The price is high, and yet 100's of people wait in line every year to get them. Me included. I am not a 25th sculpt fan so I am torn on this set but the price is for a targeted audience. The average person that goes to one of these cons drops about $3,000 when it is all said and done.

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3 grand? These people need to get lives or go to Vegas. Jeesh!!

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It is a lot of money, but for a lot of the people there, its there summer vacation. It is very hard not to get wrapped up in it and lose perspective once at the con. You get around close to a 1000 people that share your hobby, and you lose control of the wallet. 95% of everyone are great people that want to talk and brag about what they have in there collections and what is missing. I do as much room to room swapping as anything else. Always bring about 3 large tubs of stuff and sell or swap it. I highly recommend everyone go at least once. The Master Collector activities are usually pretty good but I go to drink with fellow collectors and board members on the different forums and such. After Hotel, Plane Tickets, Lots of Beer, and getting some pretty cool toys, 2-3k is gone just like that.

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I've never been to one but just reading of what happens at them on the Joecustom boards it sounds pretty fun..except the drinking part. Its a chance to make new friends and meet old ones as well...Chance to meet Larry Hama since he's supposed to be invited to every one from now on and even a chance to meet with the Hasbro reps and talk Joe with them. Then also going to the dealer tables and being able to pick thru their buckets of scrap or finding a vehicle cheaper than on ebay.. So its MUCH more than just going and getting these selected figs. Just wish someone could win the large lotto and buy it away from Master Collector and their weird OLD way of doing things and actually LISTEN to what people want and lower prices for the sets.

A few years ago when the show was in Atlanta Ga, Master Collector gave the head of Hasbro My name to see if I wanted to put my collection on display as a Now and then deal when the 25th figures first were coming out. I got to meet with a few of the Hasbro Reps and talk to them literally one on one for over 3 hours. That for me was one of the best Joe moments I could have ever had. They gave me a bunch of stuff including 3 Gold PDD's from the San Diego CC. Then made a plaque for me and I got a letter from from Hasbro Signed by a lot of the people in the Joe Dept which is cool if worthless but cool none the less. That being said, I am not a huge fan of the way Master Collector runs things. Ya, they listen to the fans, but are very slow to change anything. It's 2011 and this is the first year we can register online to go to the Con. There website reminds me of sites from 1995 when I first started really getting on the Internet. They are so secretive about stuff, that they usually never get the chance to actually break any upcoming news as most everything in their newsletters is old news by the time it comes out. They stopped sending out the Want Ads part of the newsletter as they were going to make it all online but a year later and we still have no idea when that goes live. If they need web programmers, they should advertise on the site and I am sure someone would get the site programmed for a paid Con-set or two. That would cost them very little and would win back some trust from there own base. They do a lot of good things and a lot bad but as Joe Fan's we are a picky bunch to begin with. Remember Fan is short for Fanatic.

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Don't mean to make that part stand out so much. My wife and myself are very light drinkers. Usually a beer or two a month or so. This is the time for me, without wife or family that I get to "Party" if you will with a few of my buds.

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Yea I'm type 1 Diabetic so I don't drink at all... but a lot of people do and thats cool. On the JC board they seem to attract the Hasbro bunch to them a lot. They said that at Atlanta and RI that the Hasbro crew took them out drinking and eating after the show one nite. I'd love to go one year but I know this yr won't be it.