Since your're addressing me.... and probably regarding 1/6 Portal figures from 3A...

It's been posted almost 2 months back (12 May) on the previous thread, as the PO was announced:
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=60306604

Drowning of a particular item in a thread is due to popularity, interest, trending, ownership of the figure, a some-what-democratic posting process in the thread.

As the Portal figures are just in the Pre-order phase with only pictures from the manufacturer, one would not expect much discussion on it.

Whereas Mk. VII has just arrived, of course people are excited about it, hence more posts on it.

This thread has been slow about 2 years back, but still progress rather steadily. There are basically 3 events that prompts more posts 1). PO announcement, 2). HK releases/General releases, 3).Availability in the local market.

Sure, if you want to splinter this thread further, manufacturers that produces 1 or 2 figures (or a few) a year will truly "drop off to oblivion" in the threads ranking....

One of the points of the thread is to share news and feedback on "higher end" action figures with people of the same or similar interests (or branching to wider similar audience, so-to-say). Dividing that audience (with multiple threads) further will dilute the interest group making it smaller.  If a particular manufacturers is popular it's not without merit, it will be subjected to the same critique if their quality drops.

Not with 1/6 cars and robots (though some HT's Iromen parts/heads can be switch around).....but a unifying theme would be modularity and ability to customise all the parts, clothing, and bodies to your liking regardless of manufacturers, That's the biggest point that pique my interest in this Hobby, excellent head sculpts and good design are the other two