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I however have 2 Marvel Characters in my action figure collection. The main reason is I always wanted a solid 3 3/4 action figure line. Now here it is before us and from what I gather from reading the interview in toy fare, the Hasbro Team is going heavy with the current comic nods to characters showing up at comic stands.

I think eventually we will see a shift towards having half classic figures, and half modern figures in the waves. We are seeing it now in a way, I didn't think the classic Iron Man would show up anytime soon, but there he is set for wave 3. What we are seeing now is a shift in focus. During the 6" Marvel Legends line, when Toybiz had the license, their focus was primarily geared towards classic versions of iconic characters, and the obscure ones too. Some modern versions were put in, like Wolverine's costume from Astonishing X-Men, but the line was primarily classic based, and a very vocal demand was there for modern versions of the characters.

For example, both Toybiz and Hasbro have yet to make a 6" Marvel Legends Extremis armor Iron Man, yet here he is already in the 1st wave of Marvel Universe. That design has been in demand for years. In the Marvel Legends line you had a lot of the Classic iconic armors from the classic, to 1st appearance, to the wave 8 version(pre-extremis), Hulkbuster, to Modular and others such as Silver Centurion, but never the Extremis.

So I think Hasbro is addressing both fans who want modern versions and fans that want classic versions. Comic book fans have always wanted a toyline that followed the current books, but those are few and far between outside of DC Direct's releases. At the same time, classic characters are always in demand, so I think we will see all of the classic versions we want soon enough. Moon Knight from wave 4 can double as the classic one, in fact, by the way his hood is sculpted, he looks more like the 70's version.

I think the current versions of the characters are good for starting the line, and I think classic characters will guarantee it's longevity. In this way, both parties win(especially since there are a TON of classic characters they can make!). I am itching gor a early 90's Xmen team, I want battle packs for both the Blue and Gold teams. Playsets. Danger Room. Daily Bugle. At this scale, it is cheaper to take the risk of making playsets. For example what if we got a modular Danger Room? Modular components/stackable rooms to make the Triskellion from Ultimates? Hall of Armors for Iron Man w/exclusive training armor?

After the 1st year or so I would not be surprised if Classic versions outnumber or come close to the number of modern versions of characters.

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I have never really owned any marvel figures save for a Spidey and Wolvie once back in the day. I don't want to have to wait until 2010 to get the whole X-men team

Considering that this is Hasbro and that you mentioned Wolverine and Spiderman, and that Wolverine has a movie coming out, is popular to begin with, has a cartoon out, and is all over the comic books to the point where people think he is way too stretched out and overused, I have no doubt in my mind you will see a good number of Wolverine figures, same thing with Spiderman. As a Wolverine fan, even I think he is used too much in the books, I mean come on he is part of at least 3 teams now! Why?! Since completing teams is easy and more afforable at this scale, I don't think we will have to wait too long to be able to complete teams. I want to complete a team of Ultimates!