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Originally Posted by bigkid24

I think this is an issue of distribution. MUs come in case assortments while Marvel Selects I assume come in full cases. The LCS gets a box of MUs and gets 1 maybe 2 hot figure to mark up, but when they order a case of MS then they get 12 of the same fig. So the need to buy MS immediately isn't so great compared to a MU fig.



How do you want toy companies to make all of the figures highly available? It's not an annoyance to the toy company. Each figure is priced the same so they get their money whether they sell all Black Widows or all WW2 Caps. It's probably retailer pressure (and probably mostly Walmart) that makes them ask for the main characters to be more heavily packed. For instance, retailers love Bumblebee from Transformers so they always ask for him to be in waves, but then we get the problem of TF:Prime where BBs were everywhere clogging the pegs.



To be fair, Mattel doesn't make much of anything anymore in the way of 6" figs. I'd rather continue giving Hasbro my $20 at retail than $30 plus through a subscription service. And with the MLI line how can you say they are giving less when we get accessories like replacement hands and a decent sized BAF piece? Yeah the Jubilee series is kind of a disappointment but I'd rather get her than no BAF at all. I'd feel more pissed if I had to pay $20 for Jubilee. It'd be like paying $10 for a small ewok fig in the 4" Star Wars Line.

Well, considering that Jubilee is built off the Spider-Girl body, and she herself has an accessory ( a bo staff, I think) I think it'd be fair if they put her out as a single release. Plus, lots of people paid 10 bucks for those Vintage Collection Ewoks!