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Darth Sabre
09/21/2010, 20:30
Can someone explain this to me? I see him selling for $12-30. :o Why is that? I freaking have an extra one somewhere aroound here. I need to go dig it out and add it to my trade list!
jiggle_billy
09/21/2010, 20:37
Can someone explain this to me? I see him selling for $12-30. :o Why is that? I freaking have an extra one somewhere aroound here. I need to go dig it out and add it to my trade list!

I think it's just because of how good of a figure he is, most people who have one keep him, as well as min/maxers wanting multiples
JDKenada
09/21/2010, 21:21
Actually, I think that despite the fact he was a rare...he was a really rare rare. :confused: What I mean is, I know people who bought a case or two and never got a Cap at all.
razzed1
09/21/2010, 21:58
As it always boils down to...popularity + playability + relatively low number in production.
get_1
09/21/2010, 23:12
He's pretty. Things that are pretty tend to cost a bundle. :p
JDKenada
09/22/2010, 14:30
He's pretty. Things that are pretty tend to cost a bundle. :p

...thinks about wife in the next room...
Troma99
09/22/2010, 17:57
He's pretty. Things that are pretty tend to cost a bundle. :p

"You Got a pertty mouth.

MAKE HIM SQUEAL!!! SQUEAL LIKE A LITTLE PIGGY!!"
Goldeeh
09/23/2010, 18:19
Why is HOT Captain America so expensive? I was going to buy a couple to use the shield for a custom (the Ultimates, Infinity Challenge, and Armor Wars Captain America shields are too big), but eBay auctions have them going for $25-$30 apiece! It's not even a super rare. How come it's going for so much? :confused:
booleyb
09/23/2010, 19:06
There's a discussion going here about that same thing in the Trading General Discussion:

http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=289162

He's just crazy good.
Farceur
09/23/2010, 20:03
He's just crazy good.

Add to this the fact that his distribution was all kinds of wonky, and you have yourself an answer.
Jarosa
09/23/2010, 21:41
I gave away 3 of them back when the set came out. There was a thread up about this a couple weeks ago. I went and found 2 more that were still in the box never taken out. I have lots of SI and AA that still have all the figures stillin them accept Super Rares. I also have a few HoT and BitB similarly intact. After seeing the thread I went back looking for some choice Rares. Had 2 Captain America figs. Wonder if Bullseye will be as valuable? I got 3 of him right now.
maddragon13
09/24/2010, 01:57
I gave away 3 of them back when the set came out.

I did the same thing. I pulled 4 myself, kept one, and gave the other 3 away to my players. Then after giving them away, I found out how much he was going for... :cheeky:

As for Bullseye, only time will tell.
Darth Sabre
09/24/2010, 02:00
I gave three of those away back then. Oy!
Ignatz_Mouse
09/24/2010, 07:37
Add to this the fact that his distribution was all kinds of wonky, and you have yourself an answer.

I do not think this is true.
mike_houghton
09/24/2010, 10:48
...thinks about wife in the next room...

and how I got my ex really really cheap :(
Farceur
09/27/2010, 00:26
I do not think this is true.

Maybe this is just my experience, but nobody at my venue, in several cases, managed to pull him. We all had to go to the secondary market to get our hands on him.
zero_cochrane
09/27/2010, 10:09
This subject comes up fairly frequently.

Cap is a Rare from an underproduced and now hard-to-find set. He's got a modest point cost (so can be played in multiples) and an excellent dial with a metagame-affecting special power.

Also, I keep destroying HoT Caps so that I can use them for mods. The supply is thus lower. :p