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Originally Posted by Nimrod

Sorry, more than enough versions of the main gallery of Spiderman villains have been made and it astounds me when people are asking for more of the same damn character while we still need a classic Tarantula, a classic Black Tarantula, classic Hector Ayala White Tiger. Nah, make umpteenth Kraven, Doc Ock, Green/Hob Goblin, Rhino, Mysterio, Venom, Scorpion. How bout an in-scale Kingpin to replace the oversized monstrosity they made. Fisk is 6'7 not 7'7!

Why is that baffling to you? "Why would somebody want a new figure of a character made X years ago that I already have in my collection?" Well, it's because the figure hasn't been made in X years, it's a popular character Hasbro knows will sell, the previous version now goes for $60 to $150 per figure depending on the character, and new characters will want a figure of said character to add to their collection. Just because someone bought character X from X years ago didn't mean that I did, other collectors did, and/or new collectors did. Besides, we're always going to have new figures of Spidey's most popular villains like Doc Ock, the Goblins, Venom and so on. That's not a surprise. I'm just saying that I, personally, would like a new Retro Vulture and a new Retro Doctor Octopus with bendable characters, is all. Frankly, I'm surprised classic villains like Chameleon and Doc Ock haven't already gotten the Retro treatment.

That said, of course I want new figures of villains who still haven't had a turn. Who wouldn't? Tarantula would look great on the Retro Toy Biz box art! So would White Tiger! As someone who read Tom DeFalco's "The Amazing Spider-Man" run post-"Revelations", I never was a big fan of Black Tarantula, but I do admit he'd be a great-looking Marvel Legends figure.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I agree EXCEPT in the case of Hobgoblin and Doc Ock. We don't have the true Hobgoblin yet, just the Jason version. We also don't have a Doc Ock with tentacles that don't suck.

Kingpin is just fine though.

Now I agree on other aspects because we need Man Mountain Marko, Belladonna, Tarantula, Molten Man, Cardiac, Mr Negative, The Enforcers, Big Man, Silvermane, The Fox, Styx & Stone, Jonathan Caesar, Man-Wolf, Aunt May, Uncle Ben's tombstone, Betty, Ned, Robbie, Gloria, Ben Ulrich, Harry, Liz, Normie, Flash, etc.

I'd love a new John Romita Jr. version of classic Hobgoblin and I hope the figure is as good as, or better than, the Toy Biz Hobgoblin figure. That's the best Hobgoblin figure I've ever seen. I actually bought the Toy Biz Hobgoblin when it came out at a Wal-Mart and it's still mint in the box. ​I just need to remember where I put it. I would love a Deluxe classic Hobgoblin with alternate heads (Roderick Kingsley, Jason Macendale, and Ned Leeds all come to mind), a pumpkin bomb or two, razor bats, and a better glider. As someone who owns the new Retro Hobgoblin figure, the glider stinks. It's too rubbery, I can't get the feet to fit/stay in the glider, and the shape of the glider is inaccurate to how it's shaped on the '90s animated series.

I also agree with most of your wish-list of characters that Hasbro could make. Personally, I'm surprised Mr. Negative hasn't been made already, though I think there's some kind of legal snag preventing Cardiac from getting made into a figure. Some choices like Uncle Ben's tombstone and Jonathon Caesar are ones I personally don't need in my collection. But everyone else though? Absolutely! As I said previously, I hope we get more Retro civilian figures. We got Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy, J. Jonah Jameson... and that was it (for now). Where is Aunt May? Where is Harry Osborn? Where is Mary Jane Watson? (I know, she's an alternate head with Gwen's figure, but she needs her own figure!) Eugene "Flash" Thompson, Betty Brant-Leeds, Glory Grant, Ben Urich and Joe Robertson may not be as high on Hasbro's radar, but I'd love to see them make more civilian character figures. I think it'd be cool to see a civilian character paired up with one of Spidey's rogues gallery, like a two-pack of J. Jonah Jameson with the Scorpion, Aunt May Parker with Doc Ock, Joe Robertson with Tombstone, stuff like that. They can even go with more modern storyline pairings like Mary Jane with Mysterio and Harry Osborn with Kindred. Since it's Spider-Man's 60th anniversary year, I'd be disappointed if we didn't get at least one Retro or 60th anniversary civilian character figure this year.

Anyway, thanks for reading my nonsense. I hope you all are having a great day and stay safe, True Believers.