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Originally Posted by Jmacq1

I don't know exactly how the math works out, but from what I've heard the plastic prices and all that stuff have balanced out to the point that making the larger figures is not all that much more costly than making the little figures, but they provide a bigger profit margin due to their higher price. So the retailers and manufacturers are starting to be all about the larger (6"+) figures again, while the 3.75"/4" offerings are starting to dwindle (particularly the highly articulated/accessorized types) because there's a much thinner profit margin at the $10-$12 price range they seem to hover at nowadays.

The economist in me wishes I could see the production costs and profit margins. I would think it would be the other way around especially with how much less plastic is usually in a 4"ish figure... But the way the 1/18 scale is going you may be right.