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Originally Posted by IzzyTipsy

So far this is what Yakface is reporting, which means Mola Ram IS coming:
Wave 2:

Temple of Doom Bridge Indy
Temple of Doom Short Round
Temple of Doom Mola Ram
Dial Indy
Dial Fleabag

Wave 3:

Crusade Indy
Crusade Henry Jones, Sr.
Crusade Elsa
Crusade Grail Knight
Dial Mads Mikkelson

Store exclusives:

Club Obi Wan Indy
Professor Indy
Donovan
Black Sleep Indy

But looks like ZERO army builders. Lame as hell.

If this is accurate then that's a much better line-up than what Hasbro's livestream implied. Glad we're getting Elsa, Henry Sr. and Mola Ram before the inevitible end to the line. Now just give us a Willie to go with the Temple of Doom cast! Also smart of them to be loading each wave mostly with the classic film figures and lightly sprinkling in the Indy 5 figures, rather than stupidly devoting an entire wave to the new film which could easily pegwarm and kill the line at retail like what happened with Crystal Skull in 2008.

And yeah, still no hint of generic army builder figures. The German Soldiers in Raiders had no swastika armbands or any other obvious Nazi symbolism. They were just generic looking soldiers in green/tan army fatigues and Hasbro could double dip on the body sculpt with a Raiders Indy in German disguise figure too. Hasbro had no issue with releasing plenty of them in 2008, so surely they can make some now. Same goes for the Cairo swordsman from that key scene in Raiders, or the generic Cairo thugs that chased Marion, which Hasbro ALSO released plenty of in 2008 including variant repaints. And what would be the excuse for not making some Temple of Doom Thugee guards or the main Thugee chieftan? If we can get a Mola Ram figure, then we should be able to get his guards to surround Rope Bridge Indy.

Also with the easy re-use of that suit body for Tuxedo Indy and Professor Indy, I hope we can get a Marcus Brody at some point too. His role in Last Crusade was big enough to warrant a figure. Sure he's another boring white guy in a suit figure, but if they are willing to do Tux Indy and Professor Indy, then I want a Marcus figure! Just kitbash the suit body parts with the inevitible shirt/tie torso from Last Crusade Indy, repaint it and stick a Marcus head on it!