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Originally Posted by MUfan97

Really, Hasbro? .....Just give us some proper figures! You know, to compliment the collections that we already have!?

^ That, in spades. This seems like going out on a limb, although I wouldn't mind a few of those bases without the figures.

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Originally Posted by jpizzow

Remember, we also live in an era where statues have never been more popular with collectors. Everyone and their grandmother is making statues now and selling for......$200 to $1000+. That's more than most collectors can swallow.

I wonder how much of what we're seeing is in fact demand-based, rather than a kind of industrial herd behavior like what we saw back in the 1990s with Prestige-Format comic books. Remember all the gimmicky covers and multi-variants and promotional junk and hype in those days? ...And the sector consolidated shortly thereafter, right? I'm not saying that the same dynamic is at play here, but considering the soaring rate of consumer debt and the disappointing reports about retail sales in general, one has to wonder.