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Originally Posted by JCage
For me it was bad timing... out in the mountains when it was released and already sold out when I got back. I was lucky enough to catch it by continually checking the UBI site every day and a single unit for PS4 went back in stock two weeks after it had sold out. I haven't been as lucky on other ones though and had to be more creative so I agree it sucks to be left facing the eBay sellers listing these at double the retail price for a used one or just the statue.
All I can recommend is persistence... just keep checking and eventually one will pop up. Make sure to check the international listing even if they don't ship to your country... That's how I got my Ezio's fury - from a Turkish seller on eBay who agreed to sell at reasonable price even though listing didn't ship to USA. I got my Attakus Ezio artist proof #2/20 by directly contacting the press rep of the company who spoke to the company president on my behalf and ended up getting the last unit from her own reserve long after it sold out. For the Connor Premium from PureARTS, many people here were contacting PureARTS directly to buy them but they would not sell to me because their contract with UBI prohibited them from selling to USA buyers (for whatever arbitrary reason). So I had my family in Germany help me source it and luckily won the import/export lottery (avoided getting hefty duty imposed). In this case, both legendary Bayek and Alexios are PureARTS… just a thought but it couldn't hurt to contact Purearts and just ask if they somehow have the ability to get you a residual Legendary Bayek figure even it is un-numbered. Anyway, lots of stories about how I got these things make them even cooler to own once you do have them so best luck.
It is cool that you got the Kassandra figure before it sold out! I like your setup between both smaller Odyssey figures. I didn't buy them because I bought the PS4 Pantheon version of the game which also has a smaller Alexios and am getting a Kassandra from the Gamestop exclusive bought for Nephew who just wants the game and doesn't care about the statue.
Cheers - JC
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Wow, that is some crazy stuff. Thank you so much for recommending to turn on international listings. I have been stalking Ebay now for a loooong time to find the PureArts Connor statue. Earlier today, I found the Attakus Ezio Dev!! It was an opportunity of a lifetime, so I caved and kind of ordered it...
I still need to buy the Legendary Bayek and Alexios statues. Once I find PureArts Connor too I will be satisfied. Only one I will be missing at that point will be Crouching Altair. I don't know if I can stomach the $1400 for that one...