Not surprising they didn't make a new mould, I suppose. I guess you are saying that you can assemble the figure, but you can't easily disassemble it again? A problem for the end-user, not the manufacturer then!
I too have been looking forward to this series appearing in Europe*. I hope to buy the full set online as I am not able to go out fondling bags at the moment...
* The UK may not be part of the EU for much longer, but some of us will always regard ourselves as Europeans!