Quote Originally Posted by Halivel View Post

There's also the fact that all of their figurines rarely, if ever, receive reprints. Especially Meister line. I only ever remember seeing one restock for Shiva and that's it. Emotes on Mog Station could be sold for eternity and bring money from both old and new players for years.

Sooo... yeah. It's a really weird way to milk players of their cash that doesn't even milk that much out of them on the grand scale of things in terms of potential profit. It's just... I don't know what it is really.
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This is just a guess, but to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if it's someone is trying to justify the figures existing for one reason or another. Though crap in quality, the department making these figures are still people with jobs who would like to see those jobs continue. Despite the quality of the figure, I doubt the quality comes from a lack of skill, but rather a lack of time+pay given by Square to ensure their quality.

Even should reprints never happen, figures and such selling fast, no matter what the reason, is the most direct message you can give to higher ups who only care about money and proving to their investors that they are worth investing in.

The quicker they can sell these figures, the more they can prove to the higher ups that it's worth keeping their jobs, and thus they get to keep their jobs. The emotes really are just there for the sake of proving their figures are worth investing in for people who aren't going to care or question why they're selling.