Lt. Stone selling for $70 - $100

[green firefly]

Has anyone else noticed that Stone has been selling for this amount lately on Ebay? I'm glad I got mine when I did, but this can't possibly last for long. There have got to be a bunch of Stones out there.

[misterd]

Has anyone else noticed that Stone has been selling for this amount lately on Ebay? I'm glad I got mine when I did, but this can't possibly last for long. There have got to be a bunch of Stones out there.

TRU just cleaned out some old stock, and many of them (including mine) got a bunch of Wave 5's in (yes, I bought the Stone, but he's already promised to someone else). He was an awesome figure and a lot of people missed him - too bad he wasn't "green cased" instead of some of those Wave 4 figs. But a few people at JBL are thinking this is a fluke or deliberate price inflation, as it is well out of line with prior rates ($40 would be more typical, less now that more just hit the market), but I can also see this being a panic buy brought on by the line's imminent doom (seemingly).

[green firefly]

TRU just cleaned out some old stock, and many of them (including mine) got a bunch of Wave 5's in (yes, I bought the Stone, but he's already promised to someone else). He was an awesome figure and a lot of people missed him - too bad he wasn't "green cased" instead of some of those Wave 4 figs. But a few people at JBL are thinking this is a fluke or deliberate price inflation, as it is well out of line with prior rates ($40 would be more typical, less now that more just hit the market), but I can also see this being a panic buy brought on by the line's imminent doom (seemingly).

Guess I'll have to hit the closest TRU today...

Yeah, I would agree that these could be panic buys. I got my Lt Stone off Ebay for $32 just one month ago. I will say though that I've only ever seen one at retail and that was a long time ago.

[Jay West]

There is a "buy it now" for $85 right now on ebay!

[green firefly]

I did venture to my local TRU today. They had 3 version two Tunnel Rats and 1 version one Tunnel Rat. Everything else was new and there were no new soldier figures. They had a bunch of Commandos, a bunch of AT's including SA which I saw in hand for the first time, a bunch of Duke Paratroopers, and a bunch of SA Mechs. There was one peg for 25th singles and it was empty. I'd wait on the SA Mech robot. It won't be long before he's marked down to $10 everywhere. Also stopped at a local surplus store and was excited to see the Sigma 6 logo out of the corner of my eye. But all they had were about 15 green Hovercycles for $7.99 a piece and about 8 Switchfire guns for the same price.

[Jay West]

So I was winning the Lt. Stone with less than 2 minutes at $40. I was equally excited and scared. One the one hand it was a Stone at $40. Was I really going to win? On the other hand $40 for a toy my wife was going to kill me. But then as expected but just a little late. Two guys bid it up to $70+. Well, at least I am not sleeping on the couch tonight.

[Jay West]

Stone must be the most abundant "hot" toy ever. Every time I jumped on ebay there 3-5 on there.

[green firefly]

Even more shocking to me is that I have been seeing other figures selling for crazy prices - like v2 Firefly selling for $60+

[Jay West]

Even more shocking to me is that I have been seeing other figures selling for crazy prices - like v2 Firefly selling for $60+

You have a point. I just picked him up retail and I have seen him a couple times since then. He is hard to find, but $60 a pop!?!? Sheesh.

I am to the point were I would be happy with a loose Stone with just his beret.

[Erick]

I'm sure this has something to do with that Toyfare List... you know how dealers are. They saw that Lt Stone made it into the top 100 toys and now they want to sell it for a ridiculous amount