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Originally Posted by ukmu

True.... I hope the SIX INCH OR NOTHING fad is dying out as the spark just isn't there. Why can't collectors decide what scale. Hate being into a box and told that six inch is the scale I SHOULD be collecting. It is an online buying hobby for the most part now. Sad, as the hunt and discovery was the the drug/reward part of it. Owing it lasts for ever but finding it is (was) a real thrill.

It's not really a "fad" when it's being pushed as much by the retailers and manufacturers as fan-demand, but I'd note there was a robust 6" Marvel market before there was a 3.75" market at all. There's certainly room for both scales, it's just that highly articulated 3.75" figures have a lower profit margin than 6" figures do these days. That, and now that Hasbro's figured out how to get 6" figures into packages that don't take up that much more space than some of the old 3.75" packages used to, they don't take up that much shelf space either (which was the biggest complaint from retailers about the 6" lines in the past).

It's money that's driving the 6" fad...more accurately the manufacturers and retailers desire for more of it. High-articulation 3.75" figures are pretty much on the way out and may likely never return...at least not at pricepoints that any non-collectors are willing to pay.