[Trivial Psychic]

What is so odd about Namor and Black Bolt being in the wave? Hasbro expressed it as clear as day yesterday during the panel. They picked out two characters, whom like Black Panther, were kings of their respective nations. Black Bolt being the king of the Inhumans and Namor being the King of Atlantis.

Characters that have spotty tie ins to other characters are released all the time. Iron Fist isn't a magician and Enchantress has little to do with Dr. Strange. Misty Knight doesn't have much to do with Spider-Man. Bulldozer and Tiger Shark don't solo battle Ant Man on a regular basis last I checked. Outside of being a street hero, what does Moon Knight have to do with Spider-Man?

Again, Black Bolt and Namor are part of the wave. They were picked because like Black Panther...they are kings. Hasbro made this very clear during their presentation. They were probably also picked because as a few have stated, sales will more likely be better for these two than if they were to hand pick some side character from BP's gallery, because honestly, those characters are not as well known as some would like to believe.

I'm sure that the Inhumans television show also played a hand in the selection, as we are also getting a re-release of Medusa as well. Marvel doesn't want the group that was supposed to "phase out" the X-Men to bomb miserably, especially with all the negative press on Inhumans as is from the community, as well as with Fox going full head of steam with their own mutant plans.

I'm also willing to bet that if a new Dr Doom, himself a leader of a nation and thus would fit in with the "king" theme Hasbro was talking about, was a part of this wave, there would be a lot less complaining, but that's neither here nor there.

You don't have to like it, but it is what it is. It's also not this huge racial conspiracy either. Just simply business and marketing decisions. If the BP movie is a runaway success, then I'm sure we'll see more characters included at some point. If it's a bomb, Hasbro will simply thank their lucky stars that they dodged a bunch of possible peg-warming bullets, as well as spare us the "joy" of seeing pegs full of M'baku lining the aisles for months while we search for the newest X-men wave, complaining all the while that our stores aren't doing enough to get new product on the shelves. Let's move on...