>>10691008
NTA but there are tons of reasons. I don’t think exclusivity really impacts them for prints that are 10+ years old. People aren’t going to not buy something like icp or the new berry bunny print because AP *might* re-release it in ten years kek.
1. MTOs on this scale are a giant logistical pain in the ass. Addresses change, supply chain problems happen, and you have to produce exactly what was advertised, as opposed to making last minute changes. They couldn’t do more than 3 or 4 MTOs a year anyways.
2. Re-releasing old items takes away a lot of resources from their ability to produce new items. You can’t keep or maintain your design team if all your stuff has already been designed, and it actually stunts the company and vision in the long term. I don’t like where AP is going either but they are doing quite well for themselves, so why would they go back to pricier designs with lower margins?
3. Japan has extremely strict laws around art ip. It’s almost certain that AP doesn’t have full, unlimite commercial use rights in perpetuity for all their artists designs. So they likely have to re-negotiate art rights for any print re-release, which I imagine is why they re released 2 solids and only one, fairly basic print, as opposed to something like milky planet.