>>7144082>They start on the cheapest parts of production first and only go ahead with mass manufacturing/molding when the movie proves a hit.Speaking as someone who is in manufacturing, I assure you, that is NOT how assembly works. You don't "start on the cheapest parts". Nor can you wait for a movie to be a hit before you start the manufacturing process.
First off, let's say we produce the "cheapest parts" first. What are we gonna do with them after we do? We can't store them. There's simply no space. And what happens once we've finished producing them while waiting to see if the movie's a success? We have to change the machines and molds to another product. We can't just switch back to previous molds willy nilly, it's inefficient and there's bound to be massive losses if you do it that way, because the parts wouldn't tally if you have a big time gap there.
Second, there's a really long process before a figure like a Figuart can come out. There's designing, prototyping, licensor approvals, and then rinse and repeat, and then we have to do samples to see if there are any issues and how to solve those issues etc.
So no, it's impossible to adopt a wait and see approach. If you mean, "let's make stuff for the kiddies first", then sure. But it's simply impossible to do it the way you think they do it, in the time frame that it's being done.
