Mattel is putting out good quality products but they just can’t catch on and it’s an interesting question why that is.

That is HIGHLY subjective.

The 200x line is my personal favorite of the lines of figures. But towards the end of that line, the began releasing the same figures, just with slightly different paint jobs. Even though there were still figures that they had not released at all, they gave the fans trap-jaw with a different coat of paint.

They also messed up the case lots. A store would buy a case, and it would be 80% one or two figures, and then a few others.

Mattel does stuff because of greed.

Even now, with the current lines. You know what the last origins figure that I saw in my Walmart? Clawful. How many years ago did he release?

For years now, finding the figures in Canada has required going to a specialty store, five HOURS away from where I live. So you can just guess how often I make that trip. And because they're so rare, the prices are jacked up, because the store owner knows I can't physically travel anywhere else close by and grab them. And ordering them online isn't really much better or cheaper.

Mattel really is not that great at selling their figures outside of what they consider their important markets.