>>7980496>Despite the fact they still had the terminator molds they used back in the late 2000They've never lost or let lapse the Terminator license. Of course they keep them around or remake them. Not a good comparison.
>It's well known fact that most toy companies try their damnedest to keep a hold on all their original molds for a multitude of reasons. Be it to archive historical record or to eventually re use these moldsYeah, some molds, and not forever. Plus there's molds that get damaged or lost or stolen. Mattel and Hasbro can afford to store away way more molding than NECA can, I'm sure. Again, you're trying to compare things that aren't in the same league. There's priority, and I'm willing to bet the four or five molds for Street Fighter 4 was an easy one to allow to get destroyed.
> when you consider the fact they went out of their way for the arcade xenosWhich are 90% or more reuse with new heads, fingers, toes, and paint. It's a Warrior body, Dog body, and I believe AvP xeno body with new bits.
>kenner xenoOld parts with new bits, again. And that reuse allows for newer molds like the Rhino to exist.
>and kenner predsOld parts, new bits.
>Hell they're even making 5.5 inch kenner figures nowNew sculpts, A LOT less articulation, less paint apps, cheaper to produce than your typical "ultimate" figure.
Dutch and Lynn are no different, Dutch body, new head, new arm, Lynn is the Vasquez body with new parts. Etc, etc, etc. All this pays off for bigger things like Power Loaders, Queen Aliens, whatever. They put the effort in where they can, but they still have to abide by a budget. That Marvel Legends Doctor Doom is incredible, most of the budget went into that and She-Hulk, while the rest of the wave is easy repaints and retools. Budgeting.
