>>9262017Jizaitoys (also pic related) is one of the earliest examples of 3p, like 2007-2008? But those were pretty much never-evers for most people as they were really hard to obtain.
I think the industry started kicking off with add-on sets like City Commander and the ROTF Bruticus/Superion sets, then we gradually started seeing actual "mass" produced figures like
>>9254274 It's hard to believe how good the 3p industry is nowadays, and how quickly it caught up to official HasTak quality and even better in many cases.
