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Originally Posted by UrsaMagnus

The argument I've heard Stall make is that regardless of the fact that these figures are only 1/3 of the size of Legends, they still require an equivalent amount of tooling and paint costs. So in order to keep the price at a level the stores are willing to sell them at (around $10-$12 or so) they have to cut a TON of things like articulation and accessories to keep the costs at that level. Because otherwise we'd be spending $20 for a 3.75" figure, which I think none of us wants or is willing to do. Again, this is all from him (see his SDCC interview with ShartimusPrime and an interview at Marvelousnews).

Couple that with the fact that unlike Joe (which Hasbro owns), Hasbro has to pay a fee to use these characters, and we get the decline in the figures we've seen while the Legends keeps going up and up.

Quite frankly, I call (a certain amount of) bullsh!t on this. When Neitliech (or however his damn name was spelled) ran the DCUC for Mattel, he was first and foremost a MOTUC guy and it showed in his bias toward the lines. Stall is demonstrating the same attitudes here.

When Neitliech left Mattel and the DCUC line ended I was hoping I was done with that kind of bias. Obviously not.

When Hasbro announced they were developing this line, the possibilities seemed endless. I was excited, and I made the choice to jump in full-force. I sold my Legends figures (that wouldn't be useful at this scale) and embraced it. Now I feel like I've been betrayed, and I refuse to dance to their tune and go back to Legends. It would be far too costly to try to catch up at this point.

Was that interview with marvelous news from this years sdcc? I watched the one with shartimus this year and with the regular crew last year... Did the regular crew interview him this year? I couldn't find it.