Did I already miss my Chance to get TAKARA's "Adventure" Drift and Prime?

[Th 4RL deal]

Hi, I'm new to collecting the TAKARA versions of figures, and now that I finally have spare money to afford TAV18 Drift, and TAV21 Optimus Prime, I can't find them for anything less than a 15-30 dollar markup.

 

 

SO, my question is, given that these figures have been out for two months, are those the only prices I'm going to find from here on out?

 

Or if I wait, will some of the shops who have them listed for a more reasonable markup *probably* get more in eventually?

 

 

Again, I'm new to collecting the Takara version of the toys, and I'm am gravely concerned by how hard it is proving to find these toys suddenly at the shops I actually frequent, and FURTHER concerned by the *very* vague answers I've gotten from the shops that *have* responded to my emails about what the deal with them is.

 

So yes, um... please help. Any advice or guidance from a TAKARA collecting veteran would be appreciated.

 

 

EDIT: Erm... I may have posted this thread in the wrong forum... >_>"