>>5244076Bandai is not that smart.
The funny thing about them is how separate their toys and hobby divisions are. Just look at their action bases/tamashii stands. Despite being mostly interchangeable, they never cross-promote or consolidated their stands into one line. For a period in the 90s, both the toy division and hobby division have their own, separate SD Gundam model kit lines.
They just seem unaware of what the other guy is doing.