The same could be said of any Imperial Officer from the old movies, or any background character.He's a boring nobody who didn't pan out, and did absolutely nothing exciting.
The chief virtue of SW as a line has always been that it is comprehensive. Hux, at the very least, is consistent with that.
I have to wonder how much of the sales drop is a result of poor paint and sculpt work relative to increased prices.The market doesn't agree, sales have been down on Super Articulated SW figures year after year since The Vintage Collection, the market for expensive 3.75" figures is shrinking which is a big part of why the price has been climbing steadily. It doesn't help that new management has been delivering problem after problem, whether it's lower quality paint apps, or worse sculpts, but those are also symptoms of the shrinking interest in this scale having premium figures.
Define "useless articulation".The sculpts and paint on the 5POA figures are actually pretty nice now, and they cost considerably less, so they are where the marketing is focused. It's a damned shame Hasbro felt the need to jack up the price $2 though. But the 5POA Vader I have is from Rebels, it's very appealing, came in a multipack with Rebels Ahsoka, based on McQuarrie art, and yeah it's 5POA but it still looks better than the $12 figure swimming in terrible soft-goods (cloth) elements sporting nigh-useless articulation.
A 5 point figure is generally not worth the time spent buying and opening it (never mind money). (I have skipped 5 point figures on principle, even if they were based on characters I would have otherwise bought.)