http://kotaku.com/defective-samus-figure-sells-for-a-ton-on-ebay-1665392063?
Pardon if this has been posted already, but this is a good case to discuss the general market for gaming hardware and culture.
I don't think that has much anything to do with gaming culture, other than the subject material being of interest to gamers. Manufacturing errors have always made into collector's items, because of their de facto rarity. The inverted Jenny, 1955 Double Die Lincoln cent, etc.
Not a topic for the marketplace, in any case.