Mini Comic Wave 2

Misfit said:

both literally cost Hasbro pennies which makes me think they have some unofficial rule about just how much stuff they're allowed to include with one of these. It might not be a case of "Making this extra hand puts us three cents over the budget" and more "we're not giving this character two heads, three sets of hands, and fire effects - that's too much." It got cut somewhere, marketing probably isn't even informed, and you get what you get.

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I think this as well. Lately GIJ Classified had a similar issue, where one accessory-loaded figure came with a pistol holster that holds a silencer but didn't come with a silencer. Another figure coming out around the same time came with a silencer but nowhere to store it. Just a hunch but I considered it the lead guy's way of saying, "this is the best I can do." Just imagining how much worse the ML team has it with Disney involved is enough to make my head spin.

What I don't get, why did they give BW fists + splayed hands, with no gripping hands, and not just do that with Rachel Summers? Very clear that whoever made that decision has no idea what their customers want.

I also find the comic book as a feature strange because they'll throw in Cyclops optic blasts in several varieties, or loads of guns and effects. I know Rachel has the huge new wings, and Surfer has the board, and Beast is new, surely the two hands can't have been a deal breaker after eking the Widow reuse.

I genuinely think the most likely explanation is a mistake/miscommunication between prototyping and product - or, it's at least as plausible as some bean counter stepping in and taking things away from the product at the last minute.

Do the minicomic waves actually come with fewer hands than a normal wave? It seems more the exception that someone gets 3 sets of hands, rather than the rule. Which itself is silly, because the hands are miniscule and add a lot of expression to any figure, but it's pretty standard across the line.

vicious said:

What I don't get, why did they give BW fists + splayed hands, with no gripping hands, and not just do that with Rachel Summers? Very clear that whoever made that decision has no idea what their customers want.

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Hands are hard. Like rocket-science-hard. Remember when they did Squirrel Girl with a moped? And they gave us fists and splayed hands? But which hands would have been really useful in HOLDING THE HANDLE BARS OF THE MOPED SHE COMES WITH SO SHE DOESN'T FALL OFF? Poor Todd is over there wondering if Superman should have two fists or one fist and one trigger hand.

I don't know if these toy designers are cut out to make these hard decisions. I mean, I wouldn't give my kindergartener my third grader's math homework. I'd be setting her up for failure. Let's cut these poor souls some slack. Hands are hard.

As an illustrator, will cosign.