Silrian
Super Freak
To me the term expensive is mostly related to whether I need something and of course product quality and price category. But a collectible is luxory and I've got plenty of stuff to actually invest in, more work related or health related etc. and true the line by itself is very managable considering the low amount of releases. So yeah if you just collect these and nothing else I guess it's not really expensive. But still the amount of different stuff in general you can buy with 40,50,60 $ isn't nothing. It's not throw away amounts of money imo. Even if I were rich I'd consider what else is there to spend such money on? People who buy hot toys, I respect the commitement to your fandom, but geez I don't find collectibles worth that much, relative to other stuff.
So yeah having said that, I do consider this a prestige line. They're imo deluxe treatments for each character and so from that pov I think an emphasis on main characters (first) is nothing short of common sense. I still wager the majority of sales are from people who won't buy everything and will mostly buy main characters. Ergo it doesn't matter how you strategise release schedules, people who only wanna spend this money on a few favorites or maybe the core characters won't change their behavior.
So whether it's iconic for the series, marketable and finally fan favorited are imo the prorities to base releases on. However long the line continues after that just is what it is. That's my outlook on it.
So yeah having said that, I do consider this a prestige line. They're imo deluxe treatments for each character and so from that pov I think an emphasis on main characters (first) is nothing short of common sense. I still wager the majority of sales are from people who won't buy everything and will mostly buy main characters. Ergo it doesn't matter how you strategise release schedules, people who only wanna spend this money on a few favorites or maybe the core characters won't change their behavior.
So whether it's iconic for the series, marketable and finally fan favorited are imo the prorities to base releases on. However long the line continues after that just is what it is. That's my outlook on it.