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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

Well true, but I was also making a point that for teams and iconic duos certain characters are musts. There were also some low key jokes in there if you read it again... Cause Psylocke was made too, so it's the guys on her duos that weren't made. xD I wasn't looking at time frames either, just picking iconic pairs or teams. Emma and Scott is a rather recent thing too. With the exposure of SHIELD in recent years though, it's high profile enough that those warranted listing as examples. Some team females are high profile enough as must haves like Storm, Jubilee, Captain Marvel, Wasp, Emma Frost, and Red She-hulk is a must cause it's Betty(among more female figures than that!). Vindicator you'd think would be on that list too as well as Snowbird. Black Cat should be made too(especially if kingpin is made, they share as much history as kingpin and Daredevil). Though yeah, the majority of mainstay female characters have been covered. I also get a kick out of the fact Firestar has been covered, but not Justice. That's another one where they flipped the dynamic on us which is great. I think that's awesome when they manage to do that. The female figure becoming available while the iconic male hero they are often paired with is forgotten to be made entirely.
I am a little miffed at the no female White Tiger though. With her exposure over in Ultimate Spider-man, that figure should be made. She's pretty much a black panther head, renegades scarlett ponytail, and the basic female buck using panther's hands more or less.

I think the best way to open up the MU female action figure market is to go with figures that look bad-ass. My reasoning is half of what kids want is COOL looking figures. I, as a collector and fan, appreciate the Mary Jane figure but come on, what kid would ever want the figure? So flip the script a little and make a female figure that just looks bad-ass and I think you might sell some. Example: Spiral from the X-Men comics. She has 6 arms, some mechanical, and can have 6 knives for the hands or a combo of swords and knives and I truly believe she will sell. I am not a particular Spiral fan but I can appreciate the aesthetic. There are others that would fit the mold IMHO. I think X-23 was a great start but even that could have been done better. The Scarlet Witch and Psylocke and Black Widow all come across as a little too blase. I also think the addition of, shall I say it, flair(insert Office Space reference here) could open it up. For example, the Phoenix figure was a chick in a costume, not a lot there, but add in a fiery Phoenix that can be attached and even posed and I think you might just score some sales above average for a female figure. Want to jazz up Psylocke? Add in some snap on Astral armor (same for Prof X for that matter) and a hellacious sword to go with the little dinky one she came with. Some of the coolest GI Joes were those that came loaded with mission appropriate gear. In the MU space it is less mission appropriate and more character appropriate such as Red She-Hulk coming with a monster sword (and maybe a monster gun to go with it) or Lady Deathstrike with long, scary claw hands.