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[buttheadsmate]

Each time Medicom release the latest wave I do my best to get them the cheapest way I can. Currently ,in DX 2 ,there are 6 common figures & 2 secret figures which are included 1:96 . There are also 2 other 'incentives' ...a build-a-figure & a diaroma, the b-a-f is composed of specific pieces included with the specific common characters whilst I believe the diorama is included 1:48( 4 cases of 12) .

Theoretically you would therefore have to buy 8 cases of 12 to perhaps guarantee that you had all the components of a complete wave ....each case may well cost you $150 per case........... $1200. Theoretically this will give you 14 sets of 6 which will sell at $90 (perhaps) per set leaving you with your own complete set of everything & a few bits left over including a spare diorama. 14 sets would total $1260 & you'd get perhaps another $50 for the diorama...$1310.

I've never done this & I never will because I wonder whether I could be bothered to sell on all the extra sets (ebay & their charges?) ....pay the initial shippings charges to get them in the first place....sort the damn things out...ship them on....yawn yawn yawn......just to hope to get my money back !!!!

You may be wondering why I'm asking .....it's because I'm not totally sure I've got the math right ? Have I ?

This post has been edited by buttheadsmate: Yesterday, 03:48 PM

[karamazov80]

Er, let's see how I would work it out--$150 for a case of 12 is a pretty low price, isn't it? But accepting that, yeah, 8 cases needed for 96. But doesn't a "master case" only have 48? In which case, can you guarantee that you'll get both chases with 2 consecutively numbered master cases or whatever? Assuming that, $1200 for 8 cases. But I think that one miscalculation you make is that the Leia and red 3PO aren't 2/12, but 1/12 (or as listed on the box, 8/96), leaving only 8 complete "regular" sets, 2 chases, and 2 dioramas (assuming one per "master case" of 48) in your haul. If you can sell the complete sets with BAFs for $100 each, and only keep one for yourself, then you get $700 back. Meaning you still have the 2 chases, 2 backgrounds, scores of "commons", and one complete set for $500. You get almost 2 Lukes per case of 12. So that amounts to 15 of him because one box contains a chase I guess. If you keep one, after losing your 7 sets, you have 7 remaining. Assuming you can get $10 for each, there's $70 dollars more ("profit" balance=$570). Then you have 16 Han Solos, with a remaining balance after all the other stuff of 8. Assuming you can sell them for $8 (since it is relatively undesirable repaint) that is $64 (balance=$634). Then you've got 24 Chewies. Again, I would guess $8 per figure or so. You'll have 16 remaining, so that's $128 (balance=$762). And finally, 23 army builder Snow Troops, with a remainder of 15. I would guess they would sell for $10, because he's the army builder. So, $150 (balance=$912). Assuming you want to sell one of the backgrounds then, you can probably get $50 (balance=$962)

If all the assumptions hold (they probably wouldn't), then you would end up paying $238 for a complete set, 2 chases, and the background. Cheaper than buying them on their own, but with the cost of having to sell and the risk of the assumptions not panning out as expected.

edit: this whole 1/12 thing annoys the crap out of me, though. I really only want 4 figures from this wave (Luke, Han, Leia, Snow Trooper). I don't even care that much for the vehicle. But to get Leia, it really only makes sense for me to buy the whole damn set. Then I'll probably try to sell red 3PO and maybe the vehicle to recoup some of the cost. MEH! I got other expensive things to buy. I can't be hassled with this stuff Medicom.

This post has been edited by karamazov80: Yesterday, 09:33 PM

[buttheadsmate]

I had not forgotten about the 1:12 chases .....& you are absolutely right ....I just left them out for simplicity but shouldn't have. Whatever way I look at it , it looks like a lot of effort for little return. Thanks for the input Sam because I have tried on a number of occasions to see the logic of why some collectors buy cases . My personal strategy is to expect to pay $100 for each 1:96 chase & $50 for each 1:48 chase ( currently the 1:48 is the cardboard diorama ) whilst expecting to pay $90 + for the 6 commons including the b-a-f pieces. That makes a total of £340 which I'd agree is very optimistic but you have to hope & I'm off to a good start with this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT & I snagged the diorama $46 which wasn't a stunning deal but that just leaves the AT-ST Driver secret which is commanding extortionate prices ....so I'll stay patient.....two years & they'll re-release it

None of my prices include the dreaded shipping !!!!!

I asked my question here because I just can't get my head around the jedidefender forum 'opinion' which perhaps inspired my post.

[karamazov80]

Yeah, the guys there are obviously as close to experts as you will find on these issues, but their core group seem to have a shared, baseline understanding of things that I don't have and that they don't explain in much detail. So, they start threads essentially in the middle of an on-going conversation that I'm not a part of and have difficulties trying to catch up with.

In any case, why do people buy 2 master cases? I don't think the economics makes sense. But it does make sense if: A) you have enough money that it isn't a big deal and you don't mind shelling out big bucks with little if any expectation of return--I get this impression from several Kubrick collectors there; and B ) you secretely don't want to get rid of all the extras, and actually have a sick need to hoard more than you need. This is an issue that afflicts myself, and I dare say, others, regarding Minimates

This post has been edited by karamazov80: Today, 07:23 AM

[buttheadsmate]

.......................... and actually have a sick need to hoard more than you need. This is an issue that afflicts myself, and I dare say, others, regarding Minimates

Poor sad sick buggers