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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

I think the Lizard wave ties into the entire problem with Spider-Man waves. I know he's their number one character. But there's always at least 2 waves per year. And stores are still sitting on older Spider-Man waves, and I think we know which one currently - the one with the female Beetle and Morbius, and that's what - 2 and a half years ago??? Ridiculous. You think about it. Aside from the Abomination wave (which was an unheard of 3rd wave for a brand within a year), what's always been the hardest waves to find: Space Venom. Lizard. Sandman. even to a certain extent the Homecoming wave. It's been a running theme.

It's the same old story over and over again. With no way for retail stocking systems to differentiate between the branding of the waves, there's too many Spider-Man waves. Hasbro or retail needs to come up with a better system. I'm not saying release less Spider-Man waves, but a way for retail to tell the difference between waves.

I know it's an unpopular opinion on this board, but I think Hasbro needs to back off in general. Right now, they're scheduled to release 10 waves this year and that doesn't even include 2 packs, Ultimate Riders, MCU 10th Anniversary figures/packs, or store exclusives. And to make things worse, half of the waves for 2018 have either been released in the past couple of months or will be released in the next few weeks. People have already been finding figures from the Cull Obsidian, Sp//der, Apocalypse, and Venom waves at retail (Gamestop, Target, Walgreens) and we all know the Sauron wave isn't far behind. Unless a store is only buying one case of each wave, they won't be able to move the figures quickly enough to keep up with the releases.