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No, that's inconclusive speculation at best. Without sales figures broken down by age group and reasons for purchase, there's no way to know for certain.

But I'd say that if the adult collector market were as big as some are saying, then the primary audience that toy companies target with their products would not be specific children's age groups and demographics.

From my understanding, the Japanese toy market has a much, much larger adult collector segment - which is why stuff like SH Figuarts, Encore, and Masterpiece exist at all. I do believe we are also headed in that direction, but I think we're still years, if not decades, away from reaching it.