Marvel replaces Black Widow with Captain America for its toy line

Caroline Siede 2:53 am Fri May 15, 2015

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One of the coolest moments in Avengers: Age Of Ultron features Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow dropping out of a Quinjet on a motorcycle before cruising off to kick some ass.

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For its toy line, however, Marvel decided that moment would be a little cooler if a dude did it. So the Hasbro and Lego Quinjet toys put Captain America on the motorcycle instead of Widow.

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Meanwhile the Mattel version features Iron Man for some reason.

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In other words, not only is Black Widow ridiculously underrepresented in Avengers merchandise—she’s also actively erased from her own scenes. Well done Marvel.

[h/t The A.V. Club]

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