[Johnnyakiba]

It's just not in the intrest of fans. I think we are all more considerably interested in the video games themselves. It would be a complete failure to produce articulated figures since they are costly and most fans would only buy MARIO only. Children on the other hand do not care too much about articulation and would be happy with any Mario paraphernalia. It would be a disaster and the company producing these would go under fast!

Even the current line of vinyl figures on the shelves at TRU are not doing well. The 12" vinyl here is selling for less than $20. At the store I work at we sold the Japanese one for $80 (appr. 6800 yen) SO you tell me if it's worth it.