Too much exclusivity kills the desire to collect ...

It is from readinga news published today on Brickset that I asked myself the following question (and my wallet too for that matter ...): Is it still worth trying to collect minifigs from the LEGO Super Heroes range when you see that some of them between them are difficult to obtain and that others are absolutely overpriced?

Many fans have gone head-to-head in purchasing LEGO Super Heroes sets as soon as they were released in 2012, and this range is obviously focused exclusively on the different characters that make it up, the rest of the sets being in the end only marketing packaging ensuring the filling of boxes containing the coveted minifigs. Accumulating the different heroes from the Marvel or DC universes remains the main motivation of many fans and we already know that if LEGO persists beyond a few waves of sets, it will be very difficult to obtain all the minifigs created by the manufacturer at unless you have the financial means to obtain supplies on the secondary market at indecent prices.

Huw Millington also asks himself the question of whether the frustration of not being able to complete a collection started at great expense will not encourage him to abandon altogether the idea of ​​having one day in his possession all of this collection. that LEGO was able to produce. LEGO seems to have decided to occupy the media space thanks to multiple exclusive products reserved for a tiny part of collectors, Americans moreover, and also seems to ignore the speculation inherent in the exclusive character of the collector's products offered. 

It is a strategic choice that is defended, and LEGO is not the only manufacturer to promote its products by the production of limited series accessible to a minority. But too much exclusivity risks tiring all those who are fond of derivative products of all kinds and who make the effort to put together a collection as complete as possible. The collector's sheet above, a single sheet signed by Daniel Lipkowitz, the author of the book LEGO Batman The Visual Dictionary, is for example sold on eBay for a few tens of euros.

And you what do you think ? Do you feel some frustration in front of these minifigs sold at a high price and which however will perhaps one day be essential for you to complete your collection? Do you regret having to ignore these products because of their price? Will you be able to settle for some super heroes and do without others?