>>11594043In the early 00s Chinese factory workers would make money on the side by using Hasbro's molds to run off figures, and they would use the cheapest and most plentiful plastic Hasbro had around, which was usually brightly-colored, while hoping Hasbro wouldn't notice. They sold their figures as "test shots" (which is the correct names for them) on Ebay. American buyers bought them up, then flipped them as "prototypes," which is completely wrong but it allowed them to sucker the people they flipped the stuff to into paying a higher price.
>>11594041Their problem is they're short-sighted now. They only reveal what drops in two or three months. It's not as shitty as Reaction+ not revealing what they have coming until a few days before the release when stuff's already in shipment/distribution channels, but it's still shitty. It makes it totally impossible to plan for anything. This year at NYCC they didn't even show the fucking Snowcat while last year they showed the Rattler and figures a year ahead of its release.
At this point they 100% have everything they're releasing within the next year already planned out, and probably all of it has at least grey-sculpey prototypes available to show. More than likely everything for the next six months is already in test shot or even production sample stages. Yet they keep fucking with customers while focusing on that retarded "only show the next wave" bullshit. It's aggravating. It's like both Hasbro and Reaction+ are intentionally trying to piss off and try the patience of people who want to be paying customers.
