I hope Marvel understands Gambit is popular i.e. Hasbro incident
A few weeks ago I had mentioned snatching a Hasbro Gambit from a boy/and his father out of the two choices they had at a comic store. And how months later I saw the Xmen97 Gambit figure about four of them at the Gamestop mall. So I made another trip to that mall two weeks later (today). They are all sold out. But I did see plenty of Wolverines and Cables still there.
I've never liked the consensus over the decades that Gambit is unlikeable and unpopular to the Marvel editors/producers. I wanted them to get over their pettiness if the reasoning was jealousy. The latest X-Men Film Screenwriter says his favorite is Gambit so that's a plus. Note: I will rue the day Tim Seely if he ever gets promoted. I didn't think he was that much of a fan given how he wrote Remy in the winter swimsuit issue. Also him saying how much he loves Shadowcat and Colossus, so he could eventually split Romy out of spite since they took Kitty/Piotr's wedding! Even Duggan was put on a tight leash as his latest foray into writing Gambit in that Godzilla vs XMen issue was.....safe? (Did Brevoort yell at him? LOL)