Spider-Man PS4 Legends: Hasbro Approaching it the Wrong Way?

[DarthOdette]

So at SDCC ‘19 they showed two new Legends based off of skins and suits from the 2019 PS4 Spider-Man game.  These are a part of the next wave of Spider-Man Legends, due to be out January of 2020 so in all likelihood they’ll be out late November.  These two PS4 themed figures will be the third the game after the GameStop exclusive spidey.  

My question is this: is Hasbro handling this extremely successful game the wrong way?  We already witnessed them miss out on the massive success of Into the Spider-Verse, and now they seem to be letting this title slip them by as well.  Wouldn’t it be better to maybe make a wave dedicated to the game?  Include characters like Rhino and Doc Ock and then include various suits and skins that exist outside of the game.  

 

I hate to see them miss out on potential success once again.

[leokearon]

I don't think they are. There was no way gauge the game's success, also given waves and figures take a few months to design, they are probably now getting around to what to do.

[DarthOdette]

24 minutes ago, leokearon said:

I don't think they are. There was no way gauge the game's success, also given waves and figures take a few months to design, they are probably now getting around to what to do.

Maybe, let’s just hope for their (Hasbro) sake, it’s not too late.  I’m sure people will still buy it, don’t get me wrong.  It would’ve just been better if they could’ve made product at the height of the game’s popularity 

[michiganjfrog]

15 minutes ago, DarthOdette said:

Maybe, let’s just hope for their (Hasbro) sake, it’s not too late.  I’m sure people will still buy it, don’t get me wrong.  It would’ve just been better if they could’ve made product at the height of the game’s popularity 

I feel that way sometimes with other franchises but the PS4 spidey games the best selling superhero game of all time so I don't think the hype will go down until a sequel is out, I agree that I would have liked to seen a wave at launch but I guess its better late than never

[greenlucario]

I mean I think they missed the initial window for it, but there was no way to know how popular (and amazingly spectacular) that game was going to be, made all the more obvious by making the Advanced Suit a store exclusive.  I love the new looks, but also want to see a complete classic rogues gallery before they start on to alternate versions.  Also, the new versions of Rhino and Scorpion alone would require massive amounts of new tooling and dedicated sculpts.  They probably should cut a deal with GameStop to pump out some exclusives from the game, except Mr. Negative, he needs to be a mass release.  But I like the way they're putting the suits in the standard waves, it's a two-for-one in my book, checking off both Spider-Verse and Spider-Man PS4.  

Of course you never know, maybe Hasbro will give the game the same treatment as the 10 Years and 80th lines, a few sets of 2 packs could knock out the Sinister Six quite nicely.  

[bashpics99]

1 hour ago, DarthOdette said:

So at SDCC ‘19 they showed two new Legends based off of skins and suits from the 2019 PS4 Spider-Man game.  These are a part of the next wave of Spider-Man Legends, due to be out January of 2020 so in all likelihood they’ll be out late November.  These two PS4 themed figures will be the third the game after the GameStop exclusive spidey.  

My question is this: is Hasbro handling this extremely successful game the wrong way?  We already witnessed them miss out on the massive success of Into the Spider-Verse, and now they seem to be letting this title slip them by as well.  Wouldn’t it be better to maybe make a wave dedicated to the game?  Include characters like Rhino and Doc Ock and then include various suits and skins that exist outside of the game.  

 

I hate to see them miss out on potential success once again.

How did they miss out on Into the Spiderverse?  ML covered all the heroes between lizard wave, sp//dr wave, and the miles/gwen 2-pack. The only omission was middle-age spidey with gut and world-weary Peter Parker head.  And aside from Lady Ock, they covered Prowler last year, Tombstone had been done already, and Kingpin and Scorpion came out this year. True, the looks weren't movie accurate but there were lots  of other toys they put out that were, such as a movie accurate sp//dr with Peni.   I assume that Hasbro didn't feel the movie aesthetic was a good fit for MLs but they certainly tried to get all the characters out there, just as they did for Venom and Dark Phoenix.

[tarot]

No. They arent handling it wrong. They are just using the success of the game to do more spidey variants thay people want. The armor mk 3 was am armor that was resquested by comic fans. And the velocity suit got a major arc in the spin off comic.

[DarthOdette]

24 minutes ago, michiganjfrog said:

I feel that way sometimes with other franchises but the PS4 spidey games the best selling superhero game of all time so I don't think the hype will go down until a sequel is out, I agree that I would have liked to seen a wave at launch but I guess its better late than never

Fair enough 

[michiganjfrog]

now that I think about it, i think rhino would be the only one I would really flip for and taskmaster but will be getting an MCU TM soon

ill be getting the velocity suit spider though

[DarthOdette]

7 minutes ago, bashpics99 said:

How did they miss out on Into the Spiderverse?  ML covered all the heroes between lizard wave, sp//dr wave, and the miles/gwen 2-pack. The only omission was middle-age spidey with gut and world-weary Peter Parker head.  And aside from Lady Ock, they covered Prowler last year, Tombstone had been done already, and Kingpin and Scorpion came out this year. True, the looks weren't movie accurate but there were lots  of other toys they put out that were, such as a movie accurate sp//dr with Peni.   I assume that Hasbro didn't feel the movie aesthetic was a good fit for MLs but they certainly tried to get all the characters out there, just as they did for Venom and Dark Phoenix.

Idk man looking at the Mafex into the spiderverse figures, I feel like Hasbro really missed out on the opportunity to capitalize on it and really give it their all

[Lord_Scareglow]

I don't think they are handling it wrong, it takes time to guage the success of such things, and it also takes time to produce the figures, I personally don't care about seeing any of these figures to be honest, I'd much prefer seeing some comic spidey suits and spiderverse characters before these video games suits, but if people want em awesome, they get them, I just have no interest at all. I think they are a strange addition to the Legends line doesn't seem all entirely right

[Squigiman]

I don't think so.  Much as with movie and comic-based figures, you typically need to mix and match, so you know that you're appealing to at least one part of the collecting community or another.  If you go all-in in a single wave, you may alienate people who don't care about the game, for example.  Like, if the whole wave was PS4 Spidey-based, including the BAF, and it didn't do as well as usual, they might be discouraged from doing any more figures from it, right off the bat.

 

 

   -Zach