>>10328141See, the reason McFarlane is succeeding with cheaper toys like an altered, smaller Batmobile while Hasbro is failing with higher cost, premium items like the Engine of Vengeance is because civilization is collapsing. People can no longer afford their lifestyles, can no longer afford premium products. Sure, the EoV looked technically flawless, but the problem is people can't afford technically flawless anymore. They have to make compromises. People are living in cities with garbage strewn about the streets, in 80 year old apartments that would need major refurbishing to really be suitable for human habitation; infrastructure is crumbling, bridges are collapsing due to cities not being able to afford to maintain them--the rich are moving to gated communities to avoid the average slob.
This is the world we are living in now, and why people will "settle" for a 60 dollar Batmobile that gives them just a small glimpse of their lost childhood when they saw Batman in 1989.
McFarlane himself has a more premium option--did you know? The "new" Batwing from the movie, huge and with gunmetal dry-brushing liberally applied. But it's 250 bucks. So it isn't sold out. What is almost sold out? The Batmobile, what people can afford, the imperfect, not the premium. Premium people can't afford might as well not exist, because they can't buy it.
