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Originally Posted by Ultra Seven

I’d argue that as an in-general, SDCC sets tend to be slightly more niche than Excalibur, but ymmv. I tend to think that the more unifying idea behind them is generally characters/ looks that aren’t essential or heavily demanded (with Emma Frost being the most obvious exception off the top of my head). Did Hasbro ever clarify that the reason Emma was offered as an SDCC figure was because of the provocative nature of her costume, or was that just widely accepted conjecture?

Even that's not a hard and fast rule, though. As I said, the other box set was a figure of Wolverine and Professor X from a very popular and heavily acclaimed film, so not what I'd call niche. And we also had the Uncanny X-Force box set with big guns like Wolverine, Psylocke and Archangel, as well as the Thor and Defenders sets from a a little while back (though several of those saw subsequent retail release). So Excalibur is about in line with that, depending on who is in the set. Depending on whether or not a rereleased Nightcrawler and Colossus are in there, you'd essentially have Shadowcat as the biggest name of the group.