[StuartGreen2019]

I don't see that as unusual. Think about it: Hasbro may lose the license to make Marvel Legends and Star Wars figures in 2020 unless they extend their deal. Hasbro already has Transformers, Power Rangers and now Ghostbusters. They've got a lot of figures to focus on. If there is no new deal, I'd imagine Hasbro is going to want to make all of the Marvel figures they can while they're still able to.

What I personally think is unusual is the lack of Spider-Man figures this year. Sure, we had "Far From Home" figures, but we also only had two waves of "Marvel Legends: Spider-Man". Spider-Man had his highest-grossing movie ever this year and all we got this year were the lackluster Kingpin Build-a-Figure wave and the improved Molten Man wave. We're going into October and it looks like the next wave of Spider-Man figures isn't going to be until the unknown B-A-F wave in the spring. Going from the summer until the spring to wait for a new Spider-Man M.L. wave? THAT is rare. Sure, we have the X-Men showing up to fill that void, but it's not the same. And if Hasbro DOES lose the license to make Marvel Legends figures, I was expecting MORE Spider-Man stuff to get made. There are a ton of characters that still need figures -- Chameleon, Trapster, classic Shocker, Firestar, Shriek, Demogoblin, Morlun, etc. Heck, new figures for either Green Goblin or Hobgoblin and Mysterio with alternate heads included, figures for Sandman and Rhino that aren't Build-A-Figures, a Doctor Octopus with bendable wire tentacles accessories, and civilian figures like Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, J. Jonah Jameson, etc., would all be welcome additions to any fan's collection.

As a bit of good news, it sounds like Hasbro will make a classic Electro next year. I don't know if I could share the link here or not, but the Boog_ACBA channel on YouTube has a Boog Nice's SDCC 2019 Vlog 005 video from late July where the interviewer asks about if a new classic Electro figure might be made at the 10:06 mark and one of the Hasbro reps said, "We're almost there." and the other rep says, "That'll be your next stamp for next year and then we'll be all done [with the classic Sinister Six characters' figures], yeah." They also asked about normal arms for their Sandman figure immediately after that (though I personally think it'd be nice to see normal arms for the Hydro-Man figure too).

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you all are having a great weekend.