BAF Waves - Themed or Mixed?

I'm definitely team Eliminate BAFs. $30 a piece is too much to drop on stuff you don't want to get an arm or a torso.

But if they're going to do them, at least a themed wave would seemingly cut down on unwanted buying. If Skurge had come in an all Thor themed wave, I'd have been more likely to want the entire wave versus a modern six armed Spider-man, modern Iron Man, and random Ghost Rider variant that I don't need.
 
Don't forget Volcana! She's still not confirmed and I don't think she's coming blister carded.

Moonstone
Volcana
Alkhema
Diablo
Fixer (give me my Tbolts!)
Maximus

If we have to throw in a heavy hitter, how about Wanda? Modern Wanda, Lore (am I the only one who loves that design?), some other variation and call it evil.

Much as I don't care about Venom, I could be tempted by a Bride of Venom. Especially if it looks like the movie - thought that looked cool, and that's Venom's whole thing. :)
 
I had to look it up. The last BAF wave that I DIDN'T complete was Venompool in 2020. I only bought Morbius and Phage from that wave. Before that it was the Fat Thor wave in 2019 because I skipped Cap and Vision.
 
From this point on considering the price increases, I wonder if the Hasbro team would only make themed BAF waves going forward since it seems the majority of collectors prefer them as opposed to the random red brick waves.
 
I'm not sure they will With BaF concept in play people are incentivized to buy all the figures, even ones they wouldn't buy absent a baf part.

If you make the wave a little eclectic you widen the net of potential customers that want some of the figures. If you make it Avengers only you lose purchases of the X-men guys or whatever.

Obviously they'll do whatever sells best... and they do at least learn some lessons... like no more mixed movie/comic waves...
 
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But on a serious note I did buy my first MCU figure in like 6 years with Born Again Daredevil and he is phenomenal.

Can't wait to buy the black season 2 repaint.
 
I love, love grab-bag waves but if they're keeping BAF as a concept, at the current price point, keep it VERY thematic. I'll happily buy a whole wave of randos if I like them but there really should be consideration for theme going forward for BAFs.

FWIW, back in the older days, I found I always had to buy ONE figure I didn't want for a BAF but at cheaper prices I considered tht one figure the price of getting the figure I did want, like an imperfect two-pack. These days that's an expensive tax on a luxury hobby.
 
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