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I think 76 is a stronger wave too even though it's mostly rehashes and parts reuse. It will be interesting to see how it sells. So far I'd find it surprising if the BAF is moving a lot of extra product, Daisy and Shriek don't seem like a big draw (though Shriek is a great pick for that wave). On the other hand I guess I bought a pack I wouldn't have otherwise from 75 so maybe it does help.

Yes, it makes me wonder about the future of comic waves in general. The decreasing number and the last few seeming to be "budget" waves leave me feeling uneasy.

So, did everyone buy Lockjaw? I got one too.

I found one set at one of my local Walgreens on Saturday. They were off to the side as the minimate pegs were full of the same sets everyone else is seeing. It seems to me that Walgreens has the same issue as every other toy retailer, they can usually sell the first one or two sets pretty easily but after that product lingers.

The nature of the beast isn't usually buying near re-releases.

Someone who wants Thor? But you're right, that minimate needed something else, like Time Stone effects pieces, to be really worthwhile. I think with TRU closing DST might want to play it safe with this wave and try to do something that would appeal to more fans, possibly even people who don't usually buy minimates. The first lineup that occurs to me that would check those boxes is 90's X-Men. I'm not sure what an equivalent Avengers wave would look like.

I would think they would have been working on 77 before the TRU closure announcement because of the lead time involved, I can imagine that making DST want to reevaluate things though.

I thought Hasbro would have had to change their model two years ago for that very reason, but I guess somehow it's working despite all the heavily discounted figures and horrible distribution. I don't think DST can do the same thing (though a lot of Hasbro's choices aren't that weird, it's not all Poison and Spider-Ham) but it is interesting to compare and contrast the different approaches to similar (though notably different) product. I do like Hasbro hitting the major properties regularly and the general sense they're trying to serve everyone. Maybe they have more people involved in the character selection process? I guess I just find this stuff fascinating. I think you could do a compelling Daredevil, or street level, assortment but since we just had something like that in 75 it seems unlikely.

True, the number of figures they're releasing right now is insane.

I doubt minimates influenced ML much, and considering the price difference for each figure I think the BAF prices are okay (though so far ML BAFs are a bigger draw), but I think I rambled on and didn't make my point. Right now if you're a Spider-Man fan you know you will get at least a wave of MLs each year. Same for Avengers and X-Men fans. Even cosmic fans can expect to see a few characters when a GotG movie comes out. I think that kind of predictability is a great thing for fans.

This discussion makes me a little envious of Marvel Legends collectors. Hasbro has done an excellent job the past five years alternating among different parts of the Marvel Universe that no matter what you're into you're likely to be interested in a few figures over the course of a year and just about anything seems possible. MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four, and even Cosmic characters are all in the mix. I don't want to make it sound like DST has done a bad job on that front at all, I've just found myself more consistently impressed with many of the ML lineups. That's probably biased because they've made excellent figures of a few characters I'm very interested in that DST hasn't, and doesn't seem likely to. Of course DST has also made a number of excellent minimates that don't have MLs.

Despite loving LOTR I've never paid much attention to the minimates. I'm pretty impressed with how well-designed many of those are.

It's an excellent minimate of the Avengers version of the costume but the boots and gloves are wrong compared to Cassday's art. If they did a wave like this, which I would definitely buy, I'd want Wolverine included. Not that it's likely they'd leave him out. The only prediction I would make is that it's not going to be Guardians of the Galaxy or 90's X-Factor, though I would like those very much.

You may be right about that, I think there's a chance some significant portion of minimate collectors are more price sensitive than many of us would think. I know I'm always surprised at how many people on here regularly skip comic waves or individual packs because they don't think there's enough value there for the characters they want.

I'm a bit concerned about that as well. Maybe it's my imagination but it seems like the LCS waves haven't had the budget that the TRU and Walgreens waves have over the past year or two. If another retailer doesn't pick up some of the slack Marvel minimates might not be near as impressive.

It is the next wave coming out, with the exception of the in limbo TRU 26, so it's not unreasonable to expect to hear something about 77. It does seem like not knowing so many waves out happens more frequently than it used to though.

I already have a tough time pulling the trigger on boxsets at $24.99 though part of that is because it seems like an unnecessary (Does anyone but DST charge more when they pack more figures together?) markup. I might be able to go up another dollar but I think I would become more selective very quickly.

Definitely too small for minimates then but I might have to pick one up for my MB figures.

I don't suppose anyone has picked up the Nano Scene light up display case? It would be cool for displaying minimates but I assume each space would be just a bit too small to work.

Fifty quatloos says it's not Trek.

Works better than I would have thought. I seem to remember someone taking pictures of one of the other sets and it seemed smaller. Thanks for taking some pics.

The relics might make a cool theme for a wave. Each pack could come with a relic and appropriately-themed characters.

Shane Black is the only reason I'd expect think this movie might possibly be decent. The trailer definitely didn't hook me.

If the vote was interpreted correctly that would be great but it would just be seen as less interest in movie assortments.

Walton Goggins is playing a villain too, right? It looked like he was wearing a suit in the trailer and DST does love to get a character in a suit in the lineup.