Lisa Lionheart
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This may sound like a dumb question, but I've never collected figures before (I buy the WOS line because I love the show), anyway...
Why do manufactures stop making one Wav when the next one comes out? I've seen people looking at Wav 6 or 7 in the store and saying that they'd love to collect the line, but once they find out that Marge and Lisa etc. are no longer sold, they give up on the whole thing. Now I know that by releasing a limited number of figures, they make them collectors items, but how does the manufacture profit from that? It would seem that the only people making money off the "limited edition" aspect of the line would be scalpers on Ebay? Wouldn't the manufacture make a lot more money if they re-released some of the earlier waves??
Also, the first releases would still be worth more money (the same way a first press of a book is worth more), so the "hard core" collectors' original figures would still be special.
Am I missing something? Please explain. Thanks!
Why do manufactures stop making one Wav when the next one comes out? I've seen people looking at Wav 6 or 7 in the store and saying that they'd love to collect the line, but once they find out that Marge and Lisa etc. are no longer sold, they give up on the whole thing. Now I know that by releasing a limited number of figures, they make them collectors items, but how does the manufacture profit from that? It would seem that the only people making money off the "limited edition" aspect of the line would be scalpers on Ebay? Wouldn't the manufacture make a lot more money if they re-released some of the earlier waves??
Also, the first releases would still be worth more money (the same way a first press of a book is worth more), so the "hard core" collectors' original figures would still be special.
Am I missing something? Please explain. Thanks!