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Originally Posted by Sentai King

Wow I forgot about the economical stuff that happen in Japan. But you know they seem to not mind the many repaints of the star wars sandtrooper. I think they just open preorder for third or fourth with armed or something? What would you have to say about bandai making that choice? It seem weird to me.

Except for Phasma, they're not repaints. And as for why:

They are an extremely, universally popular character/design, and it's a very, very simple design- the FO troopers are literally the EXACT SAME figure, just with a different accessory loadout. No paint changes, no tooling changes. They have to change NOTHING for it but the weapons they come with, which means it is extremely cheap to produce, and they can churn them out and they will be eaten up left and right.

The thing to keep in mind is that Bandai is, on some level aware of the US Market, especially in regards to Star Wars. But due to Hasbro's bullshit, they cannot market Star Wars Figuarts over here.