[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by AFU

Blue, I here what you are saying. Quality may not matter to scalpers, but to collectors, I think it matter a great deal. That is why I have been cherry-picking MLs waves for a while now. And, I no I complained about remolds, but when quality is taking into account, the remolds can be great figures. But, I see that Hasbro is being just a bit lazy in the quality depart, and plentiful in the quantity depart. Smart man told me one, "cheap gets expensive!" If Hasbro keeps decreasing there quality on the figures, I will keep decreasing my purchases of ML's, and I'm sure others will not purchase poor quality ML's figures as well, leading to lost profits for Hasbro!...For example, IMO, DreadKnight is a great example of a retooled figure, and you can tell someone put some thought into making him...Bad example, Ultimate Spiderman and the Spiderman from Spidey/Vulture 2 pack, I don't think someone was thinking very much when they made this decision! (Hasbro Executive probably said this!) Oh, I know, lets paint Spiderman in brighter color, little accessories, and stick him in a 2 pack with Vulture (which is a great figure, IMO!). Sorry for my rant, but sometimes Hasbro makes it easy for the collector to see the decrease in quality.

"Cheap gets expensive," is the perfect example here. When Hasbro made the announcement that they had planned the largest catalog of figure releases in both incarnations of the Legends brand, I opined with another Arker that this could portend some not so great things for collectors. It's inevitable that when you up product count, you invariably run the risk of a reduction in craftsmanship. Did any of us think that Hasbro would exponentially increase the operating budget to accommodate "more" figs than ever before? That's a pipe-dream and not reflective of how business models tend to work. Undoubtedly, Hasbro execs had dollar signs rolling around in their heads when they saw the excitement the Legends line was generating and figured they could up their profit by increasing the wares. They could be headed for a pretty ugly fiscal face-plant if they don't prioritize quality and juxtapose that concept with the economic reality of many collectors worldwide.

Whether it's less detail, fewer accessories, or complete reproduction of inferior versions of previously released figs (as Trivial passionately and correctly pointed out a few pages back)...we are seeing the telltale signs of brand over-reach...IMO