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Originally Posted by LordMudd

IF they do a Hellcat, and do it right with claws on the hands and feet, which they probably won't, it would make a Tigra custom easier.


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Depends on how they do the claws yeah. If she gets new clawed hands instead of them trying to use the Black Panther ones, Tigra could be an easy repaint from it definitely.

So the ideal for that would be X-23 buck and arms, new hands, new head, and maybe Ms. Marvel legs unless they fixed the upper leg hip joint issue that X-23's legs had(though I much prefer the new ankles over that old style). Which it seems they have with figures like the Jane Foster Thor. So maybe. Hellcat and Tigra would both need swivel arms though. Can't do cat like poses if the arms can only move up or down at the shoulder and a straight bend at the elbow like the original Ms. Marvel mold had.

We may have lost some of the torso articulation, but the new ankles and better arm joints have provided some much better dynamic poses, and Jane Foster Thor even got double jointed elbows herself with bicep swivel.

I'm looking forward to the future of the 3.75'' line if they merge a lot of what they've tested out to give us some better figures in the future. Our line has come a long way from that first wave to what we have now in both sculpt and dynamic poses from articulation.

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Originally Posted by Kamatayan

That's something I hadn't considered. But if they renewed us for that specific purpose won't they have to deal with us for X amount of time after their hypothetical MCU payday, which is something they'd want to avoid?

Well if the hype stays strong enough after that, Marvel would be so mainstreamed that sales should linger for the duration of the renewal as the marvel presence would be above even pop-culture status for a few years. Especially with how fast the tv side is growing. Thanks to Netflix and the new round of AOS cameos, the TV side is quickly starting to outshine even the movie side. A large chunk of that though is also because of the weekly format and immediate access as opposed to the only 2-3 films a year pattern.

The benefit though is in combination, it's a year long push of marvel material, and potential for sales.

That's why I feel hasbro was biding their time to wait for a moment to surge everything out from induced demand. So if that's the case, we should be seeing that soon. Either this SDCC or next. The 'disappointment' when they've yet to even do the panel shows that this SDCC would be a good time, but next SDCC would cause an equal uproar too(unless that's too far in the direction of people feeling defeated already over it and gave up). I don't have the Marvel movie slate in front of me to check, but the AOS and Netflix build shows now is a really close time to go ahead and do it anyway because of the sheer amount of MCU variety available now, which in turn could in theory bolster the comics styled figures as they fit to both the animated mediums and comics, as well as the games.

But we also have to be prepared for the fact that it may wait until next year's SDCC because of what they can or cannot show due to spoilers in those various yet to be released shows. So right now I expect maybe some announcements of potential they can't yet show due to spoilers, but in the mean time a lot of material from what's in the All-New Marvel comic line ups and heavy fan demanded characters like Kate Bishop, Kamala Khan, Nico Minoru, and more.

If they show a squirrel girl... Then yeah I'd expect white tiger, Tigra, and Hellcat to not be far behind either.
They've covered a lot of what's in the Ultimate Spider-man toon already, so I'd expect somethings from that like Agent Venom that was rumored before too.

Lots of possibilities.
I'm kind of hoping Marvel gives the okay for spoiler-ish reveals though. It'd help build hype for the shows. We know ghost rider is coming to AoS, so seeing what the potential Robbie Reyes one would look like could help bolster that and the marvel toys while still keeping other potential secret cameos secret if Johnny Blaze is set to appear but they don't want to talk about that to keep it a surprise.

Ironfist has no costume reveal as yet, but they do have a backlog between Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Kingpin, Daredevil, Elektra, and Punisher they could show instead.

Deathlok and Quake definitely need figures too. And everyone still wants Coulson, Melinda May, Mockingbird, along with Fitz and Simmons too.

And there's MCU absorbing man too.


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Besides, we've seen how Mattel treats the 3.75'' scale too. It's not very well. Hasbro is the original pioneers of this scale. The 6'' offerings have been getting better and better too. The toy license for Marvel is better off at Hasbro and is profitable for them. Maybe not as much as properties they own themselves, but that's true for any company and licensed goods.

The abuse from fans and the rather mean commentary is what needs to go. That's something we ourselves need to correct within our ranks as fans so we can keep getting the material we love.

It's one thing to express our love for a line and praise, it's another when it devolves into attacks, threats, and meanness. Constructive criticism can help the line. Calling them names and belittling them for trying to bring us what we asked for is only going to make them wonder why they bother.

Maybe if we did that, Hasbro would also better know how to meet our needs for what we want.

Like the recent legends 6'' Nico Minoru. Amazing figure, but doing her in 3.75'' with as many part swaps wouldn't be possible. The arm construction on this scale for the figures don't have the same type of versatility. They could however get two figures of her out like they did in the early days of MU like Ms. Marvel had with her variant figure. Only this time it'd be about which arm she had and how much translucent plastic it used. Or they could focus on doing the one with the translucent plastic as the release solely. It looks cooler. (Either way, I want that character!)

This is the problem overall with comic fans. Hasbro wants sales. They want success. They want to know when they've done a good job. They don't want to be constantly told how much they suck for trying to give us what we wanted to buy. They also do have to deal with retailers too. And when retailers see us giving hasbro that kind of flack, they also think "why should we bother, these are not the kinds of customers we want in our stores."

We're shooting ourselves in the foot when we let people do mean tirades like that for no genuine reason.

Like Ukmu above thinking he's being funny with his hateful remarks. That kind of negativity and over-entitlement perpetuating is what's hurting the fanbase.