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Originally Posted by NerfTW

Oddly enough, Scuba Spidey is their highest selling Spidey (after regular spidey). Kids love bath/pool toys.

As for Thor versus Cap, I think the bigger issue is A) Thor was not as good of a movie, and really only existed to set him up for Avengers, and B) Fantasy is out right now, army stuff is in.

Captain America not only had MUCH wider appeal, from what I'm hearing, (People who hate superhero movies loved it) but he appeals to those kids that love G.I. Joe. Stupid outfits with highly specialized "jobs". (Yes, I love G.I. Joe, I'm not hating)

It also helps that Cap's just more relatable. Scrawny little guy goes through a top secret experiment to become a perfect soldier and kicks the butt of bad guy soldiers with fairly modern "advanced weaponry". Thor is an immortal god who whines about nobody believing that he's a god. The movie really didn't make kids say "I wanna be Thor!"

Captain America IS more recognized and that played a big part, relatability may be a factor (but Thor never once "whined about nobody believing he's a god" in the movie), but mostly I'm pretty sure it's just Cap being better-recognized. Either way it's clear both were set up as short-term lines.