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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:46 pm

Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.

To me it just seems unnecessary since we just got her with the winter soldier line and she's still being regularly stocked in my area. Her costume hasn't really changed that much through the movies either.

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Postby CptWhizbang » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:07 pm

wonderful217 wrote:
Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.

To me it just seems unnecessary since we just got her with the winter soldier line and she's still being regularly stocked in my area. Her costume hasn't really changed that much through the movies either.


Between her costume and her hair, her appearance has changed more than Thor's has but you don't see anyone saying he doesn't deserve a new figure
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby CptWhizbang » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:19 pm

Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.


I'll try to keep this simple.

Funko's consumer base is not the little boy/young male consumer base that Hasbro claims only buys male figures. POPs appear to be the most commonly purchased MCU merchandise by adult female fans of the movies. Therefore many of these fans have been eagerly awaking the AoU POPs. So when the glams came out and people found out that Black Widow is the only Avenger to be excluded from the line, they were p*** off. It would have been one thing if Hawkeye hadn't been included, or Thor, or Hulk. But to include every male Avenger and not the one female Avenger p*** off a lot of people who had been planning on buying them.
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:54 pm

CptWhizbang wrote:
wonderful217 wrote:
Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.

To me it just seems unnecessary since we just got her with the winter soldier line and she's still being regularly stocked in my area. Her costume hasn't really changed that much through the movies either.


Between her costume and her hair, her appearance has changed more than Thor's has but you don't see anyone saying he doesn't deserve a new figure

I never said Thor did deserve a new mold, but obviously obviously the main 4 are going to get new pops. Also keep in mind that Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Cap are all retired, but Black Widow is still regularly stocked so for new collectors they are able to get the whole crew even if they're not all in the same line.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wraithkelso » Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:00 pm

CptWhizbang wrote:
Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.


I'll try to keep this simple.

Funko's consumer base is not the little boy/young male consumer base that Hasbro claims only buys male figures. POPs appear to be the most commonly purchased MCU merchandise by adult female fans of the movies. Therefore many of these fans have been eagerly awaking the AoU POPs. So when the glams came out and people found out that Black Widow is the only Avenger to be excluded from the line, they were p*** off. It would have been one thing if Hawkeye hadn't been included, or Thor, or Hulk. But to include every male Avenger and not the one female Avenger p*** off a lot of people who had been planning on buying them.


well actually they skipped 2 female and 1 male Avenger in Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver, and they also skipped arguably 1 of the most popular characters in Nick Fury, as well as Maria Hill. I'm honestly more upset by the twins being excluded than Black Widow. But that is because I don't buy multiple of the characters in my collection
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby Annabelle » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:28 pm

The term "main 4" keeps popping up.. You realise that in the MCU, BW was on the team before they were?

Either way, fans would buy more merch if it was available. It's a real shame Funko didn't include her in the first AoU wave.. but hopefully they'll bring her out in wave 2 - with the twins :)
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby Jango_Fresh » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:34 pm

As a collector, I am very happy we got her in with the Cap2 series after not getting her with the original avengers set. That said, I am happy to be getting hawkeye this time around after not getting with the original series. If someone asked who would I want more, Vision all new to the pop world, or a second black widow. Would vote for vision every time.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:48 pm

Annabelle wrote:The term "main 4" keeps popping up.. You realise that in the MCU, BW was on the team before they were?

Either way, fans would buy more merch if it was available. It's a real shame Funko didn't include her in the first AoU wave.. but hopefully they'll bring her out in wave 2 - with the twins :)

Lol yes, by main 4 I just meant by popularity, Iron man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America are the big ones.

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Postby CptWhizbang » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:54 am

Another article:
Funko’s Avengers: Age of Ultron Line Brings All the Boys to the Yard — But Just the Boys
http://comicsalliance.com/funkos-avenge ... tron-toys/
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby BlueberryWaffles » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:46 am

Favorite quote from the article:
Scarlet Witch is also absent, though the lack of a figure for her twin brother Quicksilver slightly lessens the frustration of her exclusion.
So just because that one of the twins is male, you're going to ignore the two characters that actually needed Pops now because they won't get their own movie? You would rather have yet ANOTHER Black Widow, with slightly curlier hair? Really?
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby pepsiracer24 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:51 am

The Twins are coming. I don't know why everyone is worried they weren't there in first wave lol

BW meh, her outfit hasn't changed. Unless they paint the blue lines on her. That's about it.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:55 am

pepsiracer24 wrote:The Twins are coming. I don't know why everyone is worried they weren't there in first wave lol

BW meh, her outfit hasn't changed. Unless they paint the blue lines on her. That's about it.

That's what I keep thinking lol. There will most likely be a second wave since someone already found the twins in the Barnes & Noble computer system. It will probably come closer to the movie in May. I'm hoping for the white and blue ultron suit as well.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby pepsiracer24 » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:50 pm

So after the Daredevil trailer today, what's the ETA on Daredevil Pop's? lol - I want that and Agent Carter ones!

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Postby philipali » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:38 pm

I want a GITD Daredevil..For sure, a lot of variants will be available
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Postby PWN3R » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:55 pm

Daredevil trailer was beyond glorious awe inducing ahghfksgorbr
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby CptWhizbang » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:44 am

BlueberryWaffles wrote: You would rather have yet ANOTHER Black Widow, with slightly curlier hair? Really?


wonderful217 wrote:I never said Thor did deserve a new mold, but obviously obviously the main 4 are going to get new pops. Also keep in mind that Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Cap are all retired, but Black Widow is still regularly stocked so for new collectors they are able to get the whole crew even if they're not all in the same line.


YES. YES THEY WOULD.

And they don’t care that you can still find the CA:TWS POP in the stores. You wanna know why?

Because they already own it.

For many many female MCU fans that toy is literally the only piece of Black Widow merchandising they have been able to find in the stores, and therefore is the only thing they own for her. So yeah, if Thor and Cap can get new paint jobs, then there is no reason why Black Widow can get some blue paint and a new head sculpt. And don’t give me the ‘big four’ argument. We are not talking about toys marketed to 8-12 year old boys & their parents. We are talking about toys meant for adults and so you either got to do the big four or all six because since these toys aren’t meant for little boys and aren’t meant solely for the direct market, that means you’re going to have a whole lot more consumers paying attention to you as a company and are going to be more vocal when you exclude the only female member of the team and it means you’re going to get negative press for it.

Listen I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a Vision figure. I’m just saying that they should have waited to include him in Wave 2. All they would have had to do is release all six Avengers and Ultron and instead of articles calling Funko out, we’d have articles about how great Funko is compared to the other toy companies.
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wraithkelso » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:06 am

CptWhizbang wrote:
BlueberryWaffles wrote: You would rather have yet ANOTHER Black Widow, with slightly curlier hair? Really?


wonderful217 wrote:I never said Thor did deserve a new mold, but obviously obviously the main 4 are going to get new pops. Also keep in mind that Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Cap are all retired, but Black Widow is still regularly stocked so for new collectors they are able to get the whole crew even if they're not all in the same line.


YES. YES THEY WOULD.

And they don’t care that you can still find the CA:TWS POP in the stores. You wanna know why?

Because they already own it.

For many many female MCU fans that toy is literally the only piece of Black Widow merchandising they have been able to find in the stores, and therefore is the only thing they own for her. So yeah, if Thor and Cap can get new paint jobs, then there is no reason why Black Widow can get some blue paint and a new head sculpt. And don’t give me the ‘big four’ argument. We are not talking about toys marketed to 8-12 year old boys & their parents. We are talking about toys meant for adults and so you either got to do the big four or all six because since these toys aren’t meant for little boys and aren’t meant solely for the direct market, that means you’re going to have a whole lot more consumers paying attention to you as a company and are going to be more vocal when you exclude the only female member of the team and it means you’re going to get negative press for it.

Listen I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a Vision figure. I’m just saying that they should have waited to include him in Wave 2. All they would have had to do is release all six Avengers and Ultron and instead of articles calling Funko out, we’d have articles about how great Funko is compared to the other toy companies.


Are these same people complaining that there is no Maria Hill or Scarlet Witch coming with AoU? How about complaining that we haven't gotten Peggy Carter announced but by this time last year we knew Caulson was coming? The article I read only mentioned the 2 Avengers, and neither agent of SSR/SHIELD, and dismissed Scarlet Witch's exclusion because Quicksilver was also left out. If we look at the characters context, yes Black Widow has now been in 4 MCU movies (only one less then Iron Man, and more then Thor or Cap). Also, were these ladies complaining about her exclusion of the original Avengers? Because I remember when that movie came out there were little to no things with her or Hawkeye.

As far as a "wave 2" we all need to remember that Brian/Funko have not said anything that would hint that we are getting a wave 2, the only 2 movies that gave a second wave (from Marvel) were Thor TDW, and now Guardians of the Galaxy. Now if second waves are becoming a thing I ask 2 questions 1) why not just have a larger initial dump instead, and 2) how would it be decided who to include in each wave?

As for Age of Ultron, personally I would much rather see new characters made into Pop then repeats, unless in the case of Iron Man, they look significantly different (the Mark 43 and Hulkbuster don't look like the Mark 7 nor the Mark 42). My ideal Age of Ultron set would have been Hulkbuster 6", Hulk 6", Ultron, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, & Maria Hill.
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Postby nico247 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:34 am

wraithkelso wrote:
CptWhizbang wrote:
BlueberryWaffles wrote: You would rather have yet ANOTHER Black Widow, with slightly curlier hair? Really?


wonderful217 wrote:I never said Thor did deserve a new mold, but obviously obviously the main 4 are going to get new pops. Also keep in mind that Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Cap are all retired, but Black Widow is still regularly stocked so for new collectors they are able to get the whole crew even if they're not all in the same line.


YES. YES THEY WOULD.

And they don’t care that you can still find the CA:TWS POP in the stores. You wanna know why?

Because they already own it.

For many many female MCU fans that toy is literally the only piece of Black Widow merchandising they have been able to find in the stores, and therefore is the only thing they own for her. So yeah, if Thor and Cap can get new paint jobs, then there is no reason why Black Widow can get some blue paint and a new head sculpt. And don’t give me the ‘big four’ argument. We are not talking about toys marketed to 8-12 year old boys & their parents. We are talking about toys meant for adults and so you either got to do the big four or all six because since these toys aren’t meant for little boys and aren’t meant solely for the direct market, that means you’re going to have a whole lot more consumers paying attention to you as a company and are going to be more vocal when you exclude the only female member of the team and it means you’re going to get negative press for it.

Listen I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a Vision figure. I’m just saying that they should have waited to include him in Wave 2. All they would have had to do is release all six Avengers and Ultron and instead of articles calling Funko out, we’d have articles about how great Funko is compared to the other toy companies.


Are these same people complaining that there is no Maria Hill or Scarlet Witch coming with AoU? How about complaining that we haven't gotten Peggy Carter announced but by this time last year we knew Caulson was coming? The article I read only mentioned the 2 Avengers, and neither agent of SSR/SHIELD, and dismissed Scarlet Witch's exclusion because Quicksilver was also left out. If we look at the characters context, yes Black Widow has now been in 4 MCU movies (only one less then Iron Man, and more then Thor or Cap). Also, were these ladies complaining about her exclusion of the original Avengers? Because I remember when that movie came out there were little to no things with her or Hawkeye.

As far as a "wave 2" we all need to remember that Brian/Funko have not said anything that would hint that we are getting a wave 2, the only 2 movies that gave a second wave (from Marvel) were Thor TDW, and now Guardians of the Galaxy. Now if second waves are becoming a thing I ask 2 questions 1) why not just have a larger initial dump instead, and 2) how would it be decided who to include in each wave?

As for Age of Ultron, personally I would much rather see new characters made into Pop then repeats, unless in the case of Iron Man, they look significantly different (the Mark 43 and Hulkbuster don't look like the Mark 7 nor the Mark 42). My ideal Age of Ultron set would have been Hulkbuster 6", Hulk 6", Ultron, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, & Maria Hill.





You have to consider the fact that not everyone could get hold of the old versions of the Big Four. Still, if GOTG got to have a second wave of figures who's to say Avengers 2 cant get that? Maybe its because of licensing stuff that they had to separate the entire thing into two waves. Why would they have to delay the "approved" figures for the sake of the unapproved ones? They have to make it just in time for the film when people are clamoring for merch.
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby doao » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:05 pm

PWN3R wrote:Daredevil trailer was beyond glorious awe inducing ahghfksgorbr


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Postby opopssum » Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:40 pm

CptWhizbang wrote:
wonderful217 wrote:
Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.

To me it just seems unnecessary since we just got her with the winter soldier line and she's still being regularly stocked in my area. Her costume hasn't really changed that much through the movies either.


Between her costume and her hair, her appearance has changed more than Thor's has but you don't see anyone saying he doesn't deserve a new figure



it wouldn't be as weird if they weren't making the ENTIRE team minus her, if one or two were left off including her, not as bad but the only one missing black widow WTH.
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Postby wonderful217 » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:38 pm

opopssum wrote:
CptWhizbang wrote:
wonderful217 wrote:
Jango_Fresh wrote:I don't understand why people would be mad there is no BW for AoU.

I always understood that female comic characters were a harder sell toy wise, since main target was young males.

Also, it's not like funko is NOT making female characters, the fact we got Mystique, and getting Nebula is pretty awesome.

To me it just seems unnecessary since we just got her with the winter soldier line and she's still being regularly stocked in my area. Her costume hasn't really changed that much through the movies either.


Between her costume and her hair, her appearance has changed more than Thor's has but you don't see anyone saying he doesn't deserve a new figure



it wouldn't be as weird if they weren't making the ENTIRE team minus her, if one or two were left off including her, not as bad but the only one missing black widow WTH.

Nick Fury, Rhodes/War Machine, the Twins, Maria Hill are all missing, and we don't know if/when Coulson might pop back up in the movies so it's not like they're leaving out Black Widow and making everyone else. I really think it's just a matter of releasing 2 separate waves instead of releasing 10 characters all at once.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby CptWhizbang » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:31 am

wraithkelso wrote:
Are these same people complaining that there is no Maria Hill or Scarlet Witch coming with AoU? How about complaining that we haven't gotten Peggy Carter announced but by this time last year we knew Caulson was coming? The article I read only mentioned the 2 Avengers, and neither agent of SSR/SHIELD, and dismissed Scarlet Witch's exclusion because Quicksilver was also left out. If we look at the characters context, yes Black Widow has now been in 4 MCU movies (only one less then Iron Man, and more then Thor or Cap). Also, were these ladies complaining about her exclusion of the original Avengers? Because I remember when that movie came out there were little to no things with her or Hawkeye.

As far as a "wave 2" we all need to remember that Brian/Funko have not said anything that would hint that we are getting a wave 2, the only 2 movies that gave a second wave (from Marvel) were Thor TDW, and now Guardians of the Galaxy. Now if second waves are becoming a thing I ask 2 questions 1) why not just have a larger initial dump instead, and 2) how would it be decided who to include in each wave?

As for Age of Ultron, personally I would much rather see new characters made into Pop then repeats, unless in the case of Iron Man, they look significantly different (the Mark 43 and Hulkbuster don't look like the Mark 7 nor the Mark 42). My ideal Age of Ultron set would have been Hulkbuster 6", Hulk 6", Ultron, Vision, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye, & Maria Hill.


Wow, so apparently unless some dude at a comic book website writes about it, all the complaint on Tumblr and Twitter don't exist to you.

Yes, people were angry when she didn't get a POP for the first movie. People were furious at Hasbro, Funko, and Diamond Selects because there was nothing. Yeah Hawkeye didn't get a POP, but he got a Mini Mugg, multiple Hasbro figures, the Walmart 6' exclusive, and a Marvel Selects figure. Black Widow got a single 3.75 figure from Hasbro that was short packed and was selling for five times the retail price on ebay.

Yes, people are angry that Scarlet Witch had not been announced yet, although it tends to be from people who are comic book readers. MCU-only fans have no attachment to either Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver yet. If it's anything like CA:TWS, most people won't care that they aren't included until the movie comes out, and then will want to buy the POPs for them. (Of course we already know there will be POPs for people to buy while we're still waiting for a Falcon POP to be released but that's a different rant.)

Is there anyone demanding a Maria Hill POP? No, not really. People definitely want one, but look at it this way - if it's this hard to get a POP for the MCU's top superheroine, what are the chances we'll get a figure for a non-superhero supporting female character?

Oh my god yes do people want a Agent Carter POP. Did you ever see this tweet? https://twitter.com/LyndsyMFonseca/stat ... 9104378880
But see the issues above: for many MCU fans - who are not toy collectors. You have to remember this, they buy all the POPs for their favorite characters but. They are not toy collectors. - it appears that Funko could care less about putting out a figure for the most important female character in the MCU. If Black Widow can't even get a POP for AoU, then what is the point of asking for a Peggy Carter POP, a Maria HIll POP, or a Melinda May POP?
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Postby wraithkelso » Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:13 am

CptWhizbang wrote:Wow, so apparently unless some dude at a comic book website writes about it, all the complaint on Tumblr and Twitter don't exist to you.

Yes, people were angry when she didn't get a POP for the first movie. People were furious at Hasbro, Funko, and Diamond Selects because there was nothing. Yeah Hawkeye didn't get a POP, but he got a Mini Mugg, multiple Hasbro figures, the Walmart 6' exclusive, and a Marvel Selects figure. Black Widow got a single 3.75 figure from Hasbro that was short packed and was selling for five times the retail price on ebay.

Yes, people are angry that Scarlet Witch had not been announced yet, although it tends to be from people who are comic book readers. MCU-only fans have no attachment to either Scarlet Witch or Quicksilver yet. If it's anything like CA:TWS, most people won't care that they aren't included until the movie comes out, and then will want to buy the POPs for them. (Of course we already know there will be POPs for people to buy while we're still waiting for a Falcon POP to be released but that's a different rant.)

Is there anyone demanding a Maria Hill POP? No, not really. People definitely want one, but look at it this way - if it's this hard to get a POP for the MCU's top superheroine, what are the chances we'll get a figure for a non-superhero supporting female character?

Oh my god yes do people want a Agent Carter POP. Did you ever see this tweet? https://twitter.com/LyndsyMFonseca/stat ... 9104378880
But see the issues above: for many MCU fans - who are not toy collectors. You have to remember this, they buy all the POPs for their favorite characters but. They are not toy collectors. - it appears that Funko could care less about putting out a figure for the most important female character in the MCU. If Black Widow can't even get a POP for AoU, then what is the point of asking for a Peggy Carter POP, a Maria HIll POP, or a Melinda May POP?


When I was at the store yesterday we actually were talking about this very subject, and we came to this conclusion:

People are too interested in instant gratification in our internet age, we are confident that they will make these characters but in the second wave. We looked at the wave 2 from Thor and Guardians and saw characters that otherwise wouldn't be getting figures (Lady Sif, Heimdall, Collector, Nebula, Yondu) and determined that we not only got 2 extra female characters that way, but that we otherwise probably wouldn't have ever seen them get made.

And I too am primarily an MCU fan, I didn't care for Marvel until the first Iron Man came out, and I didn't start collecting Marvel figures at all until after Disney bought them. I only have a little knowledge about the comics outside of Guardians of the Galaxy and (now) Star Wars. But as a Pop collector I only go for characters I like, but I don't get multiples of them unless the outfit is significantly different (like both Belles or the various Mickeys). But even at that I would prefer to see them make the new characters over old ones. And how would you feel if they didn't change the mold for Black Widow (because her outfit has been the same for 3 movies in a row), and just relabeled the box to be Ultron like what they did to the Muppets when their newest movie came out? I'm including a picture of about 1/3 of my collection.
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Also, I'm definitely not a toy collector, as you'll notice in the picture the only toys I have on that unit are Pops, everything else is from the art gallery stores at Disneyland.

Its 5 am so I can't really think of more areas I can go in this right now as I'm very tired lol, but suffice it to say that while I can get why the female fans might want more Black Widow, I can also see many arguments against that I would say are just as valid
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby Annabelle » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:40 pm

I'd totally buy a new head sculpt on repainted old Black Widow body!

Anyway......
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I'm happy to see that Melinda May is joining the SHIELD line!! \:D/
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Postby wraithkelso » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:16 pm

Annabelle wrote:I'd totally buy a new head sculpt on repainted old Black Widow body!

Anyway......
Spoiler: show
I'm happy to see that Melinda May is joining the SHIELD line!! \:D/


wait, where did you see this??
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby icechaichana » Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:50 pm

wraithkelso wrote:
Annabelle wrote:I'd totally buy a new head sculpt on repainted old Black Widow body!

Anyway......
Spoiler: show
I'm happy to see that Melinda May is joining the SHIELD line!! \:D/


wait, where did you see this??


she's in the Toy Fair 2015 Catalog
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Postby funkystark » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:33 am

She looks great, not that I've seen those pics :)

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Postby Coulsonsss » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:09 am

She looks totally freaking awesome and I'm so excited for the potential of this line
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But you know, not like I saw a picture or anything like that. ;-)
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby RHYDA32 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 3:51 am

in the end of the day funko is a business. and the fact is... the founding members of the avengers make the most money. and im certain that if funko had its way they would make all the characters in the mcu because they make a great effort in pleasing their customers. i.e fundays, fdo's, and random contests where brian gives out free protos.

so if they left some characters out i believe its because they only have limited slots and they have to pick carefully on what they are going to make. so they pick the faces of the avengers: ironman, thor, hulk, cap... the villian: ultron and new characters from the movie hawkeye and vision.

black widow unfortunately gets the shaft because i agree like most people that there was a recent pop of her, her outfit didn't really change all that much and female pops just don't sell as well. yes, i understand that many adult female fans collect pops and is not aimed at 12 year old boys but the truth of the matter is... that group go is fiending over more black widow pops is a small perectage compared to the people who are buying pops as a whole. would i like to see a black widow pop for aou? no but thats cause i don't collect duplicates. so cut funko and brian some slack and just enjoy what they put out. after all, these are just collectibles and we are entitled of nothing.

p.s no disrespect to those who want another black widow pop, this is just my thought process on why there isn't one thats all.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby Xacrifar » Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:04 am

Just my 2 cents. When I started collecting Pops, I made a rule stating that I would not buy duplicates of a characters UNLESS there's a huge change in his/her appearance. I missed out on collecting the original Avengers Pops hence I will be getting the Avengers 2 lineup instead.

Whenever Avengers 3/Iron Man 4/Thor 3/Captain America 3 is out, I will probably not buy those characters again. That said, I do hope Funko does release an updated Black Widow for the Avengers 2. Otherwise, my only choice in creating a complete Avengers set is to acquire the "Winter Soldier Black Widow" Pop.

GOTG received a wave 2 and Avengers is way more popular in my opinion. Hence I believe wave 2 for Avengers 2 is highly likely :D
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby Jeggy » Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:20 am

icechaichana wrote:
wraithkelso wrote:
Annabelle wrote:I'd totally buy a new head sculpt on repainted old Black Widow body!

Anyway......
Spoiler: show
I'm happy to see that Melinda May is joining the SHIELD line!! \:D/


wait, where did you see this??


she's in the Toy Fair 2015 Catalog


Do you have a link? I can't find one.

Edit: Never mind. I found it.
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 11:33 am

Well now that Spider-Man will be joining the MCU, most likely Captain America 3, I'm sure he's another pop that will be made in place of another Black Widow #-o

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Postby wraithkelso » Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:42 pm

wonderful217 wrote:Well now that Spider-Man will be joining the MCU, most likely Captain America 3, I'm sure he's another pop that will be made in place of another Black Widow #-o


I think the only 2 guaranteed characters (at least in my book) we'll get for Civil War are Cap and Stark. I'm hoping we also get Falcon and Black Panther, but I don't know who all will be in the movie
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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Jan 29th)

Postby wonderful217 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:13 pm

wraithkelso wrote:
wonderful217 wrote:Well now that Spider-Man will be joining the MCU, most likely Captain America 3, I'm sure he's another pop that will be made in place of another Black Widow #-o


I think the only 2 guaranteed characters (at least in my book) we'll get for Civil War are Cap and Stark. I'm hoping we also get Falcon and Black Panther, but I don't know who all will be in the movie

Right but since he will be appearing in a MCU movie before his solo movie in 2017, there are only 3 options: Guardians 2, Doctor Strange, and Cap 3. Considering he had a big role in the Civil War comic line, that would make the most sense.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Feb 11th)

Postby RBeato » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:44 am

There needs to be a Ultron Metallic exclusive

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Postby pepsiracer24 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:46 pm

Anyone else bummed that there's no Marvel at Toy Fair so far today besides the Pop! Home mugs?

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Feb 11th)

Postby brian017 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:51 pm

I've been holding off on getting any Marvel as I don't really like the Bobble Heads (don't have any yet). How do you guys find them compared to the regular Pops?

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Feb 11th)

Postby pepsiracer24 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:02 pm

brian017 wrote:I've been holding off on getting any Marvel as I don't really like the Bobble Heads (don't have any yet). How do you guys find them compared to the regular Pops?



They don't bother me. Only because Marvel is all I collect. I do have the Man of Steel Superman and Arkham Batman's that are normal and I kinda like the bobble's. Only bummer is when a head is tilted like my BW Pop, can't seem to fix it. But otherwise it's good.

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Re: Marvel POP! Updates Thread 2015 (Updated Feb 11th)

Postby pepsiracer24 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:10 pm

Pulled this from IG mayhemtoyz

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