Perhaps, but one only needs to look at Emiliano Santalucia's work (For example) to see that often there is very little difference between his "concepts" and the end figure - Clearly his designs are very "Toy Friendly" in that regard, as well as being just brilliant pieces of art.
That said, these cross-sections and such are equally as amazing!![]()
(The benefits of being directly employed as opposed to being contracted eh?)
Do we know that he departed the company amicably though?The reason he could sell all these is possibly they were personal gifts/farewell souvenirs when he left Takara![]()