Exclusives

This is going to be a little bit of a rant...

Exclusives are... Really irritating. Take the S.H. Figuarts Cure Beauty for example.

She costs 4,410 yen. Compare that to Cure Happy at 3,210 yen and Cure Peace at 3,080 yen, she's already more expensive. But that's not even the problem, fine, they want to earn more then so be it. But because she's not available on sites like amiami, I have to get from local shops which probably get from their proxies/suppliers which just results in higher price for me. =( How much? At a cost of S$108. 4,410 yen roughly converts to S$55 with shipping would be around $70-80. But because I like Beauty a lot and also I want to complete the set, I've got no choice but to suck it up.

I know it isn't something new but just felt like sharing my helplessness. How about you? You ever had any figures that were exclusives that you wanted? Did you give up on it cause of the high(er) price or just bite the bullet?