Why is that in 2015 and 16, there are action figures being produced

>>5885907
Companies want to make money selling garbage, news at 11.

>>5885944
Breaking news: Leading toy manufacturer Hasbro makes
>another stormtrooper figure

Stores want cheaper toys, so Hasbro makes cheaper toys.

Stores like Target rejected the normal articulated SW line. Target saw more profit in the 6" Black series and only ordered the statueshit line. So the 3.75" articulated line became a WalMart exclusive.

Always show your support by buying stuff new and not waiting for shit to get clearanced. Waiting for clearances or for them to come out in Marshalls and Rosses cancels lines.

>>5885948
I just hate it because after the horribly beefy star wars toys we got in the 90's, we had fucking awesome toys in the 2000's. Unfortunately now that the only articulated toys seem to be the black line, it honestly makes me fucking sad. Maybe with the 40th anniversary next year, we'll get even cooler toys.

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Like others have said, it's the stores that make the call. Their enormous buying power gives them a lot of say in what gets made and what does not. They want items at certain price points, and with plastic costs going up (because of oil) and tooling, etc. in order to create a product at the lower price point, they have to cut down on the amount of cost they put into it. Simple as that.
Think about the fact that everybody in the supply chain is trying to make a profit off of every figure produced and every point of articulation is more tooling, more hours of pay for sculptors and engineers, more plastic, more paint apps, more parts that can get swallowed by kids and thus more safety testing, etc, etc.

>>5885907
To scam thirtysomeethings with nostalgia.

>>5885907
Get the BS

>>5885907
I collect original Star Wars Kenners and I like having the 5 poa new figures cause they go with them.

>>5895551
No, they don't.

>>5900734
They do, in the garbage bin

>>5885948

Are the 3.75 articulated figures black series? I got a cool Luke figure a while ago, but I wasn't aware they were even making 3.75 figures other than the shitty 5 point ones Target has.