[MrWilliamGraham]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

I started thinking and I remembered something: this has technically happened before!

There was an auction back during the transitional phase from Saban-to-Disney.

https://www.grnrngr.com/documents/auctions/

Several Monster Suits and Props were auctioned off during that time. The Heritage Auction isn't an isolated thing, and it wouldn't surprise me if the earlier auction twenty or so years ago was the inspiration for this upcoming auction.

It's still a weird situation, though.

There's nothing to get inspired by. It is a very common practice for studios to sell off props and costumes once production has ended, even for award winning and popular shows:

https://www.euronews.com/culture/202...ell-at-auction

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonth...of-tv-history/

https://www.marvel.com/articles/cult...-netflix-shows

At the end of the day, the job of Hasbro and every other manufacturer/studio is to make money. Decisions like this are done in the service of making or saving money, plain and simple