Expensive Plastic

I'm looking into making another custom fig (Gasp!) The Punisher as a SHIELD agent as seen in the pages of What If...? Since it won't work to just repaint a Punisher fig, I'll take a SHIELD trooper, add a few minor changes, and put him on a Punisher dial, to which I'll add the SHIELD TA logo and custom stats. I only have 4 SHIELD Troopers, so I went to http://www.iconusa.com to look into just buying a loose rookie. It's only like .49, which I have no problem paying. It's the other loose figs they have listed that I have problems with. I never got a Veteran Thor, so I scrolled down to check out their asking price. 24.99! I checked out a few more: Unique Spiral - 49.99. Unique Nightcrawler - 99.99! Cripes! How do we afford this plastic crack habit?