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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

Well, Secret Wars did not really sell great- the plan was to change the name to Marvel Universe once things got going- and they were going there with Daredevil, Falcon, Constrictor, Electro, Hobgoblin and Iceman (none of which were in Secret Wars) but they cancelled the line before it got past that wave and those figure are kinda rare- Iceman and Constrictor and Electro being European only releases.

There was a sizeable gap between Secret Wars and Toybiz getting the nod to make figures- and Toybiz' offerings are so insanely, comicly terrible that I'm amazed they were allowed to continue to the point where the sculpts were decent.

Secret Wars Hobgoblin is still a million times better looking and more comic accurate that the MU or Spidey line versions....thought the articulation is the same as an old SW figure.

Eh....Im getting too young for this. Call me a dreamer but Im not the only one. I just see a shift as lately (I think horrible comic movies help) but nerdy is becoming in and with that said I think it stands a whole lot better chance of lasting today then it did in years past. Especially with companies no longer only marketing to kids but now adults as well. I mean if in the 80s companies were willing to create 30 minute commercials (transformers, gi joe, he man, etc) and kids havent changed all that much except now they also want video games of these 30 minute commercials then it seems production would be up as they have choices. Heck even Companies like NECA hava taken to catering to the casual collecter.

Im not saying it will last forever as nothing ever does. I am however saying companies want to make money. With stuff like comic movies, SDCC, & NYCC being multi million (is it billion now?) Venues then I have a hard time just seeing the bottom fall out for no givin reason. Yes I am aware that our LCS are in trouble but the comic industry as a whole is extra having a slight upswing with things like digital download and again. The films.