Oh where for art thou Green Goblin...........?

[W.I.T]

So I've managed to trade (my Chases) for the whole WoS set, except the SR Green Goblin. I've been trying to get him, with no luck so far.

I keep tabs on E-Bay, to get an idea of his relative 'value'. I found a seller that was selling him for $17.00 BIN+ $3.00 shipping to Canada. He had 3 for sale. I was considering buying him (on the CC, oh man would the wife be mad :p), but I hummed and hawed about it, and didn't. So I'd saved the listing, and continued to look around.

Other sellers were listing him for $21.00~$25.00 plus $4.00 (or more) shipping. I thought, OK so that's a good deal then. In the mean time, I'd tried and tried to trade for one here, with no success.

So I went back to 'My E-Bay' fully intending to just buy him, and deal with the wrath of wife later on (perhaps not the wisest idea ever :laugh:)...........only to see that the seller had upped his price to $20.00+ shipping. My first thought was 'oh, he must have sold 2 of them, and only has 1 left, so supply/demand = higher price.' Nope :tired: The seller still has 3 for sale, and even though they weren't selling at $17.00, he's upped the price to $20.00 WTH :confused:? I don't get it.

Does anyone have any insight as to why (besides pure greed) a seller would do that? I mean IMO, 100% of $17.00 is much better than 0% of $20.00............................

[RavenProject]

Green Goblin is definitely the oddity from WoSM.

He's not the most valuable figure from the set. In fact, I think he's probably the midpoint in terms of current eBay sales. Yet no one seems willing to trade for him.

In my recent trade thread I had some high-end pieces which I said would require a great deal. I also made it blatantly obvious that Green Goblin was the one figure I wanted most. I got quite a few offers I had to reject, and not one offer including the Goblin. I've also seen very, very few up for trade in other threads.

I finally just bought one here for $20 shipped.

Usually when a figure is that hard to get, its eBay value reflects that. This time it doesn't, and I just don't get it.

-J

[W.I.T]

Green Goblin is definitely the oddity from WoSM.

He's not the most valuable figure from the set. In fact, I think he's probably the midpoint in terms of current eBay sales. Yet no one seems willing to trade for him.

In my recent trade thread I had some high-end pieces which I said would require a great deal. I also made it blatantly obvious that Green Goblin was the one figure I wanted most. I got quite a few offers I had to reject, and not one offer including the Goblin. I've also seen very, very few up for trade in other threads.

I finally just bought one here for $20 shipped.

Usually when a figure is that hard to get, its eBay value reflects that. This time it doesn't, and I just don't get it.

-J

Yeah, I've noticed the exact same thing. It leaves me scratching my head :confused:

[Immortal_Raven]

When the guy switched his price, was his still the lowest of BIN? If he's still undercutting everyone else, I can see why he did it. If it makes you feel any better, I'm having the same issue trying to get Groot.

-Immortal_Raven

[W.I.T]

When the guy switched his price, was his still the lowest of BIN? If he's still undercutting everyone else, I can see why he did it. If it makes you feel any better, I'm having the same issue trying to get Groot.

-Immortal_Raven

No, he's no longer the lowest, I believe there were/are 2~3 other sellers with them listed for the same price, and a few that are higher $21.00~$25.00

[HH2011003]

Dang, the day after the set came out I saw a couple Green Goblin listings for like $15. Guess I should've jumped on it. Is he really that hard-to-find, or are the people who get him just hanging onto him?

[W.I.T]

Dang, the day after the set came out I saw a couple Green Goblin listings for like $15. Guess I should've jumped on it. Is he really that hard-to-find, or are the people who get him just hanging onto him?

Yeah, I saw a few here that were selling for $13.00~$14.00 I figured he'd stay at around that price. I think it's 3 things:

1) The AE mechanic means that anyone who wants to play the Norman Osborn figure, needs both the GG SR and Iron Patriot.

2) It's a good representation (at a reasonable point cost) of a popular character/villain who's prominent in the Marvel Universe right now.

3) He needed a remake, and the sculpt (from what I've seen) looks great.

I may have to bite the bullet and just pony up the $20.00

[Impulse-ive]

I have a goblin for trade...pulled the extra yesterday

[W.I.T]

I have a goblin for trade...pulled the extra yesterday

I managed to get a hold of one yesterday too. So I've now completed the WoS set, well I don't actually have any of them yet, but the whole set (minus a few of the LE's and the Web token markers) is on it's way.

[Troma99]

I gave up after losing about 20 GG auctions : \. I just conceded and bought one on Troll and Toad...hopefully they'll send it soon. It was the cheapest online I could find: 19.99 with about 3.50 for shipping. Not awful...but not cheap either. EH price of two packs

[Contingency Plan]

Yeah, I saw a few here that were selling for $13.00~$14.00 I figured he'd stay at around that price. I think it's 3 things:

1) The AE mechanic means that anyone who wants to play the Norman Osborn figure, needs both the GG SR and Iron Patriot.

2) It's a good representation (at a reasonable point cost) of a popular character/villain who's prominent in the Marvel Universe right now.

3) He needed a remake, and the sculpt (from what I've seen) looks great.

I may have to bite the bullet and just pony up the $20.00

Couldn't have put it any better myself. Especially the Arch Enemy Mechanic. He gives people another option for Norman Osborn.

[kh2003]

Manage to snag a GG and morlun for my red hulk from my friend. Thank god i didn't have to go through all this hassle to get one since i really like the sculpt and he is always a pain for me to play against