Let's be realistic, none of these color-variants will ever be released.

You really think so?
Granted Bandai isn't Hasbro, and SHF isn't the 4" SW line, but I find it very likely they'll release the repaints, cuz easy money. There have to be plenty of SW nerds like me that will buy the color variations.
Of course, I'd rather they release retools, like the ARC Troopers or some of the commanders, but where they already have the mold, why not release super easy repaints like these? Even if just as web exclusives.

I don't know why you'd think that when they're popular characters in a line built around milking every dollar possible.

They’re troopers, not characters. None of those is a character. And I don’t believe people will army-build with rather hard to get 30-40 bucks figures, and Tamashii isn’t really known to release much repaints either. Show them of yeah, but releasing them? Nah.

What toy line have you been looking at for the better part of the last decade? They release minor repaints of things all the time. Those Clones will be more than sellable.

Like Sentai characters.

Wait...

Exactly. Or Dark Kabuto, Bujin Gaim, CycloneAccel Xtreme, Proto-Birth, Nega Den-O, Nise Sailor Moon, any Iron Man armors, Ryuga, a few versions of Tiger & Bunny (don't actually know the names)...

Oh wait. They HAVE done that.

Because they are relevant. Most of them at least. Meanwhile there's tons of potential repaints they haven't done which could easily be done. That’s what I’m seeing; constant repaint opportunities which other companies would do but they’re not doing them.

This is why I’m so surprised to see them going into all of these clones. I have no idea how popular these are.

So if you guys say they might do them… who knows. The only thing I know is that I couldn’t care less about all of those.

Bluefin is releasing Lupin figuarts in the US. I already pre-order mine on Ami Ami last night just to play safe.

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Not really. None of the characters he mentioned (Sans Proto-Birth) hold much of any impact in their series (Well, I can't comment on the Sailor Moon one).

Sentai Figuarts stopped selling well, which is why they stopped making them. Only a niche audience was interested in a full roster. That was problematic because SHF is already a niche toy (Designed primarily for collectors), so it just wasn't worth the cost to make a full team when you're already barely appealing to the market you're aiming for.

Star Wars sells like hot cakes and Stormtroopers/Clone Troopers are always super popular to army build with.