[TheBlueMarvel]

Emotive heads have been one of the best additions to the line throughout the years IMO and I'm actually ok with even Sabretooth's toothy grin. I've seen him issue that sinister and diabolical leer so many times that it's become a bit of a trademark for him. Now could it have been executed better and do I want an additional more staid expression to be added? Yes, that would also be nice. It's similar to the 20th Hulk heads; they tried something and it missed by a small margin. Go back to the drawing/sculpting board and do better.

Lets put it this way, Id rather them fuck up trying to do something other than a smile or stoic look. 2/3 of the Excalibur set's figs have limited use to me because of the decision to give them smiles as though they are sitting for yearbook photos. I understand why they did it. Alan Davis has a definite penchant for drawing heroes with wide brimming smiles, the looks are consistent with what they might have researched in the way of Excalibur covers, and their pleasant countenances are consistent with Kitty's and Meggan's personalities within the book.

The periodic dropping of a heads, hands/fists, and effects pack would solve many of these problems. That said doing so would limit Hasbro's ability to tool new heads to slap on reused bodies and release as "new" figures, so this suggestion is unlikely to come to fruition.