>>6378297Yeah, I'm sure it would have happened, but there's no telling how long that might have taken. It could have set the toy industry back for untold years. Toy sculptors used to be told not to make their sculpts too detailed, cause it would probably be lost or degraded in the molding process anyway. Then Todd comes along, and out of either ignorance or bravado, decides to do it anyway, and proves it entirely possible. He starts making the most incredible looking toys anyone in the western toy market has ever seen, and everyone else starts scrambling to catch up.
Todd's influence was even felt a bit outside the US...the Spawn toyline heavily influenced Yasuhiro Nightow, who would go on to create a fuck-awesome amazing Trigun line in the spirit of McFarlane toys, and eventually, the Revolver joint and Assemble Borg for Kaiyodo.
In the end you can always make the argument "someone would have eventually." But what's the point in that? Todd did. So we should be grateful. Even if he's lost his way since.
