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Originally Posted by Raine24

Setting aside actual environmental concern for a moment: do you think the turning point for them was the constant complaining about QC issues, repacking, and aesthetics?

Or realizing that a significant portion of their customers had been buying multiples so as to display in box and was now buying just one because an empty box is indistinguishable from a packed one?

They don't care about social media reactions. They only care about crunched numbers.

Most likely they saw sales decline from collectors buying less multiples like you said, and also major pushback from big box retailers threatening them to not carry collectibles anymore due to the increased rate of swaps and the losses that entail.