How patients are you when buying new toys?

[Mr.Marion]

Do you have to buy them right when they come out or do you wait till they become more affordable (or less in some cases)

I plan on getting the diamond Wolverine and of course the FTC Shark playset but I can wait till I see the right deal for me mainly cause I'm going to open them anyway.

Your thoughts?

[pmwasson]

I tend to buy things right away. It worked out well for me on the NECA Django figures, but when I see other things on clearance that I spent full price on I sometime question my buying habits.

[palitoy]

I pre-order what I like right away, which isn't very much. Pick and choose the odd thing after the fact.

[MIB41]

My buying tendencies vary greatly according to license and what I like. If it's a truly limited release of a license I love (like the variant Riddler) then I go ahead and pre-order. If it's a more common release (3,000 units), I'll shop it for deals if I believe it will hang around. I tend not to get burned on that philosophy. The only time I recently ate crow on that was the Barnabas 8 inch figure. Of course I was working from the premise a second production was coming, but support for it dried up and that second order was cancelled. So it's usually odd circumstances that get me. I also don't buy entire lines unless they are extremely unique to my tastes. The Batman '66 line counts, as will the Superfriends. But for most lines, I pick and choose.

[LordMudd]

I grew up and became a collector before the internet. I remember scrounging through flea markets and comic shops for figures. I imagine I am more patient (singular) than most, but I don't always feel like I am.


CCC.

[FETT1]

NEW = BLAh...

VINTAGE = AWESOME !!!

[alex]

With me, I think more about the shipping, if I can get it on the cheap plus the postage, Ill probably end up paying what U Guys paid originally. With the whole limited edition thing, Ive seriously taught myself to be cool, and learnt my lesson. 9 out of 10 times these things wont go through the roof, and U will end up finding a bargain, somewhere down the road. Isnt the hunt the most enjoyable part

[Gorn Captain]

I'm done with pre-orders, because of "hey, this isn't what the prototype looked like".
For the rest, I just wait until the right one comes along. There's nothing I can't live without.

[Mr.Marion]

With me, I think more about the shipping, if I can get it on the cheap plus the postage, Ill probably end up paying what U Guys paid originally. With the whole limited edition thing, Ive seriously taught myself to be cool, and learnt my lesson. 9 out of 10 times these things wont go through the roof, and U will end up finding a bargain, somewhere down the road. Isnt the hunt the most enjoyable part

my advice is when you are stateside look for local shows and go on buying spree. I remember Kane county, ILL was the biggest Midwestern toy show.

[Remco Monster]

Pretty patient with most things. Rare I pre-order stuff, but do every once in a great while. I don't currently have anything on pre-order, but do have a few things I want to pick up, and eventually will.

[skid14]

i dont buy much new stuff anymore but when i do its not a priority and i usually wait for cheaper second hand items.

[Gorn Captain]

I'm in the States next year. I might just do all of my shopping then, and enjoy cheap shipping. Which means I will have to drag all that home...