.</p><p></p><p>At first, things were ok figures were decent and you could still find plenty on sale didn't buy many just before covid I pre-ordered some and the card backs were damaged but around this time the price started rising and hasn't stopped. I've ordered from most of the main online retailers and received damaged cards from all. I understand that the issue is with Hasbro but saying just open them doesn't really make sense your still paying for damaged cards.</p><p></p><p>As someone else mentioned the whole pre-order debacle was a nightmare it's not really Hasbro's fault with the global distribution chain but brick & mother shops got stock while the online stores never and in some cases it was months later. Combined with a couple of retailers going under taking people's money with them. All the while Hasbro kept increasing the price we're around eighteen quid a figure now kids can't afford them hell, I can't really afford them either. </p><p></p><p>I stopped collecting and only had the hobby for about two years before damaged cards or figures combined with silly prices and endless repaints meant that I just gave up.</p><p></p><p>I did get the first three Retro Collection waves but the exclusives, and poor cards lack of some figures like Ned B I've just about given up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slayer2k16, post: 559352, member: 7252"] I guess I'm more of a casual collector who after selling their vintage collection to someone on this forum wanted to pick up some figures mainly for nostalgic reasons. The first choice was Vintage Collection or Black Series while troopers and Droids looked good in Black Series the human's ie Blaze looked terrible and the Vintage Collection were more what I had and cheaper especially when they were on sale so I went with that line. At first, things were ok figures were decent and you could still find plenty on sale didn't buy many just before covid I pre-ordered some and the card backs were damaged but around this time the price started rising and hasn't stopped. I've ordered from most of the main online retailers and received damaged cards from all. I understand that the issue is with Hasbro but saying just open them doesn't really make sense your still paying for damaged cards. As someone else mentioned the whole pre-order debacle was a nightmare it's not really Hasbro's fault with the global distribution chain but brick & mother shops got stock while the online stores never and in some cases it was months later. Combined with a couple of retailers going under taking people's money with them. All the while Hasbro kept increasing the price we're around eighteen quid a figure now kids can't afford them hell, I can't really afford them either. I stopped collecting and only had the hobby for about two years before damaged cards or figures combined with silly prices and endless repaints meant that I just gave up. I did get the first three Retro Collection waves but the exclusives, and poor cards lack of some figures like Ned B I've just about given up. [/QUOTE]
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