So, these Disney-Marvel figures...

[Mcgorski]

I reckon the next set will be Cap, Hulk, Iron Man & Dr Doom as the ‘new’ one. They made a big deal about introducing RDJ as Dr Doom. Doom was always the Big Bad for Marvel back in the day. It’s a good way to have him established prior to the FF set, which I believe will be the four of them together.

[Makernaut]

The Fantastic Four makes assortments interesting to consider. My first thought was that they would be one set. But, perhaps the FF will be split amongst sets--for example, Reed and Johnny in one set, and Sue and Ben in another. This would drive overall sales instead of cherry-picking.

I was wondering about a split set for FF, as well. The reason being that I am not sure where we are in terms of the different bodies for figures. Does anyone know if there is an issue or delay with female bodies being produced? The reason I wonder is the Super Gals seem to be long overdue and if it's an issue of female body availability, that seems to me that it would delay a Sue Storm figure. And that leads me to wonder if a Hulk/Thing body has been developed for production. Does anyone know where we are with different body types going into production? I try to keep up with the developments, but info seems to be hard for me to find and I'm not sure if that's because I am missing announcements or if there haven't been any updates.

[daveznothere]

I was thinking one per quarter, which should put it sometime in March. However Paul said April in the video with Marth posted not too long ago.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I was thinking a Captain America: Brave New World-themed wave. Maybe a reissue of Cap, Falcon and Hulk and a new figure of The Leader? Or maybe a Red Hulk? The movie drops in mid-February, but I'm not sure when the next Marvel set is due to be released.

[daveznothere]

I can't see the FF coming until wave 3, sometime June/July about the time the movie is coming out. If I had to guess the next wave is Iron Man, Cap,, Hulk and a new one. Hulk, Cap and IM were shown on the boxes on the this first set. I think they tipped their hand knowingly. I also think the FF will be sold as a set of 4, to help promote the film. Disney is clearly setting the tone here and they're masters at marketing.

[wise guy]

Disney sells a lot of Avengers items and I don't see any Fantastic 4 stuff . Disney Avengers items include Dr. Strange, Black Panther, Capt . Marvel along with the rest. Spidey already had 3 villans in set so Venom , Loki, Dr Doom , Sabbretooth, and Magneto are my only wish.

[Mcgorski]

Perhaps they tipped their hand at the next wave by including the Avengers on the Electro box?

[PNGwynne]

I was thinking of Black Panther, too. Surfer would appeal to Mego cost-wise.

A Super-Skrull would be terrific and could utilize already-printed Thing and Human Torch fabrics. Hmmm.........

Annihilus is a favorite of mine but very detailed.

[MRP]

The Fantastic Four makes assortments interesting to consider. My first thought was that they would be one set. But, perhaps the FF will be split amongst sets--for example, Reed and Johnny in one set, and Sue and Ben in another. This would drive overall sales instead of cherry-picking.

That would leave two spots in each set for other characters, so who? Dr. Doom is almost a certainty, it's been discussed for decades--and Mego could reuse the boot and glove molds from Iron Man for Doom.

Sub-Mariner would fit in with FF characters. I assume FF would be a later set(s).

I'd certainly like a classic jumpsuited Red Skull--I figure he might be released with the Captain America reproduction. Along with Falcon?

With the FF movie coming this year, an FF themed set wouldn't surprise me. Silver Surfer, Doom, Galactus are all possibilities to round out a set, though Galactus would be a little short. Panther also debuted in the pages of FF, so could be a possibility in an FF set. Blastaar and Annihilus are far less likely, but a Skrull could be possible.

-M

[PNGwynne]

The Fantastic Four makes assortments interesting to consider. My first thought was that they would be one set. But, perhaps the FF will be split amongst sets--for example, Reed and Johnny in one set, and Sue and Ben in another. This would drive overall sales instead of cherry-picking.

That would leave two spots in each set for other characters, so who? Dr. Doom is almost a certainty, it's been discussed for decades--and Mego could reuse the boot and glove molds from Iron Man for Doom.

Sub-Mariner would fit in with FF characters. I assume FF would be a later set(s).

I'd certainly like a classic jumpsuited Red Skull--I figure he might be released with the Captain America reproduction. Along with Falcon?

[TrekStar]

I’m guessing the next wave won’t be the Fantastic Four, for the simple reason they probably want at least one supervillain in the set.

I would personally like to see the next set include Captain America, Black Panther, Thor and Iron Man, if one of the heroes has to be substituted for a villain, then I think the Red Skull would be a good choice.

or continue the Spider-Man wave, and give us Alter-Ego Peter Parker (with camera) The Vulture, Dr. Octopus and Venom.

But to be honest, I would like to see some of the Avengers included in next wave.

[Tiberiusguy]

Hope it’s not a double post…
I caved and bought a set for $140US +shipping to Canada. It might be one of my last purchases, I’m feeling exclusives fatigue. If the next set is FF w/ new bodied Thing and Sue, maybe.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Happy to report my set came in yesterday. I haven't had a chance to open it, but it looks fantastic. Great job to everyone at Mego who worked on it. I know Andrew Covalt sculpted the Electro head and the bonus Spidey coin, and they look wonderful. I plan on freeing Electro and keeping the other three in their boxes on display, since I have nice original copies of each. I will probalby put the outer box with the back facing out behind my Marvel Megos.

[ODBJBG]

There are still a lot of folks who didn't get and aren't going to get a set of these. I don't think people should be expected to contact a buyer and pay a premium to get something like this, or go to ebay and pay even more. It makes no financial sense for Disney or Mego, even, as they aren't making any additional money this way. These kinks need to be worked out for sure.

I'm sure they'll get this worked out in time. It sure seems like this is more of a logistics issue than anything, given that the parks seem to restock these daily with no issues. Despite whatever has been said, clearly these have not "sold out" but the online allocation was probably far too low and the whole rollout was bungled from the start. Unfortunately this isn't the first time this has happened to Mego (looking at you Topps) but this is much higher stakes and probably much more damaging overall given the popularity of these particular characters.

I wonder what kind of longterm damage is done when stuff like this happens. The amount of people I've seen who've paid a rather significant upcharge to get these through the Disney shoppers is a good sign for the demand for these, but also is a strike against their availability and general amount that people are willing to pay. They're priced pretty fair (especially with coupons) but if you can't actually obtain them at that price but actually have to pay nearly twice that to actually get them... It's not a sustainable model long term.

It will eventually probably be rectified, but again, I do wonder if there won't be some damage done if for no other reason that having these be available on Disney's online store over the holidays, etc would have potentially grown the line, certainly beyond the fanbase of people willing to pay a markup to have personal shoppers buy them.

[Earth 2 Chris]

There are still a lot of folks who didn't get and aren't going to get a set of these. I don't think people should be expected to contact a buyer and pay a premium to get something like this, or go to ebay and pay even more. It makes no financial sense for Disney or Mego, even, as they aren't making any additional money this way. These kinks need to be worked out for sure.