IAmIronMan
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I think you are correct. Looking at releases all the way back to the summer when the last of the coming soon figure came out (Miles Morales), we have 7 figures (Winter Solider, Cable, Boba w/ Throne, Echo, Black Widow, Mech Test Tony, and Bo Katan) out of 30 releases that had new portraits (not a portrait we've seen before) that weren't cartoons (Captain Carter). That's not counting double releases such as the two versions of Boba, Tony etc.I don’t think it’s a shock that the most delayed figures involve head sculpts and that they are delayed probably due to legal issues and/or a lack of painters available in HK, and that is probably due to strict covid restrictions.
And if the latest trend of sideshow being in the know and sending out arriving soon emails continues to be correct, out of the next 4, only one has a portrait (Jesse).
Not sure if it's the painting or the casting that's the bottle neck, but the trend seems to be way more releases without portraits than with.