>>6014693It's rather the aim of the market or rather the again market. When MPs started in 2003 the average kid that grew up with 80s G1 was around 25 to 30 and that is the sweet spot age for collector market spending where they have both the cash and nostalgia to plot the cash. Takara learn early on that less show accurate lead to poorer sales (MP-03) while more show accurate (MP-08) lead to higher sales even with mark up. This has lead to the trend we are still seeing now 13 years after the line launch, but we are suffering the issues now that most people who buy collector items didn't grow up with G1 so nostalgia is much lower. With this it's leading buyers to collecting interesting pieces inspired by the original robots rather than a 1 for 1 of childhood because most buyers now that would be Beast series or Armada and up.
