Interesting, rare and sometimes cheap ebay items.

[griffin]

BotCon '97 Fractyl and Packrat

Would I like to one day own such a piece? Sure, yeah, it's an interesting piece of history.

But how can it possibly be worth $700? That's $350 for each basic sized figure!

If that's the case, are they not the most expensive Basic sized toy ever?!

$350 per basic is about what those would be worth these days. Still, $350 for each one is cheaper than the 1994 & 1995 BotCon toys... which admittedly were twice as rare, but half as small.
And with more recent BotCon toys getting close to the $1000 mark, imagine how expensive it would be to collect all BotCon toys.