[ShyGuy]

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

And if that becomes too common, eventually you'll see people skipping the single-carded releases under the assumption that there will just be a team pack in the future, which could really hurt the line.

I'm cool with team packs. I actually prefer it this way because it's a guarantee that you'll have a completed team. But they need to communicate what collectors are gonna have to assemble piece by piece and what they'll be able to buy in one fell swoop.

To your first point, I'm already starting to consider that for myself after this. With this precedent in place now, I feel much more hesitant to buy single releases of characters who are part of teams. Of course some of them, like Ranger Slayer and other Drakkon forms, won't be an issue for that. But for example if they release Zeo Red soon, even though I love Zeo and its the series I want completed most, I'd be tempted to skip and wait to see if they do this again. Sure I can try to sell extra copies if needed, but there's no guarantee I can get them sold, and if I do, it'll almost certainly be at a loss.

I get why they're doing this, the execution of it is the problem. If they'd outright state in advance what their plans are, great, that works. But I'm sure they won't when they inevitably do this again in the future, and it just comes across as a really scummy practice regardless of their reasons.