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You're not wrong, but 2008 was also when stores that carried collector toys like SOTA's were also going under.
Sam Goody, Suncoast, KB Toys, and others were closing up shop around the same time.
Combined with the economic crisis, 2007-2010 weren't good years if you were a company.
Also during that time Chinese peasants were mobbing and rioting against their slavers, pushing for better working conditions and more pay. This is actually what directly led toward toy companies cheaping out and pushing for a smaller scale, not oil prices.
