[Tony_Bacala]

More are being marked exclusive, however, more are being made. There used to be like 4 a year, then 8 a year, the 16, now there are 24 a year. Etc, generally, didn't do exact number research.

And, there was a stretch where mass retail stuff sat like rocks.

So, if they need to do exclusives so they can sell less units and make more cash per unit to keep the line worth going, then I'm all for it.

I think they realized that the mass market for high end figures can't support multiple slight variants, or 2nd/3rd tier 50-100 dollar figures. It can handle Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, etc. And that's mostly what drops at retail now.

That being said, not sure why this Vegeta isn't mass market, I think it would be an easy sell to the casual fan and jumper-inners.