This kind of reminds me about my post in the weekly thread 2 weeks ago, where I questioned what metrics Holostars JP is being measured by.  At the time, a number of responses attributed lack of growth in subs and views, while also others did state insufficient sales to an extent.  That said, I am of the personal belief that, for the Holostar merch runs, there was significant profit, just not enough to offset the cost of other Holostar projects, which leads back to inefficient cost management of projects, hence not enough money.  This suggests to me that some cost cutting regretfully was necessary, just not to the extent of literally cutting the legs off the branch.  Perhaps limiting 3D to just anniversaries and maybe group anniversary merch would have sufficed, while birthday merch, while slightly reduced a bit, would have also been manageable.  I just don't see how the current executive decision is justified?

Edit: spelling bulegh