>>6424315> Two inflation and Consumer Price Index calculators say it should cost about 28 dollars today.If you only took that into consideration, sure, but it's not only that.
Go look at how much 4" figures have been selling for. They're all $12 or more per figure today. Considering this is an exclusive and single convention exclusives have sold for $15 before (sgt Slaughter, Zaranna in 2011/2010), it's a fairly good deal.
Compare this to SDCC exclusive Thrawn for $50 (Obi Wan was $45 in 2016), it's a better deal.
>I think past sales do matter, because they can help show what you're doing wrong.It helps Hasbro know what they're doing wrong, but retailers don't care. They only care about how the line is doing now and they base their future shelves on the here/and/now. They ordered a massive amount of stock and they only care that it should have moved.
This isn't to say that they're unforgiving or that they have a shit memory, because they'll repeat the same mistake over and over again. If GI Joe has another movie, they'll order up a ton of quantities again, even if it bombs on em.
See all Mattel movie DC lines and how they still carry bombastic shit, because a new movie is a new movie.
