So, these Disney-Marvel figures...

[nubee]

The problem with this line of thinking though is that the "small fraction of society" you reference are the exact same people who have kept this brand alive for 50+ years in one manner or another. Both Marty and Paul seem to be painfully unaware of that fact, and Paul's glossing over of the problem via his post on the Mego Ambassador page is straight-up insulting. I don't believe- for a second- that he "couldn't get one", and the whole "wait for the next launch in 2025" indicates that the thinking is people enjoyed being jerked around in this manner and will line up for the same exact treatment again. This benefited Disney, the scalpers, Marty, and anyone who was paid to work on the four figures in a professional capacity (sculpting, packaging, production, etc). No one else.

The only way to legitimately combat this is to not purchase the set from the eBay scalpers and just let them sell to each other and/or speculative flippers who buy things simply becasue they read "Sold Out", "Limited Edition" or something similar. If actual Mego fans committed to this, the sets would- eventually- become dead inventory. In turn, that would A) drive down the price and make them affordable, and B) stop the same practice with future sets.

Many thanks. I am in absolute total agreement with your opinion.

But for me, as I have repeatedly stated, Mego "killed" my enthusiasm starting with the Topps semi-floppy sidekick body to the recent brittle body. There's no excuse for every wave to have an issue. Looks like this will be the "Look but not available wave." FOMO is no longer an issue for me even for my much wanted FF, Thor and Ironman.

[Z-man 307]

Drove over to the Disney Springs Marvel Heroes store in Orlando on Christmas morning (from Tampa) and was able to purchase 2; there were 6 more on the shelf after my purchase as of 11am this morning. Happy to get them after my on-line purchase was cancelled. What a perfect day! Easy drive with limited traffic with stock on the shelves!

[TRDouble]

Drove over to the Disney Springs Marvel Heroes store in Orlando on Christmas morning (from Tampa) and was able to purchase 2; there were 6 more on the shelf after my purchase as of 11am this morning. Happy to get them after my on-line purchase was cancelled. What a perfect day! Easy drive with limited traffic with stock on the shelves!

That's nice! Congrats! I always prefer buying in person and wish that was an option for me.

[Willykfgg]

So the 4 pack isn't available online at the Disney store yet?

[Earth 2 Chris]

So the 4 pack isn't available online at the Disney store yet?

After being expected to be available within days of the in-store announcment, it was finally announced it would be available last Sunday, Dec. 22 at 8 AM Pacific Time. At that time, the product began to flip between in and out of stock depending on when you tried to purchase it. After just a few hours of this, it permanently went out of stock. Some people who managed to actually purchase it later got emails their orders were canceled. I was one of the lucky few who have not yet received a cancelation email.

[PNGwynne]

I did not receive a cancellation email & my order still shows on the site, but my transaction was cancelled this weekend.

[Mcgorski]

Just checked my cc statement online - no reversed Charges for the marvel Disney figures, no cancellation notice…will keep tracking. Hopefully I wont wind up paying a scalper f9r these.

[powersthatbe]

My cc charge has disappeared too (was it a holding charge until Jan 31st?) but my order is still up on the site and no email cancellation notice. I also paid full price on the site and didn't use any discounts or codes.

[Ivaniski]

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[Ivaniski]

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[Sonneveld]

I did not receive a cancellation email & my order still shows on the site, but my transaction was cancelled this weekend.

Awful.

Did any transaction go through?

Once Disney gets to the bottom of this, I hope those who made purchases are given the chance to see those orders go through.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I did not receive a cancellation email & my order still shows on the site, but my transaction was cancelled this weekend.

I don't want to give anyone false hope, but my wife Cindy had to call about my order because they didn't give us the discount on our Disney Visa card. The Disney rep told her that a charge would show on the account, then after a few days would go away, and reappear when it ships. So if you didn't get an email, and it's still showing on the site, you may still be good.

[Makernaut]

PNGwynne, Mcgorski, and powersthatbe: My situation is the same as what each of you have stated. The credit card charge did show up on Debacle Day, but has since disappeared from my transactions. No order cancellation notice has been received. Like powersthatbe, I did NOT use any discounts or codes.

Thought I would pipe up with my particulars in case anyone is charting a matrix of variables that play into the resultant "JOY" or "NO JOY".

[Earth 2 Chris]

PNGwynne, Mcgorski, and powersthatbe: My situation is the same as what each of you have stated. The credit card charge did show up on Debacle Day, but has since disappeared from my transactions. No order cancellation notice has been received. Like powersthatbe, I did NOT use any discounts or codes.

Thought I would pipe up with my particulars in case anyone is charting a matrix of variables that play into the resultant "JOY" or "NO JOY".

It will be interesting to see if we do indeed get these. I checked my credit card, and the charge is gone on mine as well. Considering the rep told my wife this will happen, I'm hopeful that I'll still get my set. And of course everyone else in this boat does too.

[powersthatbe]

I believe it's a holding funds charge. They make sure you have funds available and charge you again when they ship. This happens with me like with Walmart for instance and the Atlas figures (just an example). Was charged for two orders ($64) the transaction disappears from my statement but will reappear around Jan 31st when they ship.