Skurge the Executioner BAF Wave

[TheSameIdiot]

I think its a mild handwave to compare Nimrod to Xemnu and Armadillo, but sure... they could release figures that way...

That's fair. My point was more that Nimrod required a unique sculpt, and they didn't think he'd sell on his own. Something they curiously went back on with the new release.

To use your earlier example... your proposed two pack of Enchantress and Executioner forces me to buy the one chatacter from the BaF wave that I didn't need. Instead I was able to add a whole pile of new characters - WBN, Phantom Rider, Warbow, Ai Aipac... and sure I had to buy another Iron Man, but at least it was an armor I didn't have. Enchantress was the ONLY one in that wave that was a rebuy for something I already had a decent version of on my shelf.

I don't want to be forced to buy those figures, especially in a wave that I wouldn't buy anything from otherwise. To me, you're arguing against your own wallet.

If the wave was like:

Spider-Man
Scarlet Spider
Black Cat
Aunt May
Spider-Slayer
The Spot
BAF: Big Wheel

I imagine you wouldn't be as thrilled about having to buy that wave to get a new character. Wouldn't you rather a Big Wheel/Spider-Man two-pack?

We know Hasbro tends to put less popular BAFs in more popular waves and vice versa.

Without the BaF, Phantom Rider and Warbow are definitely not happening.

Are we certain? Francine Frye, the Rose, and Hypno-Hustler were recent single-carded figures.

I think you raise a good point about X-Men/Spider-Man figures versus Avengers figures. I'm not sure how much faith Hasbro has in the Avengers comic brand anymore.