>>10226088Wood is certainly used in a couple independent cases. Dude once made a Bruder car scale Devastator with wood. Also wood was what was used for the original Takara Diaclone prototypes.
In the case of FT though, their perogative usually is
Teaser (occasionally) or Fuzzy render -> international unofficial deposits (ShowZ, Bombusbee, Bababobo, Taobao, etc) -> Near-final grey render -> grey prototype -> final color prototype -> domestic/official preorders (BBTS, Chosen Prime, etc) -> release
