>>11516180I can't comment on board games, but there is no major toy company whose products have declined in quality more precipitously than McFarlane. Everyone has raised prices - that's the reality we created by empowering the billionaire class to hoard unlimited wealth with impunity. You can even argue the quality of some toys or toylines have declined in some specific instances (e.g. Mattel's Masterverse She-Ra has an unusually ugly face, Hasbro is still selling Marvel Legends with old, gummy, pinned appendages, etc.). However, overall, most toy companies are killing it quality wise. MOTU figures keep looking better, Marvel Legends are getting improved articulation, and smaller companies like Jada and Storm are releasing Street Fighter figures that are challenging the big two on price AND quality. Competition is fierce right now, which is why McFarlane is only falling further and further behind.
Just look at what McFarlane was offering a few years ago: Clayface, Frost King, Kotal Kahn, Mandarin Spawn. Great sculpts, decent paint, reasonable prices. Now? Most figures are boring, sometimes unpainted (!), with prices jacked up to obscene levels, terrible distribution under the guise of "collectability"... The list goes on. Every toy company could be doing better at something, but McFarlane isn't doing well at ANYTHING. I don't know if Todd is checked out or just out of touch, but I can't imagine this company surviving long after DC handoff. It would require a shakeup of staggering proportions to get this company back on track.
