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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

It's not a Marvel or Hasbro “blacklist” scenario as much as these characters were created with ‘Yellow Peril’ sensibilities and their original looks evoke racist Fu Manchu imagery. The scuttlebutt regarding the MCU Ancient One, was more about his backstory and being from Tibet. The celebration of Tibetan culture was seen as potentially problematic, so Feige altered the character to promote viewership in China. No “blacklist.” No altruism, either. Just money, as usual.

The reason is of course money, specifically in Ancient One's case the sales from China, but it has long carried over beyond just the MCU. An actual "blacklist" is theoretical, but technically exists since we know there are many characters or versions of characters that have never been made by Hasbro and we can easily guess the various reasons why they are likely not approved whether because licensor, Hasbro management/legal, or maybe even both. Mandarin I fear really is among them.

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Originally Posted by Hulkwummy

I'd go for a retro carded Mandarin from the 90s Iron Man cartoon.

He's maybe my #2 or #3 most wanted non-Spidey or non-X-Men Marvel villain left from Legends. Which is why it's unfortunate that he may never happen. (Unless they try to backdoor him into a HasLab like they tried with Mephisto, but we saw how that turned out).