I’m not saying that Fanatics would be embezzling cards from the UK to US. However, I’m noticing many US collectors are able to pretty easily get around the “UK-only” nature of the Disney and and now Marvel Chrome by having a 3rd party ship the “UK-only” cards/boxes/cases to them in the US. And in that scenario, through nothing nefarious on Fanatics part, they gain by strong initial sales of the product, not the secondary. As more “UK-only” Marvel/Disney products are released maybe the demand gets watered down, but for now at least it seems like a strong avenue for sales and US collectors (through a little extra effort) are still able to participate.
I even believe the release of Topps UK Marvel Chrome shortly after UD dropped Metal Avengers in the US caused the Metal set to lose much of its initial momentum.
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