>>11534060
It was Five Nights at Freddys that actually made them the most money they ever made up till that point.
Their Spawn, Halo, Walking Dead, and Movie Maniac lines were trash compared to how much money they made from FNAF and that's how they were able to afford Fortnite, Call of Duty, GAme of Thrones, and DC licenses afterward.
FNAF was a crazy profitable license for them for 4 or 5 years. Steven Universe bombed right out of the gate, so that shit was only around for like 5 months.

And McFarlane was never in financial trouble until around the time they licensed Halo, but that's due to lawsuits (Gaiman, hockey guy). You could argue that KB and Suncoast shutting down harmed McFarlane, but they dealt with that fine, by switching over to making kid toys (Halo, Prince of Persia, Rabbids, etc) instead of the statueshits they were previously making.

>>11533959
Not allowing mold reuse is actually a stipulation from the licensors and i've only heard about Star Wars not allowing it. We've seen Hasbro use molds and designs from their GI Joes with Marvel figures. We've also seen Mattel reuse molds from their He Man figures for DC figures too. Who knows what else gets reused that we don't notice.