[Shin Densetsu]

Actually I think Avengers is not peg-warming as much as Iron Man 2 and Thor. Captain America didn't seem to do too bad mainly because it was a smaller line overall. Meanwhile Iron Man 2 and Thor had waves stretched out with several repaints of the main characters(Iron Man and Thor).

The bad thing is that Hasbro's reaction to all this seems to have been to cut articulation, to save money while charging similar prices in the event that should the line fall, some profit is still being made. IMO, the problem with Iron Man 2 and Thor wasn't the articulation it was the lack of variety! If you saturate your market with figures of the same title character and not much of anyone else...I mean of COURSE the line will stagnate!

I'm not saying that Batman, Iron man, Wolverine, et al, don't sell. Yes they're popular but from a kid's perspective, it's boring if Iron man or so doesn't have anyone to fight.

Maybe companies should focus on making more figures of different non-title hero characters and less waves. Instead of 5 waves of 4-6 figures, make 2-3 waves of 8-12 figures. If repaints must be done, save them for later waves. The newer stuff usually sells the quickest.

Hasbro's message has been clear to me since last year though; for collectors, we get 6", kids get 4". Sucks that Hasbro won't give both but oh well.