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from Actionfigs...

ActionFigs.com: Recently on Marvel.Com, the MU Invaders 4-Pack was revealed for SDCC. It's a great looking set, but there has been some concerns raised about the set. Chiefly that the Red Skull is a re-use of the Colonel Vogel figure from the Indiana Jones line. The Indy figures are way shorter than the MU figures, so was there anything done to fix Red Skull's height?
Hasbro: The body for the classic Red Skull is in fact the Vogel body. The body was not altered so he is slightly shorter than the Invaders, but the difference is minimal.


ActionFigs: Recently we've seen unannounced running changes on a couple of figures. First the Wave 1 Spider-Man is showing up with a more modern Darker Blue/Red paint scheme. And pictures have surfaced of a Dark Blue/White costume variant of the Wave 1 Johnny Storm figure. Are there any further surprise running changes planned for the figure line?
Hasbro: Well, if we told you then they wouldn't really be surprises! But it's safe to say you can keep your eyes peeled for more of the same.


ActionFigs.com: The newest figure releases in Marvel Universe have been a tough chase for many of us. Mostly because they're limited to 1 per case in a case made up of older releases. Is there any chance moving forward that we can start getting 2 of each new figures in the cases, at least during their initial release? We realize case ratios are a difficult balance, but twice as many new figures per case means twice as many figures sold, especially in smaller areas.
Hasbro: Case pack ratios are tricky. Of course we want to achieve the optimal balance between mainstream "A" characters and collector / fan favorites, but that isn't always easy. We already double up on many of the new figures when they initially hit the market, however, there will still be some characters that are assorted one per case.


ActionFigs.com: It's only May and we're already up to Wave 3 (24 figures) in MU. With Wave 4 coming in May/June. Since Hasbro announced there would only be 5 waves of figures for 2009, it seems they're rolling out awful fast. What's the plan to fill the later half of the year? Just exclusives and comic packs, or will there be more single carded figures?
Hasbro: Not to worry! There will be plenty of product to keep you going for the fall. Between exclusive packs (3 Packs / Gigantic Battles) and comic 2 packs there will be 25 new Marvel Universe figures released between August and September.and that's above and beyond the single carded offerings.


ActionFigs.com: We have a huge X-Men fanbase here at ActionFigs, and we can't wait to get some X-Men characters (other than Wolvie) in the Marvel Universe line. Any chance we could get a sneak-peek of Magneto or Cyclops from Wave 2 of the Secret Wars comic packs?
Hasbro: X-cellent! We can't sneak peek these quite yet, you'll have to wait for SDCC. However, we can say that we'll have some other reveals at this year's show that we think you'll be pretty excited about!