[StuartGreen2019]

What disappoints me most about this new Spider-Man wave is, aside from the fact most of the new figures are from the awful current Spider-Man comics, that it's not even a full Retro wave. Only Tarantula and Rose have the Toy Biz animated series box art. The new packaging for figures like Chasm look as generic as the current comics. I would've rather have seen this be just a plain Marvel Legends wave without the plastic packaging.

I also don't like that this is another year of current Spider-Man comics figures and movie-based figures. We're getting two movie waves this year with Into the Spider-Verse and the rumored No Way Home figures, but all of the Retro/classic Spider-Man figures are sorely lacking some much needed A-listers. Making Lizard and Kraven both Wal-Mart exclusives was a HUGE mistake, considering having one or both of these than the two Ben Reilly based figures would've raised my excitement, and drained my wallet, much faster. Making Doc Ock a repaint in a Amazon exclusive two-pack with Silk didn't help either, as I couldn't find/buy it and now it's $90+ on Amazon.

If we get another Retro wave, I'm hoping for A-list villains like Chameleon, Vulture, Doc Ock (green-and-orange suit or white Armani suit with the bendable wire tentacles) and suit-and-tie Tombstone, civilian characters like Aunt May Parker or Mary Jane Watson (and no, giving Gwen Stacy an M.J. head isn't the same), and other Spider-Man variants (battle ravaged, Octo-Spidey, "Spider-Man Unlimited" 1999 suit, etc.). Heck, I'd even take a Slingers boxed set.

Also, I agree with AFU, we need a new Sandman. I LOVE the Retro one, but having Retro Electro being more buff and bigger than Sandman seems off. I wouldn't mind an updated classic Sandman or even a green-and-yellow suit from when he was in the Wild Pack, and I know a lot of folks want the green armored suit look. A new figure of Spider-Hulk would be cool, but then again, so would more Hulk based Marvel Legends figures, but that's another rant altogether.