^^ Damn. That's a big Princess Leia.
I think a major difference is that there seems to be a big enough fan-base to really support a Star Wars statue line, whereas I'm not sure if that is the case with the Joe line. I personally like the idea of having statues, and am not one of the "sky is falling" types to proclaim that focusing on statues in some round-about way leads to the death of the 1/6 line, but I do wonder about Sideshow's ability to keep at the statues if sales don't pick up.
Of course, what do any of us know about Sideshow's internal decisions, costs, revenues, etc.? This is all really idle speculation.
Roundabout??? See LOTR and Indy 1:6 lines
I dont think that would happen with Joe because it is a figure line
But slow sales of 1:6 have been canned in favour of PF's that sold better, which is smart business.