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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

I honestly wonder how Hasbro has made both Marvel Legends and the Star Wars Black Series successful when both Bandai and Mattel have tried and failed with the collector figure market.

Because unlike PR, Hasbro actually gives a shit.

But really, it's because PR does not have the adult following those two brands do. Rangers is not fondly remembered for its broad age appeal. It is almost always targetted twords children nearly exclusively. Star Wars and comics (not just Marvel but it was the biggest of the industry for a good while) have not been so limited to Saturday morning cartoons as the main source of memories. Star Wars and Marvel are older, have told more sophisticated stories, have reach a broader audience. It's not hard to appeal to them. They're ingrained in culture in ways PR can not and likely will not ever be.

It certainly doesn't hurt Hasbro that they offer a great variety of characters and appeal to more history. Bandai only really does Rangers. Then again it's hard to be diverse and offer multiple "doses' of PR's history when people wnat full teams. A wave of Marvel Legends can be Spider-man, Iron Man, Wolverine, and Punisher, but a wave of PR needs to be a whole team.