Only two points to make.

1. Distribution in Australia to retail department and toy stores has been increasingly poor for a few years now. A few recent examples

- Studio Series voyager class completely stopped here after wave 2, and leaders after wave 1
- Studio Series deluxe waves 3 and 4 came and went quite quickly, but now wave 5 is receiving what used to be seen as a more or less standard wide distribution.
- The Power of the Primes deluxe wave that had Rippersnapper was almost impossible to find at retail here.
- No one except Toyworld and Toymate has stocked WFCS Wave 1.
- TLK Premiere wave 3 and 4 deluxes turned up about 15 months after the movie en masse at Toyworlds and Big Ws.
- Lest we forget the Christmas 2018 Big W $5 TLK Voyager madness.

What you're seeing as possible "scalper" activity could really just be awful distribution.

2. It doesn't matter what someone does with their toys after the point of purchase, and it doesn't matter how many they purchase. I say this as someone who doesn't understand how even an iota of enjoyment could be gleaned from having a MISB collection, but it's the truth. Whether they open and play with it, leave it in box, flip it on ebay - it doesn't matter.