[StuartGreen2019]

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Originally Posted by GizmoTron

Combination of factors I think. This wave is taking the spot of the next Spidey Retro figures wave next year and needed to have similar packaging, plus "open" packaging is more appealing to kids and parents for what is a much more kid friendly film.

I would've preferred a third Retro Spider-Man wave. I'm honestly surprised we haven't gotten Retro carded figures for classic A-list villains like Chameleon and Doctor Octopus by now. It's not like we don't have plenty of Spider-Man suits, civilian characters, heroes and villains to choose from to make up a third Retro Spider-Man wave. I'm disappointed with the look of the 'Across the Spider-Verse' figures and I'm not as excited by the character selection as I thought I would be. Then again, I would've preferred seeing a comic book version of the Spot as a figure instead of the movie version. Since it's looking more and more likely that the leaked toy listings for the 2023 Marvel Legends a while back are real, I'm not overall excited with what 2023 will have to offer in terms of the character selection of figures for their upcoming "Marvel Legends: Spider-Man" toylines. I understand that the Spider-Verse sequel was delayed, but two movie waves for Spidey next year (with the new 'Across the Spider-Verse' and 'No Way Home' waves, respectively) and not as many comic book versions of Spider-Man figures for 2023 is a disappointment to me.

After seeing I just hope we'll see some good selections for the Hasbro Pulse exclusive "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" figures, especially since Dan Yun confirmed that civilian characters will be among the characters for those two-packs. But considering the Wal-Mart exclusive Spider-Man has been impossible for me to find, I doubt I'll be able to find the upcoming Wal-Mart exclusive Kraven figure too. I just hope characters like Mary Jane Watson, Felicia Hardy, Alistair Smythe, Mysterio, Doc Ock, Shocker, Chameleon and Green Goblin all get animated series figures eventually. Of course, it'd be nice to have a new non-Comic Con exclusive animated Venom and a new Hobgoblin that actually looked like he did on the cartoon.