>>10462646Yes, it matters. It's business 101. Costs are driven up or down by the amount of something you can sell.
To keep it simple, two companies each want to make a 5" figure. Company X wants to make a male figure. Company Y wants to make a female figure. The mold costs $10,000 to make all the parts for these 5" figures.
Company X gets 10,000 orders to fulfill. Company Y gets 1000 orders to fulfill.
Based on these orders, how much does Company X and Y need to price their toys at to break even? [spoiler:lit]X can sell their toy for $1. Y needs to sell them at $10[/spoiler:lit]
The scale of production because of their respective markets between Hasbro and Hiya, or even Jazwares and Hiya is like comparing a gopher to a bear. It's literally tens of thousands vs millions.
Obviously, it's more complex than that, but that's the gist of how companies selling to their respective markets work. This is why NECA sells their toys for $35-50, whereas Hasbro sells them at $19.99.
Nevermind that NECA is slapping on more paint than Hasbro does. Same as Hiya slaps more paint on their figures than Jazwares/Hasbro does. Of course, paint doesn't cost $15-30 for a dozen more paint applications, since we've seen companies like McFarlane do complex paint jobs and not charge not even $2 more (in the past 5 years, so not even talking about their golden era)
>>10462663>a direct equivalent meaning same design, basically the same articulation schemesHiya's QC and paint are above anything Hasbro produces. Their engineering is better too.
Also, lrn2business.
