[StuartGreen2019]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to do a Marvel Legends Legacy wave based on 'Marvel's The Avengers' instead, since this is its 10th anniversary year? Then again, it's also the 60th anniversary year of Ant-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man and Thor, and only half of them are getting waves this year. If Thor's movie and toyline had been delayed, I highly doubt that we even would've gotten anything for Thor this year. At this rate, I'd be surprised if Hasbro even did make anniversary figures for milestones like the 30th anniversary of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" and the 40th anniversary of "Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars" in 2024.

Hasbro seems to be dropping the ball on everything from anniversaries, re-tooling, making popular characters easier to find, and putting out a better variety of figures. In fact, other than upcoming Lizard and the Spinneret/Spidey two-pack, none of the reveals for the 60th anniversary Spidey wave were as good as I was hoping for. Making my favorite Spider-Man foe Doc Ock a mere repaint packed with Silk with the static tentacles in an expensive Amazon two-pack that sold out didn't help either, since Lizard's tail is bendy wire and Ock's tentacles didn't get the upgrade fans have been asking for them to make for four years.

That said, I did like that in Boog_ACBA's interview with the Hasbro team that he did mention Hulk's 60th anniversary year, that he name-dropped characters like Bruce Banner, Doc Samson, Immortal Hulk and then U-Foes towards the end, and Dwight seemed interested in more figures like wanting to make Skaar and Titan.

I sincerely hope 2023 is a much better year for "Marvel Legends" than this year in terms of character selection, but the biggest problem for me now will be how many of them can I actually afford if and when they do come out. I've got dozens of characters left that I want to see made into first-ever figures and re-released sold-separately characters I can actually find with upgrades. Time will tell how many will actually get made and how many can be within my price range.