[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

Yup! The third Cap wave seems to be a victim of this "more figures than ever!" mantra. Although I'm not too bothered about Simon's "blandness," being more happy to have him than anything (although they couldn't have just sculpted his chest 'W'?) When we saw Mockingbird, Taskmaster and others at SDCC last year, complete with their own unique sculpted details, I thought the quality was too good to be true across the board.

It truly wouldn't have hurt them if they released Sam as Captain America in this wave to bring some star power, or even the movie Falcon and Winter Soldier. Iron Skull has never been needed (nor particularly wanted from what I can see), but, nyeh. I'm just happy they're releasing Scarlet Witch!

I agree with Nash, though. Six waves of better quality figures would FAR outweigh nine so-so ones. Unfortunately most people only want up to and including half of any given wave, but end up buying the whole thing for the ease of case purchasing. Damn you Hasbro, you smart, irksome business.

Yeah, I agree. At this point, any incarnation of Cap 'Briton' or Wonder Man will be happily accepted into my collection. As I said, in our convos, I honestly believe Hasbro might be experiencing the down side of an 'embarrassment of riches' scenario. With so very many characters to choose from and enthusiasm at an all time high (? - opinion; no data to back that up), they seem to be a bit on the thematically-clueless side as it pertains to exactly 'whom' to release and how to create wave continuity/branding. Where the hell is Angela? (rhetorical question) Winning "Fan-choice" apparently may mean less than it implies...

There appears to be a schism internally at Hasbro that's manifesting itself in the presentation of waves. Oddballs thrown in here and there (not complaining, I like odd characters), while no-brainer characters get left out. Sandman gets no accessory limbs (at least as pictured...hopefully, that will change). Simon gets 'ionic' fists - only (WTF?), while Namor is glaringly missing them (at least he has swimming hands, I guess). Electro gets two heads whereas the Eel gets a set of normal hands, and redrafts featuring classic threads appear seemingly out of the blue for both Wolverine and Punisher.

But in the end, I don't need to understand it...just gimme what I like. Continuity would be nice, but it ain't necessary.