The only figure I have with a stand like that is the DX Sparrow from DMTNT and that's plastic, so my mind went there. It looked cool so I was blinded like a sucker... Bah, one more reason to justify my decision to pass and strengthen my resolve.
It was the IA Gandalf & Joker bases that made my mind go directly to hard plastic instead of cheap cardboard. HT has been upping their game a bit due to the competition, but they need to do better.
In all honesty, while dioramas can be cool, they need to be of actual quality and have a broader use. I would buy a theoretical throne for Doom, and if the Emperor's chair wasn't so goofy I could be talked into it. But the ones that are random rocks or too scene specific while having no coolness factor in and of themselves, I have no interest in. Like that Mando Ahsoka one with the rocks. I'm displaying her with some other Jedi, I don't need a piece of rocks with some foliage. This was different because a floor with candles can go with any magical character. Alas, twas not meant to be...