>>9528710Even the FSS was direct to consumer. But most people don't really get or understand the higher cost that a made to order low production run figure evens out to. Funpub for example wouldn't even let you just order the figures you wanted, you had to commit to a full run of figures(presumably because they needed a certain number of orders to even make all the figures in the first place). They received a lot of fan backlash over it, unfairly in my opinion, simply because fans didn't understand the business model or limitations on what they're buying into. You always ran into people complaining about how it cost like $35 per Joe and how retail Joes were like $7 to $10.
>>9529157I think some people just have an aversion to the made to order business model, or are inpatient. I'd also say there's people who just can't stand waiting for a pre-order, even if it's more convenient by letting you get the figures without worrying about trying to locate some at brick and mortar and in quantities you'd want without any hassle. What Super7's doing with a direct to consumer business is just the way industry is moving, and even Hasbro themselves have picked up on this with Hasbro Pulse offering direct to consumer items, such as army builder sets for Star Wars TVC, and even replenishing them when they sell out, and doing Haslabs. Mattel is also getting in on it with Mattel Creations.
I just treat it as paying for convenience, which it is.
>McFarlane DC is such a train wreck.Pic related. I can't stand Todd's handling of DC, and wish the license would get yanked and go back to either Mattel or get scooped up by Hasbro. He's just too opinionated and tries to force things on collectors and fans that they don't necessarily want, just because it's something Todd wants.
