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Originally Posted by Snailbot

I think the case assortments are what hurt them at retail. One per case of 4 new figs and then more Ghost Rider/Hulk/Spidey. Their own fault. One thing that no one's mentioned yet: Hasbro said that when the Avenger's line starts, all figures will be one per case. I believe I read that correctly? So maybe retail will be a bit sparse because we're all ordering cases.

1 per case may work well, because to me, case packs killed the Avengers Walmart 6" figures and ML wave 3. Archangel was a complete PITA to find, hell I didn't even really FIND that figure, I asked a TRU employee if there were more ML in the back(because guess which ones were on shelf, nothing but Wolverine and Cap with that big Prime Ultraverse looking guy that's supposed to repainted as Sentry) and LUCKILY, this time around someone actually took the time to go in the back AND pull a case out!

As for Avengers, I feel lucky to have found Hulk and Loki. Hawkeye? Never saw him. I DID see a TON of Cap and Iron Man though! Gee if they were so popular how come noone bought them?

Hasbro's casepacks for 2012 sucked, the ones from earlier this year were no better. Casepacks are what killed the lines imo. With Cap and Iron Man packed 2 per case, the Avengers Walmart line was DOA. ML wave 3 same thing, you only knew the wave hit shelves if you saw Cap and Wolverine. Everyone else didn't stay on shelves long.

This 1 per case thing is a step in the right direction.