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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

Symmetry. There's already two Batman toys in the line-up. Plus, Superboy Prime looks like Superman wearing cool armor. That would have more kid appeal visually than Terry McGuinness.
Also, Batman Beyond was always pretty much filler who's sole purpose was to get the name "Batman" in the first wave. All he was, was a straight reissue. Being a straight reissue is likely why they chose to go with Red Robin, instead of him.

So, had they used Terry instead of Superboy Prime, then the wave layout would have been Superman/Batman/Batman/Batman. May as well be another Batman Legacy wave.

The Batman Beyond figure would have disappeared off of shelves as soon as they were released. I have a maskless one, and even that version of him was a complete pain in the ass to find. The Mattel people dropped the ball. Big time.