I learned my lesson not to sit around & wait after the Sarge debacle last year. I waited thinking HTS would get some (& staked out the site all day that Monday) all for nothing, & ended up paying twice what I would have for Sarge if I had been an early buyer.
I bought a SDCC Sgt Slaughter figure ( USA version) for $29.98 CDN, from CMDstore about 3 weeks ago--got it in the mail last week. Granted they are now listing it for $10 more, but they certainly had/have it in stock.
I think the "rush" on these figures can be in the buyers' heads, because I went looking for a Sarge well after the usually accepted window of opportunity had been considered "closed" and found him in at least two on-line stores.
Granted there were mark-ups ( at least $29.98 to $59.98+) but the figure CAN still be had as of this date, and NOT via Ebay.