{"id":47032,"date":"2026-07-24T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=47032"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T17:42:50","slug":"shop-wisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/shop-wisely\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop wisely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All this weekend, NECA is \"bringing back exclusive items, hidden gems, and select sold-out favorites coveted by collectors.\" In other words, selling old stock via their website. Every hour, a new item goes up for sale, like this <i>Turtles in Time<\/i> Bebop and Rocksteady set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/necasale.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"355\" alt=\"Pirate Bebop and Rocksteady\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>The problem is, they're selling these at <b>current<\/b> prices, not what they were originally. Bebop and Rocksteady did not retail for $70. And more than that, most of what they've been selling so far is available far cheaper elsewhere. Basically, if you see something on their sale you might like to get, give eBay a quick glimpse to see if it's on there instead; that <i>TMNT<\/i> set, for example, is available from several different sellers for less than $20. Don't rush to buy something directly from NECA just because it's there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 Movie) addendum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1990-movie-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 Movie) addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"ATFC '13 - Day 2: Playmates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/02\/atfc-13-day-2-playmates\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ATFC '13 - Day 2: Playmates<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #235\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/04\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-235\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #235<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Toys spark joy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/toys-spark-joy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Toys spark joy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #184\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-184\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #184<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All this weekend, NECA is \"bringing back exclusive items, hidden gems, and select sold-out favorites coveted by collectors.\" In other words, selling old stock via their website. Every hour, a new item goes up for sale, like this Turtles in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/shop-wisely\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,24,29],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-47032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neca","category-news","category-reports","tag-tmnt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47033,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47032\/revisions\/47033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}