Darth Cruel
Super Freak
Some of these things surpise me.
Between the 2 Leia Boushhes, there was an eition size of 9000 total figures. And considering that some people got more than one (I know there are at least one of me), and the regular version is still available, that makes the popularity on that figure pretty low. I wonder how many are left.
But then, I assume that Sideshow makes extras for replacements and promos. And this figure didn't seem (to me) to get a real big quality issue turnover. So I wonder if they had considerably more than 9000 total figures or if the edition size was larger because they had so few returns and put those extras up in the regular edition size.
That idea may also account for such a large Ex. edition size (2500 pieces).
But they usually post the edition size before they know if there will be a big replacement turnover, don't they? For example, most of the current pieces on pre-order have not shipped yet, but we know the ESes.
And then there are the Stormtroopers. I anticipated that these would be HUGELY popular. And that thought seemed to be supported at CC when they offered 2 of the ex., mixed with the fact that Sideshow stated that they would be making allowances for troop-building, I figured they made a BOATLOAD of them. And when they had to cut back on the 2=per allowance on the ex., I figured they made a boatlod of them, but the demand may have warrented 2 boatloads. Then when the reg. went up and there was a lot of popularity with this figure, I thought there must have been 20,000 made.
Imagine my surprise to see the Edition Size at a total of 7500 pieces, and it took a while to sell through those.
I do presume that the Medicom release largely hurt the Sideshow one. But I don't know that to be the truth. It is just supposition. And Sideshow DID sell through the 7500. Which indicates a continued desire by the collectors for the figure. But I still thought it would be a much higher-demanded figure.
It also surprises me that Leia Boushh got a larger ES than the trooper at all. But that can be chalked up to testing the demand for different "tiers" of characters early in the line. Leia Boushh was relatively early in the line.
Anyway...just a few thoughts that I had on the subject.
Between the 2 Leia Boushhes, there was an eition size of 9000 total figures. And considering that some people got more than one (I know there are at least one of me), and the regular version is still available, that makes the popularity on that figure pretty low. I wonder how many are left.
But then, I assume that Sideshow makes extras for replacements and promos. And this figure didn't seem (to me) to get a real big quality issue turnover. So I wonder if they had considerably more than 9000 total figures or if the edition size was larger because they had so few returns and put those extras up in the regular edition size.
That idea may also account for such a large Ex. edition size (2500 pieces).
But they usually post the edition size before they know if there will be a big replacement turnover, don't they? For example, most of the current pieces on pre-order have not shipped yet, but we know the ESes.
And then there are the Stormtroopers. I anticipated that these would be HUGELY popular. And that thought seemed to be supported at CC when they offered 2 of the ex., mixed with the fact that Sideshow stated that they would be making allowances for troop-building, I figured they made a BOATLOAD of them. And when they had to cut back on the 2=per allowance on the ex., I figured they made a boatlod of them, but the demand may have warrented 2 boatloads. Then when the reg. went up and there was a lot of popularity with this figure, I thought there must have been 20,000 made.
Imagine my surprise to see the Edition Size at a total of 7500 pieces, and it took a while to sell through those.
I do presume that the Medicom release largely hurt the Sideshow one. But I don't know that to be the truth. It is just supposition. And Sideshow DID sell through the 7500. Which indicates a continued desire by the collectors for the figure. But I still thought it would be a much higher-demanded figure.
It also surprises me that Leia Boushh got a larger ES than the trooper at all. But that can be chalked up to testing the demand for different "tiers" of characters early in the line. Leia Boushh was relatively early in the line.
Anyway...just a few thoughts that I had on the subject.