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Originally Posted by Byrnes

I am not going to see Fantastic Four just out of principle for the fact they did an origin story again. And not a huge deal buy why mess with characters like Johnny and Sue Storm.

It's loosely based on the Ultimate Comics interpretation as opposed to the original movies more 616 influences.

So the Storm family change is to present a more direct visual cue and better story angle of Johnny's perception of his father's favortism. This time being more because Dr. Storm's prodigy is his adopted daughter and Johnny Storm is his biological son.

At least that's how I see the change. It yields more onscreen diversity, better reflects modern family dynamics, and better accentuates the internal Johnny Storm angst and presents more impact for that moment of even with all that baggage, he still loves his sister and will look out for her and protect her. She may be adopted, but she's still family.

It's actually a change that the original Ultimate comics version would have done probably if they thought of it at the time. It fits to the spirit of all the other changes they made when that comic started.

As for the X-Men stuff, we just got a Bishop figure and White Queen is coming up. Let's see what future waves are before we start saying how Marvel is blocking mutant figures from being made. But if it is a temporary halt, it might have more to do with putting pressure on Fox than it has to do with actually getting the rights back, but with other recent concessions Fox has made, I'm not sure there is a reason to pressure them anymore. With Deadpool, Gambit, Apocalypse, New Mutants, and even X-Force all at various stages of development including another Wolverine movie. Whatever pressure that was put on Fox previously seems to have worked to get them to start taking the licenses seriously and work towards better movies while expanding the world they have.

The licenses as they stand now work better separate with what Marvel has built on their side anyway. Fantastic 4 being the only one that maybe Marvel could still integrate easily. Mutants would be a bit more complicated, though it could be done without going all "heroes reborn."

On the figure front:
Fantastic 4 from previous waves and having their own dedicated legends line previously didn't really sell all that well.
The box sets did pretty decently, but those are long past. We might see them repacked at some point in the future though over in MI, doubtful on legends.

So I kind of doubt anything for that movie will be done. X-Men Apocalypse and Deadpool I could see them diving headfirst into though. Cinematic Apocalypse is one of those figures that would sell really well and all around the roster is very 80s comics celebratory. So legends and MI could both do some small nods for that, especially now that X-Men figure demand is on the rise after two successful main team movies.

As for comic line: Repacked Bullseye and repacked Punisher seems highly likely for MI. Falcon Cap, Female Thor, Kate Bishop Hawkeye, and the new female Wolverine would be my main guesses(Both MI and Legends). Possibly Superior Spider-man and Spider-Gwen too. Carol Danvers Captain Marvel for MI. There's been some strong demand across the board for those figures. Possibly a new Luke Cage for Legends, and a repacked Luke Cage for MI.