Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
I think that is just spinning things to justify why they are not reissuing certain molds. It is clear that it is fairly easy/inexpensive to recreate and mass produce molds at an industrial scale or we wouldn't have so many knock offs that are of comparable quality to Tomy's/Hasbro's.

The 3rd parties also seem to get up and running creating their own molds reasonably easy enough.

I think that is just an 'urban myth' that Has-Tak created to justify why they don't reissue certain figures. It could be that they simply couldn't be bothered to fix/recreate molds they don't readily have.
I guess back then they could have said that so that the bootlegggers wouldn't even bother, I think at that stage we had the KO Beachcomber getting around and perhaps Ravage and Rumble I think. All fairly basic figures when it comes to parts. I think it a serious shame that Has/Tak don't pursue these clowns, they would be making some serious coin.