>>8796133The plastic/manufacturing excuse doesn't really fly when you have things like third party Transformers able to sell things that cost significantly less than official Transformers, but have as much or better engineering/quality/size/etc. And the licensing costs isn't as much as an excuse, as Takara/Hasbro owns the Transformers brand regardless.
Pic related, you could've bought the bigger red dragon for about $100-120 less than the official purple dinosaur which costs $350 for no reason. And said dinosaur has a significant QC issue with the crotch cracking as well.