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11-23-2020, 01:45 PM
CombinedArms
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The current design obviously and unfortunately do not have a history with the previous line. I have to believe they thought the 50th 3pack repack was up to date tooling and sculpting, since it was released in the later 50th line, without understanding that it was a repack of an early set with outdated sculpts for its time of release. I believe Mark Weber's thought during 50th was that the original DVD pack got limited release in the wild, and fit their limited production budget. But I think he would admit it wasn't the best idea for that 50th run, and would absolutely not let it happen again for the current Retro line.
I think "lazy" might not be the best way to describe this (though Bobby Vala does end conceding to using the term)--but the word ends up being...the most polite, oddly
This reminds me that we complained about the release of this 3-pack in 2015 not just because the figures were outdated even then. The only real demand for their rerelease was for the
accessories
in the very hard-to-find 2008 DVD pack that they came from, especially
the final piece of the MASS Device.
(We also wanted Alpine, but he got covered in the other 50th 3-pack.) No one was begging for these figures. So to reissue this Duke again is yet another insult to collectors and long-time fans.
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