From a business perspective, all stern cares about is keeping the assembly lines moving. Seems to me that Iron Man VE was a fill in for Mustang that didnt sell too well and chances are VEs will be deployed in a similar fashion in the future. (since sooner or later, you run out of VEs and you want them in your back pocket to smoothen out demand)
If Wrestlemania (and Big Juicy Melons?) are selling well, I wouldnt expect a VE until the next flop.
of course I hope Im wrong, Id love to buy a LOTR and/or a Tron