Quoted from mrclean:I see for the most part a direct correlation between people who have owned this in the past / or currently own it with the Down votes on page one :
Down votes:
Rarehero currently owns one
I've made this clear multiple times.
Let me make it clear again.
I'm not against VE...I own Iron Man VE. I don't care about my LOTR's value...I only have $1200 into it anyway & never plan on selling it. I care nothing about "collectibility" or "rarity". I want everyone to have the games they want to have. If an LOTR VE *DID* exist, I would applaud it.
My ISSUE is non-stop speculation with no basis in fact, and presented in threads with words like "CONFIRMED" and
It's not confirmed. You don't know. LOTR was re-run many many times already. A VE is just that - a re-run...whooptie-doo. The fact is there are ~7000-8000 LOTRs in existence already. They're easy to get. Prices aren't bonkers. Ops dont want them - they had enough of them already. There are a few vocal Pinsiders who only want NIB *EVERYTHING*....that doesn't mean there's a huge demand. Re-licensing LOTR is likely very expensive, and the demand doesn't justify a small run.
Iron Man had no supply, ops/tournaments/collectors wanted it. Stern already had ongoing contracts with Marvel, so the licensing worked out for a small run.
So there you go. I hope my position is clear. I'm not a value-whore. I'm logical. If LOTR VE existed, I would not care....but there is no logical reason to think it will exist. If it does one day, congrats...but do we really need 100 threads about it?
Go find a nice LOTR and enjoy it today.