"... there still seems to be a strong underlying desire for a male that somehow has not yet been met by the majority of content creators and all the previous male figures that have come along"

Well, there could be some missing ingredient that everyone else has missed. I think it's more like David Beckham or cheerleaders aren't going to make professional socces madly popular in the US. IOW, the market's at its saturation point. I'm sure a figure with better this or that would be welcomed, but it would be possibly further fragmenting an already (relatively) small market. I say that not to be discouraging, but a lot of the gaps seem to be not a need for a new figure as much as support for the existing ones in terms of clothing, textures etc. I'd like to see more ethnic/racial diversity (this is true for the female figures as well). Once you go beyond Caucasian and Asian there's not much. Again, that's something that could be addressed to a large extent with greater support for the existing figures. Variety and improvements are always good though, and it's an area that could use a shakeup.

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