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Rise of Skywalker: No Basic Figures
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<blockquote data-quote="monkey_roo" data-source="post: 518074" data-attributes="member: 2414"><p>I might argue it does make sense.</p><p></p><p>Without sales figures to back it up, i would wager as a global market action figures sales are in decline. Kids tend to lean towards electronic and more interactive toys today and the style of play we enjoyed back in the day is no longer the norm. Add to that, the fact that a basic figure can cost £10 and require multiple figures to generate recreation style play, they are very expensive for very little return. (I stopped buying them for my son a few years ago, as they got one use, bits got lost and then he was back on the games console - albeit playing SW games)</p><p></p><p>I would wager the higher end figures sell into the collector market far better and thus remain in limited form.</p><p></p><p>Also with no new films for at least four years after this and streaming content to limited to build major lines around it wouldn't surprise me to see SW toys drop off the production lines and shelves more generally as all Hasbro can do is rehash and rerelease and that often spells the end of the line.</p><p></p><p>I think Lego will remain popular as it represents a different style of play (although i think the new ISD is pushing the limit a bit) and if they infuse more AR style play as they have with Hidden Sides into the SW sets that could be very cool.</p><p></p><p>Sadly outside of collectors and special markets i think the age of the action figure is over <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkey_roo, post: 518074, member: 2414"] I might argue it does make sense. Without sales figures to back it up, i would wager as a global market action figures sales are in decline. Kids tend to lean towards electronic and more interactive toys today and the style of play we enjoyed back in the day is no longer the norm. Add to that, the fact that a basic figure can cost £10 and require multiple figures to generate recreation style play, they are very expensive for very little return. (I stopped buying them for my son a few years ago, as they got one use, bits got lost and then he was back on the games console - albeit playing SW games) I would wager the higher end figures sell into the collector market far better and thus remain in limited form. Also with no new films for at least four years after this and streaming content to limited to build major lines around it wouldn't surprise me to see SW toys drop off the production lines and shelves more generally as all Hasbro can do is rehash and rerelease and that often spells the end of the line. I think Lego will remain popular as it represents a different style of play (although i think the new ISD is pushing the limit a bit) and if they infuse more AR style play as they have with Hidden Sides into the SW sets that could be very cool. Sadly outside of collectors and special markets i think the age of the action figure is over :( [/QUOTE]
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