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Originally Posted by ssjgoku22
Is it just me or does it feel like Marvel Legends have been losing steam lately? The hype that we had in the past for previous waves was awesome, but now it seems to be fading for all the current stuff. I dunno, what are your guys' thoughts?
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For me it's the waves focusing on kind of "niche" themes, like AoA, PS4 games, Venomized wave, etc. that have me bored. Just more versions of characters we already have in abundance.
Also, there has been an explosion of exclusives in the past couple years. More than I can keep track of, and it's getting both tiring and expensive. Thankfully a lot of them have been slight repaints/retools of other recent figures, so I've been able to skip some of them, but it still adds to the burnout.
Looking back 5 years at 2015, we got:
- 6 regular waves (3 with 7 figs and 3 with 6 figs) all almost entirely comics-based
- 2 exclusive single/deluxe figures
- 5 exclusive multipacks
Compared to 2020, we got:
- 8 regular waves (4 with 7 figs and 4 with 6 figs)
- 24 exclusive single/deluxe figures
- 5 exclusive multipacks
That's a huge increase in exclusives, and I probably missed a few yet.