I think WizKids should finally put those Clix Points to use and run a mail-in offer for a Galactus if you send in a few hundred Clix Points. Then you know only the serious gamers will be getting him.

ps - I'm not really serious, but I wouldn't mind getting rid of the numerous shoe boxes full of booster bottoms in my basement...

Let me ask you this Funky, or any Wizkids apologist.

Do you think they handled this situation well?

Funky Jett mentions storage cost are astronomical. no way is the cost for storage astronomical. Besides, the Galactus pecies wouldn't be in storage for that long, considering they are pretty much in big demand right now.

as for the convention, there were other things going on. The convention wasn't just for the LIMITED Galactus marvel hero clix. As implied, LIMITED. I for one would have liked to seen Galactus offered asa regular game peice offered through comic book shops or as a mail away offer.

Back to the convention; it (convention) wasn't held for the Limited Galactus Hero Clix game peice but for the comic book industry in general. Plus also if you were old enough, there was the night life in and around LA to enjoy. i definitly would rather be doing that!

of cousre i did not get one, but i did not attend. If you got one, your lucky. i would like to have one, but won't lose sleep over it if i don't get one.

Well, once again I've stumbled onto what looks like "the Ugly thread".... I blame myself. What is it about human nature that demands that we slow down or stop to watch a train wreck in progress??

Anyway, I have nothing but sympathy for those who shelled out vast numbers of dollars for a trip to Los Angeles and then, after going through all that hassle, didn't get what they came for. I actually considered going myself... for a few weeks I kicked around whether I could afford to make a trip like that. I'm reeaaalllyy glad I decided not to go after all.

In the end, I'd decided that the only reason I'd be going would be to get my hands on a Galactus, maybe the LE Invisible Woman and Silver Surfer too. But that would be it. In the end, it would've been an 800 mile trip (one-way) that would've ended in disappointment. The problem, of course, is the cost. There was no way in Creation that I can afford to shell out over a $100 for a single figure that cannot be played in tournaments. (I don't know about the rest of you, but we only play 200 or 300 pts. up here in Sacramento). $100 dollars for one figure is ludicrous... if I refuse to shell out $50 dollars for a Nightcrawler that I could feasibly play, there's no way I'm paying double that for a Galactus that I can't... no matter how bad I want to re-create the Secret Wars (I'm still missing Volcana, Lizard, and the Wrecking Crew, anyway).

All said and done, it's way too much for one figure. I'm not surprised they didn't bring more with them. They're probably shocked as all get out that as many people wanted to pay those prices as showed up asking for one. I can see the conference now: "How many Galactuses should we pack up for the con in L.A.?" "Ah, no more than 300... you don't seriously expect people to pay that much for such an expensive figure, do you?" Guess they learned their error. Too bad they're not going to do anything about it. Sorry, guys.

I'm stuck in Utah so I've resigned myself, if I want a Galactus at all, that I'm going to have to pony up some cash to Ebay sellers. I just hope by the end of the convention season that the price will have equalized more. The current $300+ price tag should be enough to shock me into how really stupid spending money on this hobby is. We don't call this stuff "plastic crack" for nothing.

God help us if any of those yahoo managers is a parent. Since when do you forgive some lame "I'm sorry. I'll do better" excuse? Words are cheap. Action shows real character. They've indicated nothing to solve the problem. An apology without action means diddly.

Wk runs their business like fool Moms and Pops. But they make a very cool game. That makes putting up with a lot, but their trading on that good will with me is starting to run bankrupt. If I put up with it I have no one to blame but myself.

Still I'll probably just wait till next year for Galactus if I'm even still interested in it by then.

My comments in bold



Let the user warnings begin!

Ok so the Galactus was only 75 per day and I did not get up 4 O'Clock the next day( or camp outside the night before) to get in line to get the big G.
Why the heck did it get to the point of the line wrap around the convention floor and up to 10 hours of waiting????
More cashiers at Whiz kids booth????
Give the people in line the rain check and tell them to go and enjoyed the show!
It is really sad as I walk around the WWCon on sat going from on booths to another, getting the signatures and the merchandises I needed. Once in a while I glanced over my shoulder and peek at the G line. Still the same people....Still the same frowning faces. Obviously they were unhappy, resentful and angry at being in a situation they cannot control. It went on like that until 3:30 pm until I found a group of people totally exhausted on the floor but never the less got what they wanted....the Galactus LE. I ask them is it worth it?
They comment they were too tired and too dazed to be happy that they got him. Some said it was too late to enjoyed the show since they missed all the specials and signings.
It change my view completely about getting the big G.
Why should I wake up early the next morning drive 60 miles;
Paid 20$; Wait in line for another 10 hours on the con floor; Watching all the con goer go by enjoying them self. While you mop the floor with your but, hoping to get to the cashier and let them tell you that Unleashed booster is sold out and the only thing left is DC hypertime.
Nuff said!

Ok, its been asked, but what exactly do you want WK to do?

Jazzadu: " but yeah, every single one of us down here pretty much knows we could take over Canada with a board with a nail in it."

Too, too darn funny

Lose the nail and we save money while doing do :knockedou

Canada's cool... like a little step brother that likes maple syrup.

Everyone needs to immediately back off of the Canadians. They gave us Morgan Webb of Tech TV's "X-Play," and she is truly the greatest thing since the egg-white omelette.

o/` Oh Caaaaaannnaaaadaaaa, our home and native laaaaaaand,
True patriot love, in all thy sons' command...o/`

I read through all 14 pages of your stupid whiny posts to tell you to stop making whiny post. Why on earth did you force me to click on this link and read all your whining. Sure you call them legitimate complaints from upset customers on a site DEDICATED to heroclix, but these kind of threads about Heroclix convention exclusives have no place here on the HCRealms boards and I am tired of seeing them and will post on them only to bump them further up the boards?!?!?!?!?!?!

That was fun. Everything worth saying has pretty much been said on BOTH sides of the issue. I don't want G-man I look at him as a convenient means to get Silver Surfer and the Inv Girl. While I would turn around and sell him on ebay I would not intentionally gouge someone on the price. Bad planning on WK's part pure and simple. It really sucks for everyone who spent money to go out to Cali and came up short. I am down here in the land of the "stupid" president, so by the time WWT rolls out here Galactus probably won't even be an issue.

Acmite two things:
1.Coffee originated in east africa and spread to all the other lovely places we now associate with it (trust me on this my GF is east african)
2.Us ignoranted americans are always going to pick on canadians and vice versa. I always thought of it as a "friendly" hostility that exists between neighbors, try not to take it personally. I mean come on you're part french?!

Anyone remeber that set retirement would not take place in the forseeable future, ie June 2004 3 months after the announcement. It makes me wonder what "we have taken steps to ensure that many more people will have a chance to buy Galactus at future conventions." really means.

I just received this PM...
Very nice and friendly. Sometimes I just love HCRealms with all it's closeness and family atmosphere.

Sheesh...