[Joe Moore]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Interesting, especially the Shaw Bros stuff. One point of information: The Shaw Brothers were responsible for "iconic Chinese Kung-fu" cinema, not Japanese. I've been a considerable Shaw Bros fan since childhood and I'd wondered what happened to the announced figs. I'm still interested to find out about the particulars of why the figs were never brought to market.

Thanks for the clarification, updated.

I believe there was a general lack of retailer interest at the time. In 2008, the online toy market probably wasn't enough to sustain it's own dedicated sales. So NECA and others required (and still do) brick and mortar retailers to pick up their releases. I can see why these weren't put out. I can't really picture these on shelves at Toys "R" Us. These days, though, something like that may have a better chance, with dedicated pop culture stores now a thing (look at the new FYE stores).