>>7124545And just to add to that briefly because lol no room
>hur dur 3p/ko's are cheaperI honestly wish I could see how 3p does it, maybe its because they have smaller production runs, maybe its the lack of licensing, maybe the factory workers are in china but perhaps not getting paid quite right, I wouldn't know but I give props to them and their quality and figures which are clearly designed by fans who want what they want and designed it, sad thing is their sculpts are cool robots, but souless as characters (I own arch enemy, my only 3p but my views on all 3p were formed before I bought him and he is my honest to god fav tf figure and ONLY 3p I've ever bought, bought purely because its a cool robot, but not for the fact its rid scourge, besides its transformation is basic at best)
As for ko's for those that somehow don't know
>stolen molds circumvent R/D cost>allows for improvements of the figure as an outsider can take a look in which would take takara another 6 months and require the use of contractors to do the same thing but would mean slower mp releases>passing on cost/improvements/upscales to consumersI have a love hate relationship with ko's, didn't help the ko mp red alert I got was one of the worst, floppiest examples
