[StuartGreen2019]

Is anyone else underwhelmed? Like really, REALLY underwhelmed?

70% of the footage was stuff we already saw, a handful of new figures and a big reveal for (the long overdue, yet beautiful-looking) classic Doctor Doom. That was it?

It seems like Spider-Man especially got the shaft today. There was no mention of the Fall 2019 figures for Spidey, if we're even getting any. If we're only getting two Spider-Man waves of figures this year, that'd not only be very disappointing, but also a first. Spider-Man is a huge money maker and we saw how much Toy Biz loved making waves of Spider-Man figures and variations of Spidey for their toy line. After the lackluster Kingpin wave, I was expecting more Spidey attention. While I love the classic Vulture figure for 2020, further adding to my no Spidey wave for Fall 2019 fears, I am disappointed there are, apparently, no plans for a classic Electro. Electro seriously needs an upgrade with non-blasting gloved hands after the previous Electro figure that I absolutely loathe.

And passing on Firestar, yet again?

I love the Jean/Scott/Logan three-pack, but I would've loved an optic blast accessory for Cyclops instead of one of the two alternate Scott Summers heads and it's disappointing the jacket isn't removable. The X-Factor Havok and Polaris two-pack is amazing, as well as Strong Guy, but I didn't see any new figures for X-Men villains. No Toad? No Blob? No Pyro? Not even an Arcade? Heck, I would've settled for Cyber!

While it's kind of cool we're getting a just-called-"Hulk" version of She-Hulk, Hasbro really needs to show more love to the Hulk, his friends and his rogues gallery. Hulk may just want to be left alone in the comics, but collectors want to give their Hulk vs. Wolverine 80th anniversary two-pack some company.

On the subject, I feel like they dropped the ball a bit with the 80th anniversary. There are so many more characters they could have made into all-new figures and big comic events they could've used for the 80th anniversary wave, and we're getting -- all previously-revealed figures going up for pre-order now and/or in the near-future?

After waiting all day for the big Hasbro panel and the big reveals, I have to be honest: I expected more out of today. Yes, we have the Hasbro Con in September or whatever, but that's going to be a long, looooooong wait after tonight.