[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by SymbiSpidey

Man, the only thing I want from an X-Wave right now is an updated Storm, preferably Jim Lee but I'll take First Appearance too.

And I appreciate everybody checking in on a brother during the Hurricane. Been less active on here than usual due to job hunting and all (plus my computer giving me problems). Family and house is fine; we were just stuck inside for a few days because of the surrounding main roads being flooded but everything is good now. The fam ended up binge watching Game of Thrones while I was binging Flash so we fared a lot better than most.

I wouldn't say the "only" thing i want but Jim Lee Storm (white outfit) is definitely my most wanted of figures that have at least had some kind of figure in ML format (even if a different outfit). Followed very closely by Psylocke, then Gambit & Nightcrawler are pretty much tied wants, and Bishop and Banshee, not because I'm a huge fan of the character but the fact the existing ones look so bad. I know Beast is a want for many but I'm actually really good with the TB Beast. Still, for those that don't have that, I can definitely understand the want for him.

Another thing that seems off about that, they've been doing really good with the X-ladies so far and it just seems odd that the one female in that wave is one we've had two X-waves ago, though quite likely in a differen outfit. Hasbro has to know that out of any corner of the Marvel Universe, the X-Men has strong female presence, and they can definitely go a little bit heavier on their offerings of female characters for these waves simply becuase of that. By that I mean instead of 1-2 there really wouldn't be an issue with 3 or even 4 female figures in a wave. They're X-Men so as long as they're A or B list characters, they're going to get bought.

I just feel like if this is the wave (and I'm sure it's not but throwing this out there) that Hasbro is going a little too far left with too much of the wave. a 7 figure wave should have 2-3 A listers (for X-Men A list not Marvel A list which is only like 8 characters), and this line up does have that with four, but of the four only Nightcrawler hasn't been done by Hasbro before. You've got one mid-level character and three really way out there choices. I can see having one way out there choice, but honestly three is too much. Neither of the first two waves had figures that were way left field. A bit of a surprise with Sunfire and Shatterstar, but nothing as extreme as ...er...X-Treme and Kylun and Maggott. It just feels really unbalanced.

Now I wouldn't be surprised if this line up was mostly correct, but with a few tweaks...Kylun and either Maggott/X-Treme could go and be replaced by a A or B tier female, and Rogue could be switched for Storm, and you'd have a line up that makes much more sense. That also would reduce it to 7 figures: Nightcrawler, Magneto, Wolverine, Cypher, Storm, Female character (Psylocke plzz!!!) and Way left field character.

Yet another edit: Another thought is maybe the wolverine is the second female. All New Wolverine. That would free up a space that would likely go to another female otherwise. Though maybe we'd still get 3 females. Otherwise I'd throw another A-B lister male in that space (Gambit or Beast LOL), or I guess potentially one of those other left field choices. Still yet minor tweakings. I just don't see this list staying firm as is.