[Dolemite]

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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

I think one of the reasons is being able to recoup costs there. One of the reasons NECA can normally pack their figures with accessories and keep them below $25 is they can usually reuse many of those parts in other figures (see the AvP Predators), which spreads out the tooling cost. With Eligos, it's harder to find a reuse for his parts. He's a unique demon, and likely won't be seeing that design again. So designing the underlayer system drives up cost for a one time use figure. So they went with a really solid looking sculpt.

I'd love to have had some movement in the torso for sure, but I get why it's not there.

One thing that strikes me about NECA is their ability to balance giving fans all the awesome geeky things that they want with a solid business acumen. They almost seem scientific with their figure/part choices...how to create extremely versatile bucks that can be used several times over for various lines with mere changes in cosmetic parts and accessories (such as Predator), how much articulation to give certain characters, which ones to give the Mego treatment, etc. They honestly seem to try to listen to fan requests while tempering that with sustainable business decisions. Occasionally that may result in some minor disappointments, such as the lack of a torso joint or a certain character not getting a figure, but in the long run, it's creating sustainability for NECA and ensuring that they'll be around for the long haul.