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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

Ike Perlmutter was the head of ToyBiz when they bought Marvel back in the mid-late 90's and becane Marvel Entertainment, so a lot of his commands relating to the movies were very merch- and toy-centric, including the largely-false-but-unfortunately-prevalent-among-big-toy-companies idea that "female action figures don't sell".

Allegedly, Perlmutter is also the one who decided to replace Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle as Rhodey, because Perlmutter allegedly said "black people look the same". Plus, he's apparently incredibly cheap, known for saying things to his employees like "Why do you need a new pencil? There's two inches left on that one!"

He's also incredibly reclusive; he takes pride in the fact that he's never given an interview despite being in mqny court battles and bankruptcy fights, and before he recently got forced into the spotlight a bit more starting back in December due to being a friend and advisor of a certain orange Commander-In-Chief, the last known photo of him was from 1985, over a decade before he even became involved with Marvel. He reportedly attended the premiere of Iron Man back in 2008 wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, and a fake moustache.

Yes. It's all coming back to me. I remember reading most of these things, most notably the Terrance Howard incident. Kevin Feige is my idol. I've followed his career since X-Men: The Last Stand. What he and his team have down in terms of film with the MCU is beautiful. When I read he threatened to quit because of Perlmutter I knew there was just something off about him. He's rubbed so many people the wrong way, and the one man who knows these characters better than anyone and built a cinematic empire wanted to walk out was a big red flag.

I'm in the massive minority, but I love movie figures, and hope the quality of characters and character choices continue movie forward (Hela, Dora Milaje, updated Black Widow, Wasp). Bring them all on and I'll fill up my shelves.