Well apparently I have no problem buying the third party stuff. And in at least two cases, I know for a fact Hasbro has made a sale for a figure they wouldn't have sold otherwise if these sets were not available. Case in point: I have now purchased Classics Ultra Magnus twice. I refused to buy him at retail on the basis that Hasbro relegated him to little more than a with Prime. But with the FP armor he's a proper full Ultra Magnus, his own separate character. There's really no point in getting him otherwise unless you have some wierd need for ghost Prime.
Also, I purchased the Sidearm with the Protector Armor. For the 10$ you also get chrome gold add on wings for Hot Rod.
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But, did you buy the extra figures at retail, or on the after market? Hasbro cares nothing for after market.
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After market. And the reason I passed at retail was lack of a trailer. If FP had one available when it was at retail I would not have passed on it. But a sale is a sale. If nothing else it proves that there is a market, regardless of how small that market would be.