>>10176783>The sculptor usually is not the one deciding how or where joints are placedEver heard of the term "buck?"
It's so that sculptors know the proper proportions and where joints are going to be, so they make room for them when sculpting it in the first place.
Shit's been around for at least the 70s. While the buck is (probably) not used anymore, the sculptor is still involved with the engineering process.
Your entire post is nothing but cope, where you're making shit up to rationalize the fact that Japanese companies are bilking you. It literally costs nothing and you're pretending shit doesn't exist on western figures.
Again, there were SHF wannabes and they only cost $30. And yeah, the Revoltech joint was invented by McFarlane and the figures that used them didn't cost 2x more like the Revoltechs that used them years later, despite having similar amount of articulation.
The only difference between east and west mostly comes down to the fact that western companies strive for more accuracy, even if it hampers articulation. Yeah, there's Japanese companies who do that too, but it's not as common.
Also, American companies pay their sculptors more, where they head hunting some of the better talent and sign them to exclusive contracts. Despite this, toys made by certain sculptors don't cost more and even work on budget children toys (because their contracts are expensive and want to get all the work they can out of them).
