Hahahahaha!! Same here, actually!

Which con exclusives were sold on Amazon in the past? You imply there were tons, but all I remember was Thor's Chariot and Fin Fang Foom. I don't recall Galactus, Dark Phoenix, Sinestro Corp. Anti-Monitor, The Spectre, and Dr. Manhanttan [which I believe the retail version is different] were sold on Amazon right after...but my memory could be wrong.

They wont announce if there will be a retail version (with different dial/paint?) until they are sure you are nice and sad that you missed the con exclusive first.

Should have been more specific... meant SDCC exclusives. Which I believe have only been the Chariot and SDCC Dr. Manhattan. Amazon even still has SDCC (not retail) Manhattans for sale through them (not some collector/dealer).

Most companies that put out SDCC "exclusives" seem to have a funny habit of making it available online by the end of the Con.

Not worried about getting a Giant Man.

To be fair though, the Chariot wasn't really an SDCC exclusive, as it was sold in SDCC when HeroClix was "dead" and it was sold as a form of an announcement that Neca has the rights to HeroClix.

As for Dr. Manhattan, I believe the reason they're on Amazon was because they didn't sell as well as previous Con exclusives. Or at least they had a lot left over. It's usually the case with most companies with Con exclusives. And rather than leaving a huge surplus supply in the warehouse, I'm sure Neca posted it on Amazon to get rid of it.

That said, I don't know if it'll be on Amazon right after SDCC, as they are supposed to be available at GenCon as well. Depending on how many Giant-Man is left after GenCon will probably determine if they become available on Amazon or other non-Convention channels.