Can we go back on topic? My question was "serious".
I don't see Hasbro nor the Club, going back into o-ring. So, do you think the future of o-ring will be assumed by the fan? By a fan of money, yes. Customs made like what what OSC tried to do or factory made like what The.Black.Major/Legion XIV Productions did?
The.Black.Major can sell is factory figs on an average of $15 each including eBay and Paypal fees. Legion XIV Production is selling his figs $8 each. Do you think we will see more of these initiatives?
Can we see store exclusives like a "HJL Collectibles" or "Bounty hunter toys" fig exclusive? 
I don't know what the future holds for "O-ring collectors"
But if you want my serious opinion: it doesn't matter what recipe I think someone is cooking right now.
What matters is, after getting axed by ARAH Project OSC, because of that awful experience, I feel that I lost faith in all other projects that rest solely on membership funding. In fact, I learned not to give my money so easily, just like trust, particularly where business is concerned. If I'm to purchase a third party product, I need a garrantee that I will receive it, that it will be of good quality, and that It will at least exceed my minimal expectations.
So far, the only third party provider that has put some reasonable effort into his products, was Black Major. But even then, that effort is quickly overlooked because of the joints that are often loose. I've bought a good number of Black Major products but that was ages ago, and I haven't bought anything since then because of this in part. If anything, these bootlegs convinced me that it was more Worth it for me to acquire original Bats, soldiers, etc. I have a certain feeling of pride knowing that my collection is composed mainly of authentic stuff, and that's the genuine approach that I prefer.
As for the Shooter figures. As soon as I saw the first prototypes, I knew that I didn't like them and knew that if some corrections were going to be made, some issues that were the most serious were not going to be fixed in time for the mass production start date, so I stayed away from them, and it ended up beeing the right decision for me, as I still don't like the final product. Tooling (hence corrections in this case) would've been cost prohibitive for the price one was already paying for these figures, and the deadlines impossible to meet had it been decided to re-do certain parts like the waist per instance.
As for SK Omega, they had it right idea. But because they didn't succeed or probably change their minds about the whole project (we'll never know for sure), that only contributed to reinforce the presumption that old o-ring is a hard sell and doesn't seem to co-exist with the modern action figures in the same toy aisles. In fact, the only "O-ring" toys that I know are those 4 inch tall BMX bikers.... Everything else has either a ball joint or some sophisticated form of articulation.
