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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Short of them stating as much, who really knows what the reasoning is regarding grousing on the internet? While what you say is reasonable and likely true for others outside of yourself, there's a world of subjective opinions and motivations out there.

Most of us that have spent time collecting Legends know the deal, there's a rubric for all of this and it revolves around ancillary/complementary media (movies or TV tie-ins) and anchoring sell-through on waves with familiar characters. It's for this reason so very many Avenger waves featured Cap, Iron Man, and Thor. Most are also aware that Marvel has re-secured the FF and their emergence within the MCU is a far flung understanding and expectation. We are going to see many iterations of the core FF before all of this is said and done, so, based on your take, people may want to gird themselves for continued disappointment. As much as I'd love to see Diablo (box set with his Elements of Doom?) / the Frightful Four (another box?) / Mole Man (throw in some Moloids that I can have the Hulk toss around) / Molecule Man / Mephisto / Psycho Man / Mad Thinker and his awesome android / Abraxas / Salem's Seven (another box) and many others, I also know I'd be extremely lucky to see just a few of those characters sprinkled sparingly into waves. Not trying to dash hopes, just being candidly pragmatic.

Also, I've been pretty vociferous throughout the years about my want for an Annihilation wave/box/anything...so, yeah, I'm more than down for that along with many other things related to Marvel Cosmic:

http://www.toyark.com/would-you-like...egends-159608/

Very true. More-so even than subjectivity, there’s a conflation of fact and opinion. What I observe as a “consensus” is certainly subjective, as well as anecdotal. I think what’s difficult about the Fantastic Four is, they are needed to anchor a wave of related characters, and it would be weird if they only put one or two of them in a given wave. Generally, it makes sense to release all four at once. Thus only leaving you with two to three slots in the wave. This approach is logical, since the Fantastic Four will probably sell better than any of the mentioned villains. As a hardcore Marvel nerd, I sometimes forget that the casual buyer doesn’t need Crystal or Triton. So, I get excited for the ballsy/ esoteric releases (Alpha Flight), and understand that Wolverine is a necessary part of every X-Men wave.