>>8573937>implying 4H's forum exists anymoreHave fun finding anything about what they said pre-kickstarter. We also used to have numbers of how many figures sold before.
Still, fact of the matter is that 4H isn't getting loans to operate like every toy company out there. They're badly run, hence nothing getting made unless fanboys like yourself pay up first.
And because they're badly run, nothing else can be made except for the bare minimum that the preorders cover. Not a cent more, because they can't fund anything themselves.
>>8574133>Again how does any of that affect youDo you know what it's like being a fan? You like buying and supporting a business that does great things, right?
You like their products, but what happens when their products aren't being sold like they used to? /toy/ grumbles a lot about how hard it is to find products at Target, right?
With 4H, they used to sell their toys on webstores, conventions, and their own website. You could buy their figures well after they were released too. This is how practically every toy company operates. Back then they were able to get a bank to loan them money to continue making toys like normal.
Since they started relying on Kickstarter, they stopped doing that. The Birds had extra stock, where they were able to carry stock and make exclusives like before, but future lines? Nope. Just remainders from the minimum numbers China produces. For remainders, 4H is too lazy to even sell them and apparently hold onto that stock for about a year, leaving any new fans who see it on this board wondering where they can get it: scalpers.
So everyone is blind buying toys over a year in advance, because that's the only way to get them now. You have no idea of their quality until they're released and boy, does that quality vary heavily throughout all their waves. Loose limbs, fragile accessories, paint scraping, etc etc etc.
So after all this shit that 4H does, how do you feel about the company? Pretty let down, huh?