Could be no worse than trying to buy figures from a comic con. Well the ones I been to anyway. But I will be searching for price quotes. I am also looking for the mini-mates sets.
Could be no worse than trying to buy figures from a comic con. Well the ones I been to anyway. But I will be searching for price quotes. I am also looking for the mini-mates sets.
“God made only one of each of us. It's up to us to make the most of our individuality.” Kevin Max
At the end of the day, as with all collectibles, the figures are only worth what you as the purchaser are prepared to pay.
When the figures came out they were $7.99 per two-pack, so that's quite a bit over the original RRP.
The question is whether you feel the value has increased or decreased.
Looking on eBay I can find each pair for $10-$15 so I'd say $75 is too much, personally.
However it all depends on if you want to deal with eBay and if you think paying an extra $30 is worth the hassle of not having to buy them individually and the time spent on that + waiting on post etc.
Last edited by Phil; 04-28-2016 at 06:29 AM.
I recently bought Alpha Flight 52 and 113, the latter being one of only a handful of V1 issues I never read before
"like Warren Moon before he defected, a perfect spiral!" - Eugene Judd
"like Warren Moon before he defected, a perfect spiral!" - Eugene Judd
It's not vital to the story though, especially in a shared universe.
Actually, the reason I heard was because they're not cinematic.
Though the reboots and stuff have made for some funny footnotes in Squirrel Girl;things like that.* see SG #1 2015... the first SG #1 2015...
~ Le Messor
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."
~ Bobby Bowden, Florida State footballer, on player Reggie Herring
The issue is, this is an Alpha Flight story.
If you take two panels to explain then that's taking two panels away from the characters whose book it actually is.
If it's not vital to the story you have to make a decision that the audience is well read enough to fill in the gaps themselves, or will go off and research it independently.
If Wolverine were to guest star in an issue of Alpha Flight do we need to put panels in explaining his entire backstory?
If so then it'd just be 20 pages of Wolverine with no AF.
(Taking it to the extreme, just to prove a point, I know )
I'd rather see an extra two panels of my favourite characters than have non-vital information about characters that I don't care about; as long as the story makes sense.
Similar sort of thing with footnotes, although to a lesser extent.