When I was in highschool I was hanging out at the mall with some friends. We happened into a KayBee Toys store and there on the shelf was the most awesome action figure I had ever seen. It was called the Dark Rider Batman. It was a Batman figure armed with a sword sitting on a black horse reared up on it's hind legs. I instantly knew where in my room I would put it and snatched it off the shelf to view the price tag. Being that is was more than just a simple action figure I knew it would be more expensive than the other Batman or GI Joe toys on the shelf. I experienced disappointment to see that it was more than the few dollars I had with me at the time, followed by elation seeing that it was marked down on sale, then the devastation of realizing that I still couldn't afford it right that moment. I went home empty handed.
However, in my room I had some money which I kept in an old book, as that seemed like a cool hiding spot to a teenager. So when I got home I went to the book shelf, grabbed the money and made plans to go back and buy my Batman figure. It was only two days later when I went back to KayBee Toys but the Batman was gone. I asked the store clerk about it and he said this Batman was part of a limited edition line of Batman toys and the one I wanted had been the last of their inventory. These particular figures were no longer available for the store to even order.
Over the next few years I made it a point to seek out the Batman action figures whenever I went to any toy store, hoping someone would have an old Dark Rider Batman collecting dust off n a shelf somewhere. I have never able to find one in any toys store since. I did see one at a comic book convention once. The guy was asking $100 for it.
I know that I could probably go on to Amazon and get one shipped to me, but it wouldn't be the same. In highschool it was a cool figure I could display in my room. Now as a guy in his mid 40's it's something my wife will look at and wonder if I'm having a mid-life crisis.