[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

"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

Agree with this completely, and I'm one of the ones who said either late last year or early this year, I'd much rather have 5-6 QUALITY waves than 7--who knows how many?? waves that give us repeat figures, reduced quality, reused parts, etc etc. I wouldn't want to go back to Toybiz days of 3 waves a year or anything but I think one every month would be perfectly fine, if they were all really great waves (taking into account you'd need one "core" character in each wave that's redone.

By the time you include exclusives for SDCC, brick and mortar, two packs, and the like we could even with 7 wves be looking at nearly 70 figures a year if not more. If they were all great that would be fantastic, but we know there's no way they're all going to be winners.