>>8597229>The same could be said for Bandai.Except not really, because that's literally based on selling you an actual accurate figure and since their factories are set to making toys a certain way, their engineering is updated by default (even Hasbro does this).
>Your image shows a repaint, something collector companies like even Mcfarlane do.No company i can think of (aside from Bandai) charges extra for that. The figures that they sell are supposed to be as accurate as possible, without an upcharge. Again, it's a pretty clear piecemeal-type bullshit that guy was trying to equate.
>Right but how many children give a shit about a Spider-Man with slightly updated articulation compared to the one they already haveSomething like 90% of all figures that Hasbro sells are for children, including MLs. Children do not give a shit. They just see something new, in a new package, and just buy it, because it's their favorite character.
Packaging is king when it comes to getting a child's attention, including vintage shit.
So no matter how you want to spin it, Hasbro's as cheap as they are because they are literally selling shit meant for children. That adult collector base is just the cherry, hence the packaging that only an adult would understand.
Shit, we're even talking about fucking comic book characters and how many kids do you think actually read them? There's a reason why Dan Didio said this shit about how he only makes comics for 40 year olds.
So all those ACTUAL comic book characters that are made by toys by Hasbro? Kids do not give a shit who they are, they just see something cool and buy it.
