[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

I swear I see this same post from someone different at the end/beginning of every year.

Every year is gonna be full of some really cool stuff, some okay stuff, and some disappointing stuff, and it's not worth it to be disappointed, because it's easy to be disappointed. It's more fun to be excited about a few things, and focus on those, and maybe get some surprises you didn't think you'd like, rather than focusing on the possibility of an overall disappointing year.

I mean, I could be disappointed that the one announced X-Wave is focusing on a story I have zero interest in... or I could be excited that two figures in that wave are ones I never thought I'd see getting made, Moira and Karima. Y'dig?

I mean, have we reached a plateau? Hardly. Hasbro still has thousands of characters they could tackle, hundreds of alternate costumes or AU versions of staple characters they could do... just because it's a year that doesn't look like it'll be interesting, doesn't mean its any kind of a death knell. This line has been chugging along for... damn near twenty years. I doubt one year that we haven't even seen everything it's going to offer us counts as a "low point".

That is a good point and hopefully I can turn my "feels" around with it. I think it actually is because of the following, Ultra Seven sums it up well. If rumors are truly BOTBG and Iron Man waves are both going to have very light purchases for me, 2 figures each by my count. Nothing from Stiltman wave. Likely nothing from the Disney+ waves if they're all MCU. Sersi only from the Eternals wave....but we had 5 great years of product and may still have more, you're absolutely right. Just that what's slated to come out, except for the HOX wave, is mostly of no interest to me. But I know that's definitely not how it stacks up for everyone.

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Originally Posted by Ultra Seven

Eh, I’m not worried about it. I felt the same way about 2020’s figures, due to a string of waves that underwhelmed me personally (Super-Skrull, Demogoblin, Sugar-Man, Abomination, Crimson Dynamo), but ultimately, I’m really happy with this year’s figures. I think things even out. Due to the line’s prevailing popularity, the design team is able to take us to weird and fun places that they’re excited to go. Not all the product they offer is going to be for everyone, and that’s fine. I’m actually feeling 2021 is shaping up to be a great year for figures.