[StuartGreen2019]

First of all, R.I.P. George Perez. Man, this loss really stings. There will never be as great or iconic of a present-day comic book artist to me than him.

Second of all, to all the Moms out there, Happy Mothers Day!

Third of all, I am not 100% sold on the Doom and Gloom scenario and "The End is NIGH!" for Marvel Legends. At least, not right now. I also don't see comic book figures being permanently replaced by M.C.U. figures, since Marvel's movies and TV series are not only constantly shrouded in secrecy during production (and heck, even in the trailers!), but release dates are almost always pushed back. You need something to fill the void and comic figures, especially with Spider-Man and X-Men, can always be profitable enough to fill those slots. Classic Spidey figures of heroes, villains and supporting characters and any X-Men figures from the '70s up till the Jim Lee '90s era always sell out and there are plenty of alternate costumes and more modern characters and teams fans are waiting to see made to include in their collections.

The main problem is waiting for them to make (name of character) into a figure and finding out whether they'll be an exclusive to a single website and/or store or not. It also doesn't help that said exclusive(s) are hard to find, ridiculously overpriced, sell out way too quickly, or all of the above. Since the reveals this year for Marvel Legends have been surprisingly underwhelming, I'm hoping that we'll see some good reveals this summer and especially better figures planned for 2023 and beyond. I really, REALLY want Hasbro to make Marvel Legends anniversary plans for the likes of the Avengers, the X-Men and Daredevil on the comic book side and 2024 plans for other major events like the 40th anniversary of "Secret Wars" (which would be a great way to give us figures for characters like Captain Marvel, Titania, the Absorbing Man, Hawkeye and more) and the 30th anniversary of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series". Seeing Marvel skip 80th anniversary plans for Captain America last year and apparently skipping 60th anniversary plans for A-listers like Hulk and Thor still have me scratching my head.