>>10467842Pretty much this;
>>10467891 it is kind of a craps shoot when it comes to these figures. Some are easy to find, some end up being a nightmare to get. You could say that maybe the first year or so the issue was covid and other distribution problems which maybe led to the Cobra Island and some of the early stuff being hard to find and pretty limited.
Because they were so hard to find, people went nuts over the TF and PP Target figures, but in the end, so many got sent out that they were on pegs for months, and eventually got deep clearanced out by late January/Early February.
The problem is, you just never know which figure is going to be "the one" that you just can't get if you didn't PO without paying 3x retail for. Most of the straight-up retail release figures I don't PO, though. At first I didn't PO any of the PP Crimson Guards because the Vipers, BATs and Officers were so easy to find, but then I ended up POing 2 anyway, because I'm an army builderfag and want several of each generic trooper, so if I end up also finding them in stores its just more to pick up.