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Originally Posted by jwyss234

A Walgreens exclusive does make sense for Phoenix but I honestly think she'll be in a future X-Men wave. With the MCU slate being relatively Avenger free until Infinity War, I think Hasbro will start putting out waves for other properties like X-Men and Fantastic Four. And with the success of the Juggernaut wave and the fact that they've ignored X-Men for so long, they may want to double down on X in 2017.

I agree that Hasbro releasing her in an X-wave is definitely a possibility. I've just got a nagging in my head that says Walgreens's exclusive. It just mirrors the Walgreen's Daredevil release perfectly. She's basically a re-paint of a figure already released in the main line, but with a different/new head.

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

I doubt MJ will be an SDCC exclusive. Hasbro put out a Mary Jane figure in the 3.75" line a few years ago and it didn't peg warm (even though it looked terrible). I don't see any reason why they wouldn't try for mass retail with a 6" version her. I could see her being released in a 2 pack with Spiderman (SDCC version with an unmasked Peter Parker alternate head). Or throw in J. Jonah Jameson to make it a 3 pack. But my money is on retail.

Gray-scale digital sculpts shown during the panel pretty much always turn into the next year's SDCC exclusive. (Moonstone, Star-lord, Dormmamu, Magik, Abomination,etc. were all shown as digital sculpts, the year prior to their exclusive sets. Lately though, Hasbro has been good about re-releasing these exclusives as repaints. It would be crazy-easy to re-paint MJ, too. Ex.Just change the black shirt to white, and the khaki pants to denim. So you never know, hopefully the trend continues.

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

I see three possibilities for Monica: 1. Walgreen's exclusive, 2. part of a Thor wave or 3. part of a Black Panther wave. If Hasbro was to give either character their own wave to tie into their movie, then I could see a could a couple of Avengers characters getting tossed in. But if not those two, then she would be a Walgreens' exclusive since she doesn't really fit in anywhere else.

Unfortunately, Monica has been hit with the SDCC gray-scale digital sculpt curse as-well. Fortunately, for her I agree with you and can see her easily being re-released in some wave/exclusive/set. Her digital sculpt also shows that she can be potentially re-painted from the Mighty Avengers costume shown into her Nextwave costume. This would also make a connection to the Dirk Anger head that was previously released. *Crosses fingers for more Nextwave figures*

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As for Sue Storm, Toy Biz and Hasbro have consistently released her in box sets and Fantastic Four themed waves. If there was a member of the FF that could be released in a non-FF wave and didn't require extensive tooling, it'd be the Human Torch. Sue never gets released without her teammates.

Agreement. There's no way that she'll be one-and-done. Sue was a good-faith gesture to show that Hasbro's opening the door for the F4.