>>9296619>One of your biggest assets as a COLLECTOR-focused toy company is your sculptors.Most companies use sculpting companies to make their figures, at least in part. Like Hasbro with Gentle Giant, Mattel and formerly The 4 Horsemen, etc. Maybe it's more profitable and quicker to work this way, rather than hiring in-house sculptors, I couldn't tell you.
Also, you say "without a good sculpt", but for the most part the sculptors they've hired have done good to excellent work. When it comes to 3D sculpts though, especially when there are quick turnarounds, it doesn't always seem like the 3D sculpts translate directly to the real world. Seems like sometimes details are lost, or articulation is cut in weirdly, and whatever else.