SCALPERS: PUTTING THE ‘CON’ IN ‘COMIC CON’!

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SCALPERS: PUTTING THE ‘CON’ IN ‘COMIC CON’!

This weekend, the New York Comic Con took place in Manhattan’s Javits Center, and who says NYCC, says NYCC exclusives! As usual, the reselling community and members of the S.C.A.L.P. found a way to get everyone’s most coveted items, using tricks and deception, so that they can resell them on eBay! ToyFarce interviewed Jerry, who went to NYCC all weekend long to try to score some of those exclusives.

One of NYCC’s most coveted items this year was none other than the *inhales* NYCC 2021 S.H. Figuarts Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Son Goku Kaio-Ken - Event Exclusive Color Edition!

“Those exclusives are getting trickier to get every year”, said Jerry. “This year, you had to reserve it, and you could only get 1 by person. But as usual, they underestimated the ingenuity of the S.C.A.L.P. I came prepared!”.

Jerry managed to get 3 of those items that were limited to 1 per person, using clever and undetectable disguise.

“On the second day, they were onto me, so I called my aunt Lucy, and she came with my 2 nephews, so that we could get a couple more. The problem is, one of those kids actually like that toy and want to keep it. I’m gonna have to bribe him, and trade it with another exclusivetoy that I got from last year that I still haven’t sold on eBay”. Tough luck, Jerry…

More news at 11:00… Scalper, no scalping!

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SCALPERS INC. WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR YOU!

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SCALPERS INC. WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR YOU!

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“Scalpers”. “Flippers”. “Resellers”. We have heard them all. Everybody seems to have a very negative opinion of us. This is why SCALPERS INC. will try to fix that!

At SCALPERS INC., we will go ABOVE and BEYOND for you to find those action figures and toys that you really want:

ABOVE the price labelled at retail, and

BEYOND the price any normal person would pay for it.

Trust us, we will make you appreciate what we do for you. It’s not like you have a choice, anyway… The shelves at your local stores will still be empty! We only ask for that “time and energy” tax. (“Time and energy” tax explained in a previous ToyFarce article: https://www.toyfarce.com/news//2020/08/time-and-energy-new-tax-from-unassumed.html )

**ToyFarce does not share the opinions expressed by SCALPERS INC. It looks like there was a glitch in the ad campaign app, and they managed to take advantage of that. Our apologies! Now back to regular programming…

More news at 11:00… do not support the S.C.A.L.P.!

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JULY 2021, THE WORST MONTH EVER FOR SCALPERS!

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JULY 2021, THE WORST MONTH EVER FOR SCALPERS!

“We may never recover financially from this!” said an anonymous scalper (sporting a blond mullet and a t-shirt with a tiger on it).

The S.C.A.L.P. industry held an emergency meeting this week after suffering devastating blows the entire month. They had an international conference call to try to figure out what their next move should be.

“I hereby declare July 2021 was “Anti-Scalper month” for the history books. Companies have been decimating our ebay prices!”

“Between NECA releasing their exclusive sets on their own website, Target re-issueing all the G.I.Joe Classified Series figures for everyone to order, and now people are making fun of us by LITTERALY scalping Space Jam 2 Lebron James figures, and selling their heads on ebay… we are a joke, now! I heard a Japanese magazine even fired a guy who tweeted about his support for us!” (See previous article: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/hobby-japan-blues-a-tale-of-consequences ). “This can’t go on! We need to find a way to continue making a living out of buying the things that people want and selling them at a higher price!”

“-How about getting a normal job? (the crowd boos) - No, not that!”

Inspired by a quote from @papa_schmitty

More news at 11:00… Scalpin' ain't easy!

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SCALPERS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT RUINING CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS BY BUYING ALL THE TOYS!

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SCALPERS UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT RUINING CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS BY BUYING ALL THE TOYS!

“If they want it, they can buy it on my eBay page!”

We’re a few days away from Christmas, and once again, this year, some items will not be available for children (and adults too!) all over the world, because some adult men prefer profit over letting people be happy!

This year’s selection includes the newest generation consoles, such as the Playstation 5 or the XBox Series X, the latest NECA Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles offerings (Animated Splinter and Baxter two-pack, 90’s movie Splinter and Shredder two-pack, and the enormous Krang figure), the Jazwares (and Wicked Cool Toys) AEW figures (both series 1 and 2), most of Hasbro’s GI Joe Classified figures, etc…

After reaching with the S.C.A.L.P. Corporation, we were told that there will be no apology, and that “it’s a free country”, “first-come-first-served”, “not our fault if you don’t go to wait at 6:30 in front of your Walmart/Target to buy the entire stock”, and “you can always buy it on our eBay page at a higher price, which includes the Time & Energy tax.”

Some things will never change…

In the meantime, ToyFarce hopes you got all the collectibles you wanted, placed all those pre-orders on the toys you need, and hope that you’ll be happy with all the upcoming announcements from your favorite brands!

The upcoming last few articles of this year will be ‘Top 5’ or ‘Top 10’ (if we find enough things) of 2020. We hope you’ll enjoy them!

More news at 11:00… and Merry Christmas, ya f#%$g b$%*@s! (Not sure if this was the original quote)

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SCALPERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RIOTS TO LOOT TOY SECTIONS?!

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A NEW LOW: SCALPERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RIOTS TO LOOT TOY SECTIONS?!

It has been a very eventful week in the United States of America, and ToyFarce News usually prefers to stay away from anything controversial or political (we really just want to make people laugh with stories about toys), but after several reports were sent to us, we felt like we had to say something...

It has been reported that scalpers (aka flippers, aka scammers, or whatever name you have for them) are taking advantage of the riots and the looting to go and grab all the toys, especially the Target exclusive figures, in order to sell them for a much higher price on eBay later on, making it hard for good and honest collectors to get them.

Just when we thought that they were the lowest, they have managed to go lower. If you see a scalpers doing this, please BOO him/her. 

ToyFarce News hopes that every one is safe and sound during this difficult year, when a global pandemic was apparently not enough, the murder hornets was just a filler episode, and allegedly, the next part involves monkeys that stole some COVID-19 samples after attacking a lab assistant (this is not even a joke, google it!)

More news at 11:00...

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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON CANCELLED - SCALPING INDUSTRY TO TAKE HUGE FINANCIAL HIT!

BREAKING NEWS:

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON CANCELLED - SCALPING INDUSTRY TO TAKE HUGE FINANCIAL HIT!

"I'm never going to financially recover from this" - Joe Exotic

On Friday, April 17th 2020, it was announced that the 2020 edition of the San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest pop culture event of the year, was going to be cancelled for the first time in 50 years due to the coronavirus outbreak. It is a very sad news for fans all around the world, whether they were attending the event, or following the news online during the convention. The San Diego Comic-Con is the biggest and most famous convention, with multiple guests from the comic book, TV or movie industry. It is tradition to see trailers for upcoming movies or TV shows first at the Comic-Con.

Another tradition, when it comes to toys and collectibles, is for brands to have "SDCC Exclusive" products, which usually become the most sought-after items of that year. Brands like Hot Toys, NECA, Funko, Mezco, Hasbro or Mattel usually have several "SDCC exclusives", only available at the event, that get sold out in few minutes every year. This year, several of those brands have already reacted to the news about the cancellation, and told fans and collectors not to worry, because the figures that would have been exclusive to the SDCC will be available online for everyone!

An industry that did not take that news very kindly is the scalping industry. ToyFarce News interviewed a notorious scalper:

"This is bullshit! We spend a whole year getting ready to get those SDCC Exclusives before anyone else, so that we can sell them on eBay for 5 or 6 times the price, but this year, we won't be able to do that! This is our most profitable season of the entire year! This is where we make most of our profit! And this year, we won't be able to do that, because the exclusives will be available to everybody... What are we supposed to do, jack up the prices from last year's exclusives? This is not fair! They are taking food off our table".

It is important to note that the scalpers are still going to try to make a profit over other figures, like the Target Exclusive Marvel Legends Red Hulk or the NECA TMNT two-packs. "We have to think smaller, so we will go for the Target, Walmart or Gamestop exclusives for now, until things go back to normal."

We, at ToyFarce News, hope that everyone is safe and healthy at home. For the scalpers that are still going out for figure hunts, please, do not hesitate not to wear masks, and to shake each other's hands.

More news at 11:00...

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