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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

See, I don't understand how Playmates has anything to do with the way NECA sells these. Playmates isn't stopping Bluefin from releasing the Figuarts turtles, so why would NECA have an issue? Especially for versions Playmates has no interest in even doing I could understand Playmates having a hissy fit if they themselves were doing high end collectible figures and focused on the comics, but they're not, and they aren't.

Because the SH ones cost twice as much per figure as what NECA would charge so they aren't competing with Playmates at that point because they're in a whole other price bracket. It's pretty much the same situation as Mattel restricting how NECA can release DC 7" figures. Even though NECA is a strictly collector-oriented company their $20 figures would be too close to what Playmates charges and apparently Playmates won't have it, meanwhile the 1/4 scale figures will be fine because of their size and price difference. I imagine that if NECA marked msrp for basic figures at like $40 then Playmates would be way more tolerant of them doing 6" turtles.