>>9028993It's what I've personally discussed with creators and employees about, heard from panels, and reading interviews.
but even if you don't trust what i know, there's still the fact that McFarlane has released larger figures that are much more detailed and have more paint than the Space MArine for $20... $24 for the Doom demon, because that's not a mass market figure and more akin to DCC, NECA, and other 1:10 scale line makers.
The proof is in the fact that the those figures i mentioned exist and it isn't even limited to McFarlane for mass market toys, because Toy Biz used to make oversized figures for the same price as their normal sized ones. See also NECA when they tried to make their Pacific Rim figures at the mass market price point that Walmart was asking for.
>why do you think Transformers had so much hollow space for so longbecause they're transformers, that need to be very hollow to fit pieces inside of, which creates a style for all the designs to look hollow, and Hasbro is a public company that cuts corners.
Nevermind that we have constantly been told that molds are the most expensive parts of making a toy from almost every Kickstarter and independent toy maker out there.
Anyway, you're ignoring the fact that the sculpt itself presents a brand new unsullied armor. Adding more sculpted details doesn't cost more. So the fact it's plain is... WHY? Who decided that for a line that's meant to be gritty as fuck?
Also also, remember the Heroes of the Storm line by NECA? Despite some figures being much more bigger than other ones, they still cost the same. Whereas that one deluxe figure (the demon zombie thing), that was smaller than the biggest, cost more. You know why? Because it featured more complex engineering and adding more pieces = more molds. Again, this shows that size doesn't matter (up to a certain point).
