Resale was as high for smaller sizes too soon after RD. I was in the market for a 9.5. I think that $350 at the time was a substantial markup for a newly released AJ1 so that shows to some extent that they were highly sought after. In addition, local shops that got them seemed to have backdoored/raffled the pairs and online releases sold out faster than what I was used to back then. I'd say Royals were hyped...
The difference in perspective could be if
@torontostar
is strictly basing his opinion on local sales. He lives in Canada and I am in the Northeast. May be a difference there.. Either way online was a blowout.