>>11108743it's not scummy at all, because there were a lot of economic factors that actually made shit cost most.
KB Toys, Sam Goody, Suncoast, etc went out of business. So multiple toy companies were hurt in a very large chunk of their sales disappearing.
Plus the economy going to shit. All these factors caused many toy companies to go out of business or downsize drastically (SOTA, Kid Robot, 21st Century Toys, Motorworks, Unimax, Joyride, etc)
Super important: Chinese slaves were revolting for better pay, hence costs went hugely up for toy companies. This is why so many companies switched to 1:18 scale, because they were cheaper to produce and the price points could still remain relatively low for consumers. Prices and costs were extremely wild during this era.
Everyone was hit super bad for years and years, and we didn't recover until 2013 or 2014. They had more and better reasons to increase prices back then.
pic of Jazware's Street Fighter line that was 1:18 scale. They also make Mortal Kombat figures in this scale. Other companies that went 1:18 scale were Mezco (hellboy and horror stuff) and NECA (Lone Ranger, Gears of War)
