thanks, Mattel. You couldn't just, oh, I don't know... make more of the regular one? Get more of those into stores?

where is the intelligent life at these companies? It's understandable that these products are popular, but when you see customers taking advantage of supply issues and selling stuff online for profit, that should be a sign that your supply chain has broken down, not "we should make more, but make it more expensive and harder to get!"

I was really psyched to see this Batmobile finally coming out, and knew they would be hard to find at retail, but they are just completely impossible to locate. The Tri-State area is one of the worst places to try to find new toys. For over fifteen years, the local comic shops hire guys to drive around to pick out all the chase and hot items on a daily basis. if they don't sell at the 200%+ markup they go on ebay. It's gotten ridiculous, and completely out of hand in 2008.

I think i'll just save up and buy a vintage Corgi one, so it'll match the scale of all my other modern Corgi Batnmobiles.