Considering that I like the Funko Marvel Hikari vinyls more than just about any other Marvel toys on the market this year, you would think I’d be overjoyed about the first officially-announced SDCC 2015 Marvel Funko Hikari. But due to a combination of expense fatigue and a shockingly high edition size, I’m just not all that psyched about the SDCC Exclusive Funko Cosmic Powers Deadpool Hikari figure…

As soon as I saw the gorgeous display of Hikaris at the Funko booth at New York Toy Fair 2015, I made the insane decision to be as near to a completist with the Funko Hikari Marvel figures as I could possibly afford. But with Funko releasing 5+ colorways of every one of the Marvel Hikaris released so far–all of which with a $79.99 MSRP–keeping up has not been quite as fun as I had anticipated.

But hey–I love Hikari and I love Deadpool, so what’s not to love with a San Diego Comic Con 2015 exclusive Deadpool Funko Hikari, right…? The “Cosmic Powers Deadpool” Hikari that Funko announced on Friday has a classy metallic sheen to it, and is a lovely gradient mixture of red, black and orange. It’s really quite gorgeous, and I definitely could see Funko selling 500-1,000 of these at Comic-Con with little problem.

The trouble is, immediately after having that thought, I saw how many of this “limited” vinyl Funko was making for the event: the edition size on the Deadpool Cosmic Powers Hikari is a jaw-dropping… 1,750. Uh, what?!

To put this into perspective, the previous most-produced Deadpool Hikari was the regular mass market release red version of Deadpool, which 1,500 pieces were produced of. There aren’t near 1,500 Hikari collectors out there at all, and as a result, you can find that plain Funko Hikari Deadpool now for around $50–about $30 off the retail price.

But somehow, some way, Funko thinks they can sell 1,750 Cosmic Power Deadpool Hikaris in four days for the full $80 each that they’ll retail for at San Diego Comic-Con 2015…? I suppose that’s possible, what with scalpers and speculators picking up pieces. But will this figure ultimately sell on the aftermarket for $80, or even close to it…? No way–just no way. The Hikari market just isn’t large enough for a piece this overproduced to hold its value.

Ordinarily I pre-buy my Hikari exclusives from fellow collectors attending conventions or buy them online immediately after the show for a good value, but this is definitely a case where I’m going to wait a month and get a Deadpool Cosmic Powers for likely a fraction of its retail price. If the popular X-Force Deadpool Hikari can be limited to 1,000 and still sell for $25-$30 below MSRP, there’s little hope for this SDCC Cosmic Powers Deadpool’s value to do anything other than drop like a rock.

While I don’t mind getting a beautiful piece like this for a discount, I think it’s unquestionably a bad strategy on Funko’s part to try to bring in new Hikari collectors with a “limited” con Hikari that’s going to end up being “worth” far less than attendees paid for it. Tactics like this tend to devalue and besmirch the name of a collector’s line in the end, in my experience.

What do you think of the Funko Hikari Cosmic Powers Deadpool SDCC 2015 Exclusive, Marvel collectors? Will you be picking one of these pretty vinyls up at the show, waiting to buy one for a deal on the aftermarket, or skipping out on this piece altogether?