[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

Even if there were no collector base or brand loyalty, Hasbro would still do redecos to offset the R&D costs of the toys. Look at all the armor variants in the IM2 line. Some are comic-inspired and "for the fans" while others are simply ways of reusing the mold and possibly getting another sale out of it.

Absolutely- and it seems to me that the bucks or base figures are produced en masse and painted/detailed later- which would explain why some IM2 molds got reused forever but stuff like the comic series rarely did.
No repainted villians for example.