What IF...you know you gotta look

[bizzaro megomauler]

IF Marvel retro 8" surface, who do you want to see first? Odds are they will go series of six, and you know the first 3 hereoes will be Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Hulk, though Cap may replace HUlk, so what are the ficticious lineups?
Spidey-Doc Ock
Hulk-Abomination
Iron man-Mandiran?

Go ahead folks give them wave 2 since wave 1 is a given

Captain america-Red Skull
Thor-Loki
Wolverine-Magneto

They would be my guesses

[LadyZod]

Spidey-Venom (SDCC exclusive Black suit Spidey)
Iron-Man-Whiplash
Thor-Loki
Captain America-Winter Soldier

[Cmonster]

Silver Surfer, Werewolf by Night, Luke Cage, Iron fist, Vision and Scarlet Witch.

SC

[Random Axe]

I htink Marvel/Hasbro is going to take a wait and see period before green-lighting a project. Sure there are numerous 8-inch lines due this year, but none are guaranteed even a little success. However, if sales are strong, I really think you'll see them enter the mosh pit.

Marvel will go with their first-stringers right out of the gate, no doubt.

Spider-Man/Goblin
Wolverine/Sabretooth
Captain America
Iron Man

Or something like that.

Those aren't necessarily the ones I want, but they'd work for me. I'd prefer a more diverse and visually pleasing line, but I'm selfish.

Daredevil/Bullseye
Iron Fist/Luke Cage two pack
Vision
Hawkeye

I really don't know that you need a bunch of villains given the fates poor Sinestro and Luthor now share on the pegs. Kids will just have them battle giant robots or dinosaurs. Action Jackson didn't have an arch enemy.

I'd really like to see a Marvel line to counter-balance the Mattel offering and actually have the two companies competing. I think that would being ou the best in their creative teams and bring us a higher quality we come to expect.

Scott

[Meule]

Mattel's wave 2 hasn't even hit the shelves, nor any of the other upcoming lines (Lost, Dexter, Universal monsters, ...), so it is waaaaayyyyyyy too soon yet to tell whether this new Mego era will indeed be a succes. Therefor Hasbro won't release any Marvels in this format any time soon

[thunderbolt]

I think they will spread the big names out like Mattel has done with DC's big 3.

[huedell]

I really don't know that you need a bunch of villains given the fates poor Sinestro and Luthor now share on the pegs.

Other than that the heroes are selling better than Lex/Sinestro
have reports really been all that "poor" on 'em??? As it is, it seems no
surprise to those "in charge/in the know" that the heroes are selling better.

[bizzaro megomauler]

bah! look at the signature series figs, the shelf warmer...Daredevil, and Iron spider-man. The really nice villains went quick!

[Timothy2251]

In a perfect world, IF Hasbro decides to follow Mattel's lead on Retro heroes (and, of course, IF they also do what Mattel did and consult with Dr. Mego on bodies, suits, etc.), I'm assuming three waves per year and each hero would have an arch enemy.

Also, since the idea is to go Retro, I'd assume we'd get classic looks for the characters (no movie or recent looking costumes from the comics... at least not yet, unless the line takes off). Here are my predictions:

Wave 1
Spider-Man and Green Goblin
Wolverine and Sabretooth
Iron Man and Mandarin

Reasoning: Spidey, Wolverine, and Iron Man are locks at this point, as they are the freshest Marvel characters in terms of exposure via movies, cartoons, and video games outside of comics at this point in time. The villains are their arch-enemies, of course, but all three of the bad guys have pretty interesting costumes as well. Bonus points would go to the Mandarin if Hasbro could do something re: his rings (glow in the dark paint?). Iron Man would be the classic red and gold armor Mego did originally.

Wave Two

Captain America and Red Skull
Thor and Loki
Hulk and Abomination

Reasoning: This wave would pretty much wrap up the current slate of active Marvel movie properties, as well as finish the heavy hitters of the Avengers. A nice bonus would be pack-in figures of Ant-Man and Wasp to any of the Avenger characters, maybe done as 3.75" figures - say throw in Wasp with Thor, or Ant-Man with Iron Man. They could also be Hasbro.com exclusives or mail-away figures, too.

Wave Three (X-Men)

Cyclops and Magneto
Storm and Mystique
Colossus and Juggernaut

Reasoning: Hasbro would likely run an X-Men only line of figures at some point, so Wave Three would be where the brand would split. From this point onwards, expect to see TWO figure lines per wave - one X-Men, the other Marvel Superheroes. Two separate lines of Retro Marvel superheroes is one more gooder than one line!

Wave Four A (Fantastic Four)

Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Doom
The Thing and Super Skrull
Human Torch and Invisible Woman

Reasoning: The FF would pretty much round up the top three Marvel super-teams, and the villains I chose are the most dynamic in terms of appearance. Since the FF is a small team to begin with, and us collectors would like to have the team in one trip to the store, I opted to lose a villain to increase the likelihood everyone can get an Invisible Woman figure instead of her being shortpacked.

Wave Four B (X-Men)

Angel and Apocalypse
Iceman and Beast
Nightcrawler and Jean Grey

Reasoning: Likeliest candidates for the next wave of X-Men. With the exception of Professor X and Shadowcat (who'd show up in Wave Five B), you've got the core group of X-men from most incarnations outside of comics.

Wave Five A

Daredevil and Bullseye
Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider
Doctor Strange and Dormammu

Reasoning: Like the FF wave, you'd get an extra hero this time out. This also might be the wave where we start getting vehicles for the figures (can't have Ghost Rider without his motorcycle... it's just not done!). Future waves would see the Punisher, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, etc.

Wave 5 B (X-Men)

Professor X and Shadowcat (w/Lockheed!)
Rogue and Mr. Sinister
Cable and ?

Reasoning: OK, I'm not as big of an X-Men fan as I used to be, so I'm running out of ideas here! Even so, we wrap up most of the best known X-Men on the team with this wave. Future waves would see folks like X-23, Psylocke, and maybe Hasbro can figure out a way to get us a Sentinel.

[Heelz2315]

If I were a betting man, I'd be willing to throw some $ that the Marvel retros come out next summer. It'll be a big tie in with Thor/Captain Am. movies coming out. I wouldn't be shocked to see Thor/andor Captain America in the first wave to capitolize on the movies.

[jimsmegos]

To round out Timothy2251 pairings I'd say for Cable it would be nice to see Bishop

[Hulk]

WHAT IF... You actually gave an idea of the content of the thread instead of wasting out time on a topic already covered recently?

[bizzaro megomauler]

I woulkd completely can any hopes of tons of x men waves, they are not popularly retro enough, and the jean grey would warm the pegs until Cable was supposed to be born. The new hottest characters would have exposure on say Super Hero Squad, or the like. Surfer, Thor, and DR Strange are within the realm of possibility, because they are popular because of super hero squad. Just the facts, the X-men had their heyday in the 90's but don't sell nearly as well to warrant entire waves.

[bizzaro megomauler]

WHAT IF... You actually gave an idea of the content of the thread instead of wasting out time on a topic already covered recently?

never marvel, only DC