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It's annoying, isn't it? Lots of companies do this these days. Nintendo with Amiibo, Funko with store exclusive Pops (my weakness,) etc... And it really makes no sense, from a business perspective.

I'll reference Boogie2988's argument here, which I completely agree with (great youtuber btw, and no, he isn't me...) All this really does is drive the secondary market, and make some wanker a hefty profit reselling it. You print X amount of something, knowing 5X-10X people will be drooling to get their hands on one... You're losing out on massive amounts of profit. I have cash in my hand, and you have a product I want. But you're telling me you sold out... That makes me unhappy, but makes you a farking moron.

And of course, there are those that like to argue that this is an 'entitlement' complex... Not really. Entitlement is when something isn't in short supply, and you want it just because. Here, the producer has imposed artificial scarcity into the market. Just take my money already!
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