I seem to remember a time when DST said: "We Can't Do Movie Mates".
And, Wave 15 = Ghost Rider Movie is very logical, so what the hell hapened to "We can't do Movie Mates" I hate the whole idea of Movie Mates.
Comics > Movies based on comics. Always.
I don't like this at all. Like Cyc said, if non-movie Mates start getting the short end of the proverbial stick, that WILL be it for this line. Not just Marvel, but the entire line. I havn't quite worked it out yet, but that's how it'll go down.
Honestly, the only X3 Minis I'm looking foward too are Juggernaut and Wolverine, and I'm still not all that excited. I doubt half the peices on the protos will actualy make it to production.
As the LOTR line proved, doing Minimates based on Movies is not a good thing UNLESS your timing is correct. And still, eventually interest will fade. If you relese your product a year after the movie that your product is based on, it's probably not going to do too well.
Bottom Line: I don't see Marvel Waves 12-14 selling good at all. Waves 12 and 13 because of all the delays, and 14 becauseby the time they hit the shelves, the interest in the Movie(Which, I, and alot of other people, thought was crap, BTW) will be kaput, 0, nada. Get my point?