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Honest question here, and I don't mean to rustle the jimmies of collectors who love the hobby and want it to go on forever.
But do you guys think rising figure prices, month/year long waits, distribution hell, scalpers / speculators, and so many characters never EVER getting a figure / much less an articulated update will push enough collectors towards 3d print alternatives to collapse the market here?
I mean, 3d print stuff gets cheaper every year, so as soon as home machines that can apply paint apps to printed stuff get widespread, that's game over for Hasbro, right? The SW license they pay for isn't cheap and Lucasfilm continuously fucks them over or keeps them in the dark at every turn. They've burned the hardcore collectors too many times, and new collectors either go for normie crap like Funkos or are put off by the entry barrier of how fucking daunting, stressful, and expensive it is getting anywhere with collecting.
