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Originally Posted by GizmoTron

Lots of harping about monopolies, but Hasbro and Mattel are from the only game in town or in the toy isle.

All the fear about poorer quality and price gouging, honestly I think we already have that problem anyway.

I suppose you're right on some level.

The issue is that the big 2 has a near monopoly on the large + current properties. Any hot movie, show, cartoon that comes out, they get it.

Sure, we have NECA putting out some fantastic figures with far superior sculpt, paint, articulation and just general quality at a similar pricepoint when compared to the ML or DCM figures, but they are limited to older/fringe licenses.

So, collectors can complain all we want about how the 6" Spider-man or Batman figure is far inferior compared to the 7" Predator, but we'll still need to buy them since there are no alternatives.

That said, Mattel has been picking up their slack lately, with the DC movie figures and we're seeing some more heart and dedications put towards ML by Hasbro. Maybe it'll be a loss for the consumers if they merge afterall?