>>11628039>And if you compare to Hasbro in 2008, of course there were making a shit ton of new molds for their brand new toylines.>When shit is new, they HAVE to make new molds. Once they make enough molds, they can start reusing them.This isn't how McFarlane worked, and it's evident by the fact that none of the molds they made were blank bucks that could be reused for many characters. There were molds that could be reused for different versions of Batman or Superman and the like with some modification but that's it. Even the booster-beetle buck they made later in 2023 had that dumb boot sculpted in so it wouldn't work on specific characters (they reused it anyway). McFarlane had never been a "body buck" producing toy company. Until Mattel Goblin. They did reuse, but in non-obnoxious ways. Until Mattel Goblin.
>Your entire problem is with the economy, not McFarlane.So I thought if they went to $30 or $35 extra for basics I could get my new molds, anon, mentioned in just your last post? No new molds now, canceled due to The Economy?
>See pic? There's some mold reuse here, but there's way more new molding. This budget children's toy cost ~$45 one year ago. The previous image i used was released just a month ago, has way more mold reuse and it costs ~$65 RIGHT NOW in stores.That is essentially a 2 pack. And McFarlane's 2 packs went from $40 to $80 with mostly reuse of both figures just by throwing in a megafig instead of a 2nd regular fig. Makes 45 to 65 seem not as bad. If I had to get one I'd certainly buy that Desert Viper pack before I'd buy the Spectre vs Atom Smasher abomination pictured here. Though in reality I don't want either.
