[Peteparker]

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Originally Posted by er4smiths

I'm surprised this topic isn't getting more talk from the MU community.
We saw a packaged Beta Ray Bill at NYCC and it was numbered 11.
There are 6 figures in Wave 17 and 5 figures in Wave 18. So that would lead us to believe Wave 17 is the 1st Wave of Series 4 right? Plus Wave 17 isn't being released till December which is historically the time when the 1st wave of a new series is released. For such a crappy wave of repaints - I'm surprised Dave Vonner would allow the new Series 4 to be kicked off so lackluster. Another interesing point is, none of Wave 17 was showcased in package at NYCC. But one of Wave 18 was? One last point, in the Panel shots from SDCC - they stated Wave 18 was the 1st wave of the series 4 2012. Doesn't make sense.

Thoughts?

I imagine Wave 17 is going to be Series 4, and released in December, with Wave 18 being the first wave of the new year. They wouldn't wait another month to get product out, since December will still be Christmas season.

The packaging may just be due to the artists they're working with. It's possible the Wave 18 artist just had Beta Ray done before the Wave 17 artist had anything, or if they're the same person, maybe they just have one deadline to make and it doesn't matter to Hasbro which order they go in. I'd suspect, though, that it's most likely due to some situation with the art/artist.

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Originally Posted by gpmartin414

I think you may have something. It was weird that there were no packaged shots.

I think it's entirely possible they're lowering each series to only have 25ish figures now that MU will have to compete with ML for shelf space. Plus, we can't forget that Series 1's first wave had 11 figures! They've never had such a large wave since.

And I bet they never will again. Still though, not all stores that carry MU will carry ML, so I don't think it's as much of a shelf space issue as anything else. I'd guess that Hasbro is trying to use a slightly larger team to produce both MU and ML, rather than two full teams, so they're slowing production on MU a bit.