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Sorry, crossposted

So what do you think about the action man theory, would that work for you?
Do you think there might be something in it?

There may be something to it - with the M4 products, watch what goes to clearance quickly and what doesn't.  There are a number of older M4 products that are still selling on a regular basis.  Something that they appear to have in common is that they don't look like they fell off a Harrliquin Romance Cover - they are "action guys" doing "buddy movie" type stuff.  It certainly was what drew me to buying the products.  I don't think a lot of guys purchase pretty boy M4s.

Needs are still the main driver for my purchases.  Right now, I am working on 2 graphic novels.  The main characters aren't 20somethings - because 20somethings aren't in command of starships, or mayors of small towns, chief of police, etc. The 20somethings are either red shirts (in the Star Trek TOS thingy I am working on) or the "Hey guys, let's spit up, we can search more territory!" kinda of characters in the horror novel.

The main characters are around my age, well actually 37 - 60, and that certainly falls under the underserved aspect of it.  I am using the SM G2 figures because they are the only ones that have older asian and black characters.  The fact that they are normal sized and normally proportioned is an added bonus.  The DAZ figures, by height, represent less than 3% of the population on Earth. And they are a pain to convert down to normal sized people.

The predominance of caucasians in Trek fan fiction could make you believe that Khan's side actually won the Eugenics wars.  That was a major driver for me - I didn't want a crew full of 6 foot Caucasians - it looks creepy.  And the answer I would get when I asked Where are the non-white folks? was But I have aliens.