[Sean C]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I guess at the time fans didn't want anything out of the 3.75" scale so the line died.

In mid 2005 Hasbro ticked off some people by cancelling 3 3/4" at retail for was seemed to be a new direction with 8" Sigma Six. Not long after announcing Sigma Six, they tried the online Direct to Consumer 3 3/4" stuff and it petered out after 3 1/2 waves or so, with TRU eventually picking up the excess for retail (Maye they should've done a shared online/TRU thing from the get go?). They also made 2.5" stuff for Sigma Six, which seemed like the dumbest move...wasting tooling on something that flopped with kids and collectors. The 8-inchers actually seemed to be doing okay, even winning over some 4" collectors, and lasted like 2 and 1/2 years, I think. But the cartoon got pulled half way through season 2 because...I dunno. Of course they never made 8-inch Scarlett or Baroness, because it was larger scale kid-aimed line.

I couldn't seen a 6 inch GI Joe line lasting beyond a year. The die hards wouldn't be enough to make up for the more casual people who'd only buy the 5 or 6 characters they like. I see 6-inch Star Wars and Marvel stuff getting deep discounts and their collector bases seem much larger.