[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Yeah, they are obviously going to do whatever they want. "Higher profile" (which is subjectively dependent on era of fandom, not to mention character/team subset preference) and/or request frequency is nearly meaningless at this point. If this wasn't the case, and their choices weren't largely stochastic, we'd have gotten the likes of a Nefaria/Graviton/Wizard before Spymaster/Scientist Supreme/Psycho Man.

The age old adage that correlation doesn't always imply causation seems to apply here. There has been some consistency with characters recieving overwhelmingly routine calls for release getting made, resulting in some 'squeaky wheel' logic. However, there's an equal, if not greater, preponderance of 'WTF-batshit' Frogman and Xemnu (no offense, fans, with D'Spayre, I join thy ranks), especially as of late.

If anything, I think a host of randomized factors play a role in what gets made. Anniversary buzz in ancillary collecting communities (75th and 80th comic benchmarks along with complimentary 'toons), upcoming movies and trending themes in the books seem equally weighed alongside fan polling and popularity. "Dr. Strange has a movie coming up, let's get out the classic version people have been asking for and a rando villain..."

At this point, same as with Blue Marvel, I'm just happy to see what I want whenever they get around to it.

You make some good points. And I definitely have had my share of oddball/non "obvious choices" of characters made into legends as well, so I'm do understand that. And I've had plenty of the larger wants made over the last few years as well, so again, no complaints there.

We can't always get what we want, all the time. If anything, and it looks like 2022 is going to offer less of what I'm after, I should be grateful, since I'm scaling back on purchases. Having 50-60 characters I'd be interested in would not help that. 2 out of 13 would be in line for what I'm hoping to cut back to over all.