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This confirms nothing, I know.
But the fact he doesn't say "too old of a property, limited sales potential" or something like that makes me think we could see a retro style figure at some point. Since those kind of figures are cheap to make AND they don't have to pay for the character since he's public domain.
Would be cool to get an Ultimate. They probably still wouldnt want to spend the money on tooling even if they would save money by not buying the rights