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Too many recent failed HasLabs. Hasbro needs a slam dunk with this: character selection, price point and especially PR. PR: Foom is not an Avengers villain. From a PR/marketing standpoint Hasbro certainly doesn't need Ryan and Dan to be constantly on the defensive explaining why the 60th anniversary of the Avengers is being celebrated with a character that is not Avengers Team related. Similar how they had to constantly explain and try to artfully dodge why Goblin Queen was included in the Ghost Rider failure. They need to spend time promoting, not defending. Price Point: From a monetary standpoint this HasLab needs to be economical. Pym or other giant guys are more economical, Foom is not. Character selection: It's Pym - total and complete Avengers representation, especially as a founder. Including a second giant - Barton Goliath or Josten as MOE Goliath with Pym - great! Direct Avengers ties. Including Josten as Atlas instead or Josten Goliath? He's an ally as a Thunderbolt, not an Avenger, but he could boost sales. Including Foster instead of Barton/Josten would be similar to adding Atlas - ally, not an Avenger but a staunch ally and he would look amazing. Including all four as the initial offering - Pym, Barton, Josten & Foster and each has a dedicated tier? That would be a dream, but the price point would be insane. And if Janet is involved in this at all, she needs to be a headliner just like Pym. Not a tier. She is just as important as a founder as Pym, if not more so - she named the team. And it's her 60th anniversary this year. If she was just a tier that would be incredibly insensitive on Hasbro's part to have the only female founder as an afterthought and not a headliner. The absence of Jan is already odd - Tony, Thor and Bruce all have 60th offerings, and the Target Ant-Man takes care of Pym, if you use him as Pym and not Lang. So where is Janet's representation? The only founder with nothing... so far...

My dream is to get all of the Avengers involved in the Korvac Saga and display them in the Collector's tubes, just like in the story. My dream on top of that dream is to get all classic Avengers from the original five all the way to Lionheart and display them all in the Collectors tubes.

Colleen Wing and Skurge please. Both complete iconic partnerships. 'Nuff said. Once the female scale swimsuit is created, that gets us hopefully both Marrina and Namorita. Marrina completes the original Alpha Flight line up and adds to the Avengers. Namorita adds one more to the original New Warriors team, leaving only Vance/Justice to complete it. Vance is also a classic Avenger, so he adds to that team. Creating these three figures would make a lot of Alpha Flight, New Warriors and Avengers collectors very happy. Speaking of Vance, he's awfully lonely being the only classic GOTG member. I'm still shocked we haven't seen at least Yondu in Legends scale given his cinematic notability, "y'all". The absence of any of the Starjammers outside of Binary is perplexing. X-related, popular fun team - they would look amazing displayed. We've got the three Summers brothers - they need their daddy. The core seven Defenders team exist, but fleshing out more team members will always be welcomed, especially Gargoyle, Clea, Daimon Hellstrom and Devil-Slayer. Thanos, Adam Warlock and classic Gamora exist, all we need are Pip the Troll, classic Drax, Maxam and a more subdued, less flesh-exposed classic Moondragon to complete the Infinity Watch. Moondragon, of course, adds to Avengers, Defenders and GOTG. Classic Kirby Inhumans would just look so amazing. Destiny and Avalanche - c'mon Hasbro. Let's finish this.

Did Steve and Dwight switch positions?

No Dwight? Who is Steve Evans?

2023 is the 60th anniversary of the X-Men and the Avengers. Maybe each IP will get a BAF wave celebrating this? I can easily see a 60th anniversary X wave featuring favorites like Banshee, Avalanche, Deathbird, Spiral and Feral. I would hope a 60th anniversary Avengers wave would be all classic, since there are still so many missing classic Avengers and villains - 1st appearance Wasp, Safari Jacket Wonder Man, Mantis, Yellowjacket update, 1st appearance Monica Rambeau, Sersi, Crystal, Swordsman, Jack of Hearts, classic Falcon, Moondragon, Stingray, Firebird, Starfox, classic Mockingbird, Count Nefaria, Graviton, M'Baku, Skurge, Moonstone, Titania, Blackout, classic Nebula, Morgan Le Fay, Collector, Grandmaster, Korvac, Super-Adaptoid and many, many others...

CML? Cosmic Marvel Legends?

I hope so. And bring on comic Mantis as well.

That's what I'm afraid of. If we get MCU Titania first, comic Titania might fall by the wayside like Skurge, M'Baku and Nebula. And comic Titania is a must to add to our Secret Wars cast.

That would be great! If there's another comic Avengers wave in the future, I'd rather a female villain spot go to somebody new, like Titania, Nebula, Diamondback, Deathbird, Alkhema, Morgan Le Fay, Nekra or Black Swan. Although not technically new since she's already had a figure, I'd give Moonstone a pass in her original yellow suit with the helmet - I'd love to finish off Zemo's Under Siege team.

This wave looks great! Hopefully Hasbro will follow up with an Avengers 60th anniversary wave in 2023 that skews a little more classic- 1st appearance Wasp, Count Nefaria, Mantis, Titania, Starfox, Stingray, Graviton, Moondragon, Swordsman, Sersi, Safari Jacket Wonder Man, 1st appearance Monica Rambeau, Nebula, Jack of Hearts, Fixer, Crystal just to rattle off a few that would be amazing…

Hopefully an updated Madame Masque will come with an alternate Masque clone head, which would be another Avenger (well, honorary) to check off the list.

Or hopefully a full on 7 figure/BAF cosmic wave which could pull from all sorts of crazy cosmic areas like original and newer GOTG, Imperial Guard, Infinity Watch/War/Crusade, Kree, Skrullls, Galactus Heralds, Eternals, Annihilation, Brood, Starjammers just to name a few… 4 Walgreens cosmic characters were a tease. We need a full wave! Or several cosmic waves!

The wave that has less updates/costume alterations and more never-been-made-before figures. If one of them: Thor, Madame Hydra or Quicksilver is not correct and we get an actual never-been-made female Avenger (was Jocasta the last one?) or another villain like Count Nefaria or Graviton, that would be a great wave - 3 new and 4 updated/alternate look.

2 new and 5 updates/alternate costumes. Hopefully 2023 will have a 60th anniversary wave with the ratio reversed - 5 new and 2 updates. Far too many Avengers and villains that have never had a ML figure.