by LeiaOrgana » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:36 am
@DipperPines18 - Are you saying the Amazon preorder is a rip off?
If so, do the math, and look what it includes.
No, it does not have a starter pack (which makes sense so they don't have to offer 4 different SKU's), and the Starter Packs have great discounts all the time (including $38 at TRU on BF).
It has everything else in the regular line, except for Lone Ranger Playset. All the available figures, the rest of the playsets (Cars and Toy Story), plus the upcoming Frozen pack. That's 18 figures.
At $200, that's about $11/figure, plus you get two playset tokens out of it, the discs that come with Frozen, plus one of those figures (Mickey) is unavailable elsewhere until next year (unless you want to pay the same $200 for one with different colored stars on eBay).
If you've already got all that stuff, yeah, it would be dumb to rebuy it just for Mickey, though truth be told you could easily sell all the rest of the stuff and break even, getting Mickey for free.
I'm not sure what "rip off" people would fall for - it's an excellent deal if you are "all in" with Inifnity. If I didn't already have all that stuff (well, except for Frozen) I would be all over that. It's a great deal. I wonder how long it will last, as I am sure demand has been high fr such an obvious deal.