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-First of all, I counted 24 figures in the new edition that are 'rare' out of 60. That's 40% of the new production line. That strikes me as more than a little out of whack. I think there's definitely a problem when you examine most of the sets, only to discover that there are usually more rares than commons or uncommons in the set.
You misinterpret the definition of rare here. Rare, in this case, doesn't mean that they are few different sorts of it, but rather that you will not get as many of (each of) them as of the less rare figures.
In a booster, you get 4 commons, 3 uncommons, and one rare. A case has 4 of each common, 1 or two of each uncommon, and 12 of the 24 rares - or 48 commons, 36 uncommons, 12 rares. (unless there is a mess-up in the seeding/packing process, these numbers are right on. Not three of this uncommon but none of another, or 5 of one kind of common, but exactly the numbers I said above. The only thing that seems to happen at all from time to time is a rare that appears twice in a case, but personally, I didn't have that yet). So as you see, you get far more of these commons and even uncommons than you get of the rares.
-Secondly, if I remember correctly, the Giants of Legend line (out before Aberrations) had both common and uncommon large/huge figures.
You don't remember correctly. All the larges were rare. In fact, there were some figures that would be uncommon, had they been in a more recent set. This goes for the dire wolf (we have other dire animals, including the more powerful dire bear, as large uncommons in more recent sets) and the minotaur. There is no large common in any DDM set.
Half the huges were uncommon, but you can't compare that: Each pack had exactly one huge - it was either uncommon or rare - plus the normal assortment of 8 miniatures (4 common, 3 uncommon, 1 rare). There was no chance that, say, one or more of your regular uncommons was huge.
