>>10137992I recall one toyline that annoyed about it: last Ben 10.
In latest Ben 10, he always had 10 aliens. Each time he unlocked new one, he lost one of his previous aliens. Because of that he was getting aliens at much slower pace.
Few special cases aside, he had only 15 aliens. So that means we could at last get toyline that covers all of them right? So original 10 get toys. Shock Rock from season 2 gets a toy. 3 new from season 3 get toys. Now we just need Season 4 Jetray.
But see, to make up for less aliens, every season gives Ben new power-up armors for all aliens he currently has. Because that why I watch a show where kid turns into various freaky superpowered monster creatures: so each of them can be covered from head to toe in Iron Man suit.
So they did seven of those stupid armored aliens including Jetray. That like making TMNT toyline that only has Donnie in Soccer player outfit.
There wasn't even an unreleased announced Jetray toy. The very last toy announced was "Omni-Gitch". Mash-up of two aliens toy parts sold as Omnitrix glitch. It's like they literally closed the toyline while running out of budget for Jetray toy.