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Originally Posted by Lody666

You don't REALLY think they lost money, do you?

Realistically, they are probably going to break even, but to them it will look like they "lost" revenue. Mattel definitely won't be making the amount they projected, which I think was the main reason they pulled the trigger in the first place.

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Originally Posted by Gregory

Is it the fault of the fans that the final product differed greatly than what was described on the pre-order page, leading to all of those cancellations?

Obviously they had nothing to do with the changes that Mattel made. Unfortunately those changes are part of the toy-making process.

Regardless of the reasons why, the cancellations were still done. Mattel is a business at end of the day and on the books, this project performed poorly in their eyes due to the larger-than-expected number of cancellations.

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I think it's a great looking playset, but what was delivered is greatly down-sized from what was shown on the pre-order page. Yes, it was "subject to changes", but changes that were made were too significant to ignore. They should have known their finicky fan-base well enough by then to know that those changes weren't going to fly.

All the more reason for them not to attempt Snake Mountain, then.

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Can you imagine the cancellations if Sideshow solicited a Premium Format figure that ended up being grossly out of scale with their other PFs and was significantly smaller than what people pre-ordered?

Apples and oranges, my friend. The only thing a Premium Format figure and CG have in common is the price tag. I understand what you're trying to get at, but a PF figure is not a playset. What you're saying is closer to Mattel putting out another MOTUC figure that was not in the same scale as the rest of their figures.

In the scenario, I would agree with you and I wouldn't want to buy it, either. But I also wouldn't constantly rail against the company for disappointing me.