NihilusThrawn
Skirmisher
36 Posts
    
 | | 07/30/2006 4:36 PM |
| | What is the problem with Clone Strike? One booster is around $35! Was the set extremely popular? Can someone please fill me in? | |
But...it was so artistically done-Grand Admiral Thrawn's last dying words
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sleonardo
Sneak
58 Posts
| | 07/30/2006 5:59 PM |
| | It is because it is sold out and is no longer available from the manufacturer. Just like any collectible that is no longer available from the manufacturer, prices will increase even if demand remains the same. | |
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NihilusThrawn
Skirmisher
36 Posts
| | 07/30/2006 8:47 PM |
| | What brought it into a sold out state? | |
But...it was so artistically done-Grand Admiral Thrawn's last dying words
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Neratos
Sneak
67 Posts
| | 07/30/2006 11:22 PM |
| | WoTC only produces so much of a set. Once it runs out it is all gone. Basically if a set is 2-3 old it is no longer produced. So they become scarce and the price goes up. | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 07/30/2006 11:43 PM |
| | My FLGS had them for a week just prior to CotF. It took Rebel Storm awhile to get a complete reprint but CS is due for it. | |
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Luisjoey
Underboss
1704 Posts
Caracas Venezuela
| | 07/30/2006 11:49 PM |
| | I heard that CS won´t be reprinted ever! just a limited version for europe but that has been done. | |
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Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10639 Posts
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| | 07/31/2006 1:26 AM |
| | I doubt it's going to be re-released. Pretty much all of the chase VRs in CS have been re-issued in Cotf. I still wouldn't mind a CS Maul though.... | |
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NihilusThrawn
Skirmisher
36 Posts
| | 07/31/2006 9:14 AM |
| | I was trying to purchase all of the Jedi Council members in Clone Strike, but they're $16-$20 a piece, with some even higher than that. It exasperates me that I have to pay $16 for Plo Koon. | |
But...it was so artistically done-Grand Admiral Thrawn's last dying words
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Sean-Khan
Commander
2700 Posts
| | 07/31/2006 9:32 AM |
| Luckily I'm not too much of a collector. In most cases, I'm perfectly happy for new rare versions of older VR's and can trade the pieces that have grown high in value for 2 or more rares. I think Dooku is the only piece I want to keep VR version of even if there's a rare equivalent.
I'm waiting for early winter when BH, Blood war, Reserves, SW ship battles and maybe AAM Naval are out, and then trade my CS Yoda (should get RotS version in the trade, though) and Aurra away, as well as some DDM pieces that have been collecting some value lately that I no longer need. | |
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boba_fouts
Sneak
99 Posts
| | 07/31/2006 12:23 PM |
| | The re-release in Europe was an accident, and the site where a friend of mine bought 3 cases from last month has already sold out. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 08/01/2006 2:40 PM |
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Originally posted by boba_fouts
The re-release in Europe was an accident
Yep. Nobody told the European division they couldn't order a reprint [)]
I doubt that will ever happen again, or that the US will get a Clone Strike reprint. | | | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 08/01/2006 11:47 PM |
| WotC has never said it will never print CS again. All they have said is that if a set is not reprinted within a time period of its original release it is unlikely. If they think they can make money on it they will reprint it.
On the Wizards boards they have banned discusiion of it altogether. What the argument boiled down to is that people who have the rarest figures do not want them reprinted so that no one else can have them.
However being RS has been reprinted twice I would not rule out a CS reprint altogether. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 08/02/2006 4:46 AM |
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Originally posted by bigbadjon
What the argument boiled down to is that people who have the rarest figures do not want them reprinted so that no one else can have them.
Oh, really? Strange, I don't remember it that way...
But to keep these boards civil, I won't rehash it here.
quote:
Originally posted by bigbadjon
However being RS has been reprinted twice I would not rule out a CS reprint altogether.
I would. Particularly with WotC's reaction to the European reprint.
Rebel Storm had the advantage of being enirely OT based and had some particularly sought after Stormtrooper sculpts (popular with nonWotC Star Wars players/collectors).
Conversely, you can see WotC mitigating hard to find Clone Stike figures in later sets... | | | |
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