I personally don't mind if one person buys multiple toys to help out other fans as they're not buying all of those toys for themselves. Fair point about the greater variety of options for fans today. It sure beats driving from suburb to suburb (to suburb to suburb to suburb) looking for elusive toys only to go home empty handed.

I personally never found the Ultra Transmetal 2 toys in any store in 1999, and it wasn't from lack of trying. I did hear people saying they'd spotted them, but I could never find them.