vaanrose
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Followup more generally - what is the reasoning or understanding of why Gametoys will not be doing/would never do a Barret? Obviously his body could be a challenge, but... shouldn't be impossible, with where we're at at this point in the hobby? And besides that I can't think of anything particularly tricky about him. Is there a thought that he wouldn't be popular enough to warrant the price required for developing and producing the body?
Each successive character in a line will sell less than the last, there's always a fall off. Some people who bought the first couple move on or don't see the need to buy a full cast of characters, while people who missed the first couple won't want the new ones (who loves Barret so much they'd be happy with just Barret and not Cloud, Sephiroth or Tifa?). This is going to be half the reason GT is focusing on making the main characters from other games (Noctis for sure, but also teases for Yuna, Lightning, 2B, etc). You can sell them to new buyers who haven't bought a GT figure before.
This is why these third party companies never go very deep into any line. It's just not as profitable as making one or two characters and moving on to a new thing. OneToys is making an Arcane Jinx and a God of War Ragnarok Kratos and it's very likely they do not make a Vi or an Atreus to go with them. We're fortunate that FFVII is big enough they're even willing to make more than just Cloud.