>>10335678>It actually does in general cost more moneyIn general, that higher price comes from the amount of pieces that are molded.
As we've seen from Kaiyodo, the sculptor is also the engineer. They're not paying more money to engineer that shit. NECA, Hasbro, Bandai, Mezco, etc etc don't have some expert engineer being paid high cash monies to engineer the toy, because they also use already on staff employees doing that shit, if it isn't the sculptor himself doing it too.
>>10335701>Why is Hasbro producing Indiana Jones figures from the old movies if they steer well clear of less than 100k? Or Dungeons and Dragons figs based on that old cartoon? Because guaranteed those aren't selling 100k.Indiana Jones is a huge property. That built in fanbase of millions buys shit up just by existing.
Animated D&D may not have as many fans, but they still exist in the millions and they hope NEW fans will buy the animated D&D figures simply being cause it has Dungeons and Dragons on the packaging. It's a better tie in than fucking Bananas and Apples having a D&D sticker on them. OR rather, it's no different than how Marvel movie waves feature comic book characters in them.
>Second I've seen [... ]Page Punchers in both the collectors section and kids toys sections. It's likely they just incorrectly placed them there or it's one of those endcaps where they also stick DVDs/books/bananas along with the toys to push sales for X. Endcaps are sometimes paid for for marketing purposes.
>>10335692Hasbro Pulse definitely does not account for half of merch sold if Walmart, Target, and even Walgreens carries the line. Hasbro's store probably sells fewer units than BBTS. Company stores basically act as a remainder outlet, but at full price.
