Ouch! Yeah, I bought a total of 40 or so throughout April (only a few at retail, most came from unopened lots on eBay...thankfully I didn't have to spend a lot, overall) and ended up with more duplicates than I wanted - though at least I got 29 unique figures, which can probably be attributed to the fact that my packs came from various sources instead of one store's particular box. I don't really mind a heck of a lot, for the sake of the game itself, where obviously using duplicates can often pay off huge...but for a situation where you're paying, what, $10-13 at retail for a 3-pack, the number of visible duplicates you have to take to get unique hidden figures is unfortunate.
Hopefully the Groundbreakers distribution will be a bit more balanced in that regard, doing something to prevent the 2/3 packs from featuring so many of the same figures in the same shipments. A buddy of mine was checking out the current status of the figures at Toys R Us a few days ago, and it was the same ol' story - not enough variation in the non-hidden figures in multi-packs in their shipment.
Cool Skarmory, BTW! I don't have that one yet, I will probably grab it on eBay at some point, though. He's gotta be one of my favorite 2MP Pokemon, talk about power - having the three-star purple Fly Away, and possibly an 80HP white attack. I also want Spearow for similar reasons (access to Fly Away - but instead of strong white attacks, he at least has 3MP).