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Originally Posted by soundwavempl

You would think they would learn how to pack cases to improve distribution by now.

Case ratios are always a balancing act. For every Angel, there will be a Gladiator. X-23 was a highly-demanded figure when she first came out, but now pegwarms. And that's not even counting the pressure placed on Hasbro by the retailers.

The problem is Hasbro is never sure about these lower-tier characters, so they hedge their bets and limit how many are in a given case. The flip side of that is they expect the marquee characters to sell well, so that's why you usually see more of Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, etc. in the case.

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Originally Posted by Prem1x

This would make more sense. Hasbro still can't get their always-one-year-behind monkey off their back.

Considering the development cycle of toys is between 1 to 2 years on average, you really can't blame Hasbro for that. That's the amount of time it takes to go from the drawing board to the finished product on the peg/shelf.