[Trivial Psychic]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hasbroherofan

I think Hasbro might be starting to get more economical with their thinking. If there's clearly a demand for a character it makes more sense to get use out of the sculpt than it does to just use it for one limited run con exclusive, I guess.

I'm thinking that perhaps a small part of this might be to fan outcry. While not bending to our every will, Hasbro has got a lot better over the past two years at listening to the complaints of fans, and implementing changes in the way they handle things. Fans were ticked about the last X-Men wave...we get a new one that's not exclusive. Fans were upset about single jointed elbows on the females, Hasbro announces double jointed ones at this past SDCC. Fans were ticked off about BAF sizes. Hasbro gives us Hulkbuster, Rhino, Juggernaut, Onslaught, Space Venom and so on.

A huge gripe over the years (and not just with Hasbro...congrats to NECA for taking top prize for that this year,) and one of my own as well, has been the existence of con exclusives and how they can end up breaking the collections of those who cannot happen to get their hands one them once they release. Many of us were never able to get Psylocke, Luke Cage, Moonstone, Dormammu etc, and recognizing that, it appears that Hasbro is starting to make some of these exclusives "timed", meaning that those who buy them will get them at their onset will get to enjoy them earlier, the rest of us will simply have to wait. And honestly, if this is something they will continue to do going forward, I have NO issue with that. I'm a patient fellow...