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Weighing on Infinity War, I'd say that a Marvel Select MCU Thanos is quite possible since many of the characters won't have major costume changes from their last movie appearance. Diamond Select is only allowed to do so many Marvel Select figures each year and they typically don't waste spots on characters that look mildly different from their last MCU appearance. Most of the MCU figures they've put out the past couple of years won't be getting updates for Infinity War.

For the Marvel Legends waves, I don't see a lot of rereleases coming. I think there will be a strong comic book presence in these waves since most of the new costume changes would be saved for waves that support solo movies like Black Panther or Ant Man and the Wasp. Or the characters just haven't updated their costume in any major way like Spiderman and Dr. Strange. Obviously there will be a strong MCU presence in at least one wave with Thanos and Iron Man's new armor. But beyond that, I would expect to see comic based figures. A new Black Widow and a classic Incredible Hulk are long over due.

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Originally Posted by Panther

I have a question for anyone who can help.

I finally broke down and bought the series 3 Magneto from Toybiz. I have a healthy X-Men collection, but I'm missing a few key players (Professor X, Nightcrawler, Beast, Omega Red, Classic Colossus, Mystique, Mr. Sinister, Toad, Pyro, and the Blob). Should I hold off to see what announcements are made for next year, or are these figures worth purchasing now?

I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!

I would say hold off on Professor X, Nightcrawler, and Beast. All three could be made with existing bodies that need minimal tooling and they haven't been done in a while. One thing to note with Beast is that he would probably be the slimmer 80s version, tooled from the Jackal body. If you specifically wanted a bulky, 90s Jim Lee version, then you'll need to get the Toy Biz figure. As for the others, I doubt they'll get made anytime soon since we are currently at one X-wave a year and many of them aren't big name heavy hitters. If you don't see or hear anything for tProfessor X, Nightcrawler, and Beast during SDCC, I'd still say hold off since we probably won't know the full wave breakdown until we are closer to the release date.

I hope we start seeing more X-Men waves in 2019 and more X-Men 2 packs/multipacks in 2018. I think I heard in a NYTF interview that we would only be getting one X-Men wave in 2018 and that the line up was finalized. Plus there will be several Avengers waves next year that will prevent more X-Men.