[Captain Nash]

So true..the early 90's core Avengers of that era were, I think, Black Widow, Captain America (on and off), Sersi, Crystal, Black Knight, Vision and Hercules. I think that was the set right after O:GS, but even then, you had Thunderstrike, Hank Pym and Quicksilver showing up the later half of that run, after Sersi and Black Knight left. (I'm basically thinking around post O:GS to right before Onslaught when all the Avengers came together under one title.)

And I agree I think the X-books had a hand in the approach. Before that era, you had the Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, and X-Factor, all with different casts, and Avengers West Coast, and Avenges proper, all with different casts (though at times they switched out members, the casts were still separate.) As the 90's hit and more X-Books came along, Marvel had to try and make the Avengers follow the same path to success, but they just were not as popular at that time. (Keeping in mind X-Books were Kings of the Comics from the 80's to the 90's). The attempt was made but it just didn't gel, so it felt more disorganized than the X-Books. IMO the Avengers did not have much success in the 90's until the revamp in 1998 (though I did love the aforementioned era, and think it's very underrated, it's true it wasn't successful). Very interesting how things shifted in the next decade...

As for figures, I could easily do without a Druid and Gilgamesh (just never cared for those characters) but a Firebird and Stingray would be cool, and I might even pick up the civilian Pym. Who I'd really like to see Swordsman II and Magdalene, but that's a pipe dream, considering I'm probably among the few people in the world who actually liked those characters. They're not a priority though. Much rather see Quasar, Sersi, Monica, Crystal, Justice, Firestar, Stingray, Mantis and Swordsman I first. (Yeah I left out Starfox....intentionally LOL)