I don't mind the multiple releases of characters. Like others have said, people have varied tastes, wants, needs, options. AOU was my first Black Widow and Hawkeye. To me, though, those are the best versions of the characters. My favourite versions. My favourite and most iconic Iron Man is the Mark VII. While the newest suits are gorgeous, I will buy the other characters I don't have yet before getting another Iron Man suit. I need a Cap, and missed out on AOU stupidly. So a CW Cap is great news for me! A second Scarlet Witch in a newer outfit is definitely now on my radar as I didn't like the first release. The new War Machine is leaps and bounds the best version yet other than the Mark I WM. It's definitely on my list now too. Falcon, I'll get whatever version I can find for a good price. Vision, well it's a second chance because I doubt I'll have the funds to get the AOU release by the time it rolls around because I HAVE to get the CW Cap and Movie Deadpool before any other figure. Then working towards Mark III WarMachine, Fury, Scarlet Witch, Falcon THEN maybe another Iron Man. There's my Avengers until a version of an existing character or a new character pops in that grabs my attention, but as it stands now, I have at LEAST 6 MCU Hot Toys figures to buy for sure. And I won't have the money to buy them all this year or this particular release, so them releasing different versions of each figure every year is good to a collector like me that has to time the purchases more spread out slow and steady.
J