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I hear you on that. I don't understand why more vendors don't make some older content available to those who want it; the cost of doing so I would think would be minor. I view the "old" figures as being other options, not something that needs to be replaced. Just because V2 or V3 are "old" does not mean they need to be replaced.

Probably something akin to Planned Obsolescence, the same reason you can rarely find VHS tapes in stores anymore.