[VonPooten]

@TBM, Sorry man, I keep throwing all these titles for you to check out. I forgot to mention that you didn't need the first 4 issues of Spider-Woman, since they're a Spider-Verse tie-in.

Also, there's that Namor figure! Now why hasn't he been showcased?! Love the headsculpt, but it's a shame they couldn't transfer some of the scales from the Hobgoblin figure over to the king of Atlantis..!

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Originally Posted by Pravus Prime

That's not at all the model Hasbro uses; look at their Transformers exclusives; every one of them has a mass market release, it's just the deco that's exclusive.

To expect anything else is just a recipe for disappointment. Some figures may stay exclusive, but to expect or demand them to stay that way isn't reasonable, molds cost a lot of money and getting their use is how they stay in business.

I just wanted to highlight this, because this is exactly what we are expected to believe, and accept, instead of question. I realise that this business costs money, but the Marvel Legends bank's only export is in packaging and production. Their bucks are constantly reused, with only minor sculpted adjustments (including heads) needed. This will require a minimal team to design and create the CG model. Also, Marvel Legends as a brand has no social media activity, and their marketing division as a whole is, excluding cons, non-existent. Besides the physical production side of things and the employment of a handful of artists to sculpt new figures, there won't be much more in terms of outgoings (I would imagine).

Yes, plastic prices have risen due to better wage rates in China, but to state that a product which has earned $160,000,000 since its rebrand (as announced at this year's panel, by multiplying that 8 million number by the RRP of $20) cannot afford to sculpt a little more detail on their figures, and keep exclusives exclusive, is a bit of a push.
Granted, Hasbro didn't clarify which rebrand they meant (their acquisition in 2006? RoML in 2012? Infinite in 2014?), and 160 million isn't much compared to the 1 billion earned from The Force Awakens products, but it's nothing to sneeze at either. The company is making money, and it does finally seem to be showing that in the trickle-effect of more sculpted parts.

The problem is that, outside of off-hand comments in few-and-far-between YouTube interviews, Hasbro's Marvel Legends department doesn't release any solid information for people to look at. Because they don't want us to know how much of a profit (or loss) they're making? Who knows... but the conspiracy thickens.