[thechris]

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Originally Posted by Tarquinius

I agree that there has been an imbalance with the distribution of who is getting made into a toy.

However, look at this in perspective of where ML in it's lineup in it's 3rd yr. Give or take a few oddities (didn't have winter soldier, they had Zemo etc etc), its kind of proportional.

Yes the line was produced by another company and then transfered to a different one, which COULD explain the remake issue. But the fact of the matter is is that half of those figures you listed above never have been made in ANY LINE.

And it is important to remember that if we want to see those figures one day made in plastic that the line stay healthy. Now we can definitely debate what constitutes healthy for a line, and some of it is definitely out of there control (prices are set by the stores as well as distribution). But they are covering their backs by not putting out an obscure wave after obscure wave. While the fan base will eat it up, it has no kid appeal.

Eventually the line COULD get to where DCIH was where 75% of the figures only meant something to the comic book/toy collector enthusiasts, and it was impossible for a kid to find Superman.

BTW as a side note, There is no way in hell Magneto will be a repaint. Again....the Daredevil mold is retired (which he used). They will use a new one.

I'm sorry, but I don't think the kids are going to be clamouring to buy their very own Absorbing Man action figure considering the last. LOL. And FYI, it was never impossible for a kid to find Superman in the DCIH line. He had a couple of variants and also came in a 3 pack with Supergirl and Wonder Girl as well as the Public Enemies boxset, Doomsday boxset and the vs Lexcorp boxset just to name a few. Okay, Dr. Doom a kid miiiiiiiight buy. Fantastic Four isn't exactly popular with the kiddos anymore. Magneto I can kind of see. But Ultron and Absorbing Man? Do they even know who these guys are?

I think most of us are so on edge now with this series that we're actually getting a little bit irritable that the slightest annoyance (this latest Wave) is going to piss us off. After all the complaining we've been doing about too many Wolverines, Iron Mans and Spider-Mans, for them to give us a new wave where EVERY figure has already been released once by this line, two of which are the very ones that people are constantly complaining about, it's like getting kicked in the teeth really hard. It almost seems deliberate, you know? Like they read these forums and decided, "Let's make them really mad..." I mean what does the development team do at Hasbro? LOL. "Hmmm, let's come up with this month's line." "Ok, let's repaint Wolverine again and put a new head on him." "Genius! Any other ideas?" "Take the Absorbing Man figure and put the mud on the other side of his body." "Great idea, Nick!!" "Gosh Fred, this might be a little crazy but how about we swap out Magneto's torso?" "Right on the money! We need something new, though..." "Iron Man?" "Bingo!" Filler Wave is right...