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Originally Posted by Alucard1138

Im sure there is truth to what you're saying. But kids don't/can't buy figures cuz they don't have money. So they can't make up much of the action figure market. And every brick and mortar store I go to they pretty much have full stock of all figures. The ones I look for that actually aren't in stock, some other older dude bought for himself not for a kid (or to flip online, to another adult). I don't think action figure collectors are a small slice of the action figure market anymore, I think collectors are keeping the action figure market alive, since we're the ones buying them with our own money. If you look at a big variety of action figures on the market currently, not many of them are geared towards kids. Amazon, BBTS, Entertainment Earth, etc primarily carry everything that gets released in the US and even a lot of stuff from foreign markets, mostly seems to be for adult collectors. Go to Amazon or Walmart and just search "action figure", well more than half of what you can buy is geared toward adults, not kids.

"Kids don't have money" Are you crazy? Kids have BANK today. Kids today have ATM cards, allowances like crazy, often come from broken households so they get money from both parents, etc. The days of paper routes and magazine subscriptions are long gone. Also, parents buy tons of toys for kids, their kids' friends birthdays, and tons of other reasons. Amazon and Walmart have THOUSANDS of toys that are geared for kids. Just putting in the term Spider-Man brought up tons of kids toys not geared to adults at all. You and I have VEEEEERY different ideas of what constitutes "geared towards adults." Just because there are some adult collectors that collect it doesn't mean it's aimed at adults. BBTS and Entertainment Earth are poor choices, because they are aimed at adult collectors, not parents buying for kids, but even those stores have a few items that are geared for kids.

Also, if you are correct, and adults are holding up the action figure market, then I have lost all faith in humanity and hope for the future. That means that children have no childhoods. They've lost their imagination. It means a bunch of cheeto-crusted World of Warcraft playing manchildren have had enough temper tantrums to get the toy companies to bend to their will, instead of catering to the desires of children. Willy Wonka has lost the candy factory. The magic is gone.