Ya Betta Shop Around*
*(It's what my mama told me)
If you're a Heroclix fan,
what place is better then one of the major Wizard
Conventions? You have convention exclusives, hundreds of
vendors and Wizkids running $5 Battle Royals. At any
convention you can get what you're looking for, but at what
price? I noticed one thing about the vendors at the recent
Chicago Con, each one did alot of hard core drugs before
pricing their heroclix. So how do you separate the Crazy
Larrys from the Frugal Franks? Well....obviously I'm going
to tell you...that or we can talk about your life for a
change? You'd rather talk about you?!?!.....eh, okay. So
what is,eh, new?...oh, really?.....You're mother huh?....and
your girlfriend....that's alot of tin
foil...................................you have a rough
life....let's stick to talking about heroclix from now on.
Alright here is a list of prices I saw on certain figured
thoughout the con to tell you the price difference between
vendors
• Rookie LiveWire = $3
• Rookie LiveWire = 25 cents
• Hush $60
• LE Sue Storm $20 (In what world is Hush a more valuable
peice then Sue?)
• KC Superman $120 (I assumed this one must be able to also
cure cancer.)
• KC Superman $50
• Desaad $16 (So not worth it)
• Desaad $8 (See above)
• Desaad $5 (Again see above)
• Desaad 25 cents (Not really, but I wanted to keep the joke
going)
• LE's starting at $20
• LE's 3 for a $1 (no, I am not kidding. 3 for a $1. I
bought everyone they had)
Everyone gets the point, no prices are reasonable or sane.
It should also be noted that a vender that has a values Hush
at $3,000,000, using the same craz-o logic might sell an LE
Red Hood for $3, because he's under 30 points. Now that you
know that, the sad fact is shopping around it the true
secret to a good vendor deal. Some vendors just sell high
and other vendors think Heroclix come in ceral boxes. Move
across the entire building before making your purchases.
VENDOR TRADING: If you're trying to get money from a vendor
for your clix, I recomend two different things. Never sell
you're clix as a collection, they'll always low ball you.
Get a starting price for the collection, just to see if
you're remotely reasonable. If they're on the up and up by
your standards tell vendorman say you'll have to do this
individually. Show him a figure and if he does not pass, ask
him how much. If the price is good for you, give it too him
and start on the next peice. He should be giving you about
40% of what he'll sells it for. 40% is a nice number to get
if you want cash, $20 for a KC Supes is pretty common. If
you're doing a trade you should get around 60% of what he
sells it for OR if it is a really hot peice (KC Green
Lantern or apparently Hush????) you could get darn near even
trade.
My second recomendation is NEVER SELL YOUR CLIX TO
VENDORS!!!! Selling clix is like gammbling. Sure you know
the game and you know what should win, but when you play
against the professionals even your royal flush loses.
Vender are professionals at taking your "worth something
product" convincing you it's junk and then telling the next
guy "it's the new improved wheel." How could you attempt to
win? The only advantage about a vendor is they're very
willing to trade or buy without hassle. So if you don't like
dealing with people, talk to a vendor.....because they're
closer to sharks. Or do the smart thing and ebay your clix
and use that money to buy clix.
Please not that BUYING from a vender can be pretty smart at
times. They're nice people, but remeber what they give you
for your Ares in cash is the difference between they're
childs next meal. They're going to be smart everytime.
THE TRUE SECRETS: The value of Heroclix is all about desire.
It's not that they made more Baron Bloods then Nimrods, but
not as many people will trade a Nimrod....unless they have
two. Think about this? How often do you value your second
version of something? Not too much. You'll never play two
Oracles. So when you're looking for good trades you need to
find a place where players are getting duplicates of figures
aka where they're buying and opening packs. Go to the battle
royals, it's that simple. Play in them and trade kids for
what you need. I pulled a unique Hush during a batlle royal,
in less then two seconds somebody asked me if I would trade.
My proper answer is always yes. If I pulled a KC Green
Lantern I'd consider a trade....somebody might offer to
trade their car or their girlfriend. Who knows, it's always
worth a listen. The kid tells me he'll trade me a Sue Storm
LE, I weighed the options closely. Either I kept a 75 point
leadership character or I get a character that could give
all my other characters a 19 defense. It was a tough call,
but I feel I did the right thing. That trade made my con, in
Grand Rapids, Michigan (where I play) I offered people
ANYTHING for a Sue in trade. Not one person would do it, but
at least my girlfriend was relieved. Since then she made me
promise not to trade her for small figurines of women. I
agreed....mainly because I had a Sue Storm......but if
anybody has an Ares we'll talk. ;)
Hopefully you'll walk out of your next con a little richer
then you were before, but as long as you keep you're
girlfriend consider it a win.
Keep it Clicking
Cramcompany
Questions, comments, sexually confused? email me at
cramcompany@hotmail.com.
Please no hate mail :P
PS: I'm running a contest, for a clever ending. Keep it
Clicking is soooo lame. Help me out! The winner will receive
a reviewed character of his/her choosing. The losers will be
sacraficed to my god, Zule!
ZUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
