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Originally Posted by Early Cuyler

So I heard a rumor for a Black Panther Wave. Panther, Iron Man, Namor, Black Bolt, White Tiger, someone else, and Thing BAF.

Still no Doom...

That's a horrible line up. I could understand The Thing being a BAF since BP was a member of the FF after Civil War (in duds very similar to the new WM exclusive) and Hasbro would want him to be a BAF because of the cost to make him. But the others just don't have place there. They just did Namor last year and I don't think the female version of White Tiger was enough of a hit to require the male version of the character.

MCU BP in his new costume, Storm, T'Challa's sister as BP, and Klaw make for a better fit in a Black Panther wave.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

@Early

Cool gif, I actually remember that episode...

I'm pretty sure Hasbro is warming up to it. I'd say that the Walgreens exclusive Sue is likely being used to test the waters, but given that it is an 'exclusive,' analyzing sales metrics from a limited run seems counter-intuitive. Personally, I believe Hasbro's intention is to return to FF just as they have the X-men, regardless of how these test runs (upcoming Human Torch) preform, if that's what they are. We will all get the Doom we crave...it's inevitable.

Fantastic Four is in a bad place right now, thanks in no small part to the movies. It's hard to get people excited for figures when the movie(s) most people would associate them with bomb so badly.

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

To be fair though, if you were to ask the average person to name two of BP's supporting characters wothout naming MCU characters or popular characters with origins from elsewhere (such as Storm) you would be hard pressed. Even I couldn't answer this, and while I'm no expert, I'm also no spring chicken either.

And that's not a dig at Black Panther. It's simply the truth.

I'm sure Hasbro realizes this, hence the failure to go deep into his supporting cast. There is a reason that characters like Speed Demon, Female Beetle, Nico, White Tiger, Misty Knight, and Ashley Barton are clogging up toy aisles, and that's because the average person, and even the casual comic fan, has no clue who or what they're looking at, or even the connection to said character.

Same here. Most of what I know about Black Panther comes from Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.