[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Same here. I think those two waves are gonna be like the giant man wave ( prior to its reissue ) and the tru xmen wave.

Disclaimer: I absolutely love the fact we are getting so many waves this year and kind of hope it continues. 7 waves is spectacular.

Main comment: I see a problem with having 7 waves retail wise because there simply isn't enough shelf space or turnover for retailers to order the product. You have waves like Red Onslaught and Absorbing Man eating up the shelf space when the next wave comes out, it creates an issue of retailers not seeing the need for new product. And I can't imagine that Hasbro produced less of some waves than others (unless they are retailer exclusives of course), so that tells me that some waves are sitting in the warehouse waiting for openings on stock.

Unfortunately then along comes the next quarter/trimester ads and the retailers order up the new product. Or the X-Men wave was heavily promoted one. So the Giant Man wave gets overlooked in favor of the new waves, and we have X-Men, Red Onslaught and Absorbing Man on the shelves.

Now we are on to the third trimester/last quarter, and the Dr. Strange wave is the last wave of the year. Maybe retailers will order what they consider to be "backstock" waves If the shelves get empty enough. But I'm kind of thinking that we will continue to see mostly Absorbing Man, Red Onslaught (because they have yet to sell out really), X-Men and Dr. Strange waves, with smatterings of the other three.

And then maybe next year or late this year if the shelves are empty enough we will see the stock on those three waves arrive, as we are already seeing a little of with the Giant Man wave. Timed right about time the next Spider-Man, GOTG and X-Men waves hit retail (Jan-April I assume). The question really is how are those going to get stocked and will any get shafted.

It's too many waves retail wise but a great amount if you're not ordering online. It almost makes it worthwhile to just order everything in cases (though I just can't do it with the Dr. Strange bloat.) Something to consider for next year for sure.

To add: Maybe 7 waves is just too ambitious and they should cut it back to 5-6 at most. Released every two months or something, so that there is time for turnover. I dunno. Online buyers lose out that way, but 6 waves would still be a lot.