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Originally Posted by webz

Not always. Sometimes a maker finds a large amount of figures, or they are forced to buy back stock from a distributor or large retailer, and they need to resell it. Stores say, "I'll take some" and they get some of what's left. In these cases, the retailers often oversell stock, and whatever doesn't get fulfilled gets refunded or credited. They do preorders in this case to see what the demand is and to make sure the stock actually sells out, rather than risk getting it back again.

Other times vendors are just testing the waters, and cancel based on that demand. On very rare cases, it's just a store's wish for someone to make more, and they open preorders in an attempt to get a vendor to reissue stock.

In my many decades in and around the toy industry, I've seen all the three.

damn webz, that's good intel. Really interesting stuff. The buyback and resell scenario is sounding really likely. I reallllly like those turtles but manufacturing more with the current tmnt market could be a stretch.

Maybe if all the buyback stock gets sold, it's considered a success, and they make a few other figs. That might push the line forward just enough for one figure. If they at least do a shredder it will sell so well they couldn't deny making a few more unique characters. Come to think of it. Tmnt is kind of a pain in the ass that way. It's not all human forms. So many unique characteristics to create. Expensive.

This toy life is tough!