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Originally Posted by soundwavempl

From what I understand, the biggest hurdle the 3.75" line has is the fact the costs to produce it are starting to equal what it costs for a 6" figure. Most stores still sell 6" figures for around $20 while 3.75" figures are at least $12+ now.

Plastics costs have been bouncing around due to various market reasons. 6'' legends figures might near 25$ near 2018, and 3.75'' is fighting hard to stay below the 15$ price point. Hasbro can hopefully keep the 3.75'' prices below that mark thanks to the wide mold re-usage they have available to minimize production costs to help balance it. Maybe the same can help legends, but they're still building up the parts library to do that.

The saving grace to 3.75'' right now in the cost department has been the repacks potential. When Hasbro had multiple lines going at once previously, they did manage to pump out a decent selection of figures that can help buffer out the lines as needed when needed.

Personally, I'm really hoping for that multiple line set up again.
It'd be nice to have a dedicated Marvel comic line (marvel infinite) alongside a dedicated X-Men line. With the X-Men line being cinematic tied, it'll phase in and out which will allow repacks over in Marvel Infinite, and ditto to the upcoming MCU movies.

Essentially flood the market on new figures. Then go back to toning it down and pushing some repacks into Marvel infinite. Then rinse and repeat every few years to really stretch that budget more and more while getting decent returns in the process.