[StuartGreen2019]

After seeing comments and replies here and on other boards, I wish they'd made the late-90s "Spider-Man: Spider Power" Spider-Man mask packaging the box art for the retro wave. I see comment after comment of people asking why Peter has glasses and isn't in his animated suit, why Gwen Stacy and Electro were picked when they were in one episode of the show (and as a huge "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" fan, Electro's episode sucked, since he was a made for TV character and the Red Skull's son -- oy), why the fan channel Kingpin's suit aren't the colors of the animated series, etc. Heck, Electro's artwork is a flipped version of Shocker's art from the old Toy Biz figure's package and Gwen Stacy's art pose is Mary Jane's debut scene from the Spider-Man TAS episode "Return of the Spider Slayers".

Look, we all know it's not a Spider-Man animated series retro wave. I know that. You know that. But the general public doesn't, and I blame Hasbro for choosing the 90s show packaging. I still say Hasbro should've released a retro/vintage Spider-Man TAS toyline last year to honor the show's 25th anniversary. We could've had Spider-Man, Black Cat, Doc Ock, Chameleon, Venom, Scorpion, or whichever six or more characters that Hasbro wanted to make. They would've been big sellers. They would STILL sell big. But I still say using the animated packaging for these comic book based figures was/is a huge mistake, it's still causing fans to post/ask why the figures don't look like their animated counterparts, and Hasbro should've released some figures of the cartoon show with the retro Toy Biz packaging instead. And as an addition, Hasbro still needs to make an animated Doc Ock figure and/or some kind of Doc Ock figure with bendable wire tentacles. Fans are still asking for them, Hasbro is aware fans want them, and it's another fan-requested accessory Hasbro needs to make sooner rather than later.

As for the next Age of Apocalypse wave, I'm betting that we'll for sure see figures for Rogue, Magneto, Cyclops and maybe Sinister. I have no idea who would make the cut in the end, but maybe we'll find out in July with the stay at home SDCC event? Time will tell.

I hope you all are having a great day and have a wonderful weekend. Stay safe, everyone.