Quoted from ZenTron:

Its clear the majority of folks don't like this application process for a SLE. It seems Stern should of kept 15 and replaced 8 LEs with 8 SLEs and 7 Prems with 7 SLEs and used a golden ticket approach? i.e. I purchased a Prem but inside the box was an SLE.

Quoted from Pimp77:

But would never have worked. Distributors would have been cracking boxes open to double or triple profits.

Quoted from dmbjunky:

Mute point?

Quoted from EricR:

Well said. The only thing about Batman66 that really bothers me is seeing the increase in premium price. I don't care about LEs, super or otherwise, since that's not my market segment. I agree that its very unlikely the next premium will be all the way back down to GB pricing, Stern isn't going to give back all of that ground if these sell at the higher price.
If the real street price of Stern premiums continues to increase it will become harder to justify those purchases versus older used games, or possibly something from their competitors.

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Quoted from SkillShot:

Comic books were designed to be read, but then you'd run the risk of jacking up the condition. I have some rare comics (first issue of SM, Wolverine, Punisher, XMen), but they aren't worth as much as you might think.
I have a hard time believing a pin that originally cost 15k will go up much in value, especially with the other versions available that offer similar gameplay.

Quoted from lordloss:

More recently they have been behind the times. Look at their dinky little phones compared to the new standard large phones people love. Their stock price also dictates how far behind they are, it's way down from the jobs era