[Jackieboy]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

On the BAF it's because doing a character like that in that scale may prove too annoying for the fans to purchase full sets if they aren't completionists. Especially if it's a much in demand character that should have his own figure. There's also the problem that the figures aren't designed in a way where putting them together is possible. It'd disproportionately stretch the cost of the figures as it is by increasing the volume.

Smaller figures like rocket, or howard the duck, or even Lockjaw are possible, but normal sized characters would end up as four pieces (Torso with arms, each leg, and the head). Which doesn't work very well for B-A-F.

Larger scale figures can spread it out more like say if they did something close to the Incredible Hulk movie's scale for a character and could alleviate that, but not sure how much that'd increase already rising costs.

The inbetween size would be an issue though. Like the current MU Thanos that was made as a carded figure. Where they can't evenly distribute the cost to each figure for each limb that well.

A B-A-F is possible, but it'd require an entirely new type of assembly for the figure potentially.

It's also highly annoying for fans that want that figure and not all the others though. So personally, I kind of thank them for that. It's one thing getting doubles in comic packs, it's another when you have to buy an entire case assortment to get one figure you want.

The line was also supposed to stay slightly more kid friendly as something they could pick up their favorites to intermingle in with GI Joes, and the B-A-F fan driven business kind of takes away from that.

Could you imagine how annoying that'd be for an infinity war movie, that the only way to get the 3.75'' line Thanos is to buy all the movie figures? Especially when fan favorites and shortpacked figures you may never find? Let alone how annoying that'd be for a kid that wants Thanos for his toys to fight, but their parents won't buy them all the toys since they have so many from previous movies?

Better to single card those kind of figures.
There were too many complaining about that already with Thanos in the 6'' legends line.


As for the Modular Ironman though. That'd be awesome, but it'd be a hell of a lot of small parts to get lost and will get lost. And how much it might shatter if you dropped it and all that armor scatters everywhere to places unknown.

The 3.75 isn't only for kids, but it does have to factor in that kids are a large chunk of the sales, and even us collectors sometimes have a habit of losing pieces too. So it's better to leave some of that to the more collector only centered lines that Japan does. It's a similar issue that the trans-armor die-cast Kamen Rider figures had and their audience and costs can better handle those kinds of demands.

Toy Biz did something like that with the armor swap system from the 90s Ironman cartoon series line. Great figures, but even they had to tone it back from what they originally wanted to do because it wasn't cost-effective nor drop proof. I'd imagine the same would prove true here.

it would appear that the 6" fan base is more vocal and gathering new fans at much greater rate than our line,in fact many people have defected over to 6".i really dont think it would be an issue for hasbro to make a BAF line happen,but the 3.75" line has been a pain in the ass for them financially its too late in the day for ideas like that now,id say this line has 2017 left then discontinued in 2018,the 6" line will be kept going simply because it sells.