SPIDER-MAN 2099

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

“Trying to create a new superhero, Miguel O’Hara accidentally turned himself into the best Spider-Man in the multi-verse.”

Into the Spider-Verse ends with a teaser sequence that introduces Spider-Man 2099, as well as the concept of him pioneering safer cross-dimensional travel.  Across the Spider-Verse builds on that set-up, and installs Miguel as a main character for the film’s story.  Also, he’s Oscar Isaac.  So, that’s pretty cool.  And he’s 2099, which is also pretty cool by default.  We didn’t actually see 2099 in his regular form in Into, so we had to wait until the new movie for toy treatment.  But here we are now, and we’ve got his figure.  Dope.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Man 2099 is the fifth figure in the Across the Spider-Verse tie-in series of Marvel Legends.  Much like the Spot, 2099 is a design that’s largely unchanged from his comics counterpart, really just relying more on stylization to change things up.  Given how strong and distinctive 2099’s look, this is hardly a surprise.  The figure stands about 6 3/4 inches tall and he has 30 points of articulation.  2099’s articulation is one of this assortment’s most restricted, which is admittedly odd, since it doesn’t really feel like there’s any clear reason for that.  He just winds up with a slightly more rudimentary articulation layout.  It’s not *bad*, mind you, just a little bit clunky, and therefore a little surprising to see.  He does at least still get a ball-jointed neck, as well as the pinless construction on the arms and legs.  2099 is sporting an all-new sculpt by sculptor Arlen Pelletier, and aside from issues with the articulation breaking it up a bit too much during posing, I really quite like it.  He’s notably bulkier and taller than the other Spiders, which I definitely dig, and which is also in line with his animation model.  The detailing is all nice and sharp, and it’s nice to see Miguel get full sculpted elements for his costume, after being relegated to largely just paint on his last few Legends.  2099’s paint work is overall pretty on the basic side.  He’s blue with red accents, and a lot of that’s molded.  The colors are rather bright, and they’re flat, straying away from his usual metallics.  It makes sense, of course, given the desire to stick with the animation look, which isn’t as shiny looking as the comics.  I feel like there should be some sort of darker accenting on the blue sections, and the sculpted textures on the red get a little lost with nothing to make them pop, but as far as the basics go, he’s alright.  Miguel is packed with two sets of hands, in fists and open gesture.  It’s too bad we didn’t also get an unmasked head like with the others, but it’s possible that model wasn’t finalized in time.  Still, he feels a tad light.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

2099’s got a pretty sick visual, and getting Oscar Isaac to voice him in the teaser at the end of Into definitely had me hyped for this guy in the sequel.  I was rather looking forward to this figure.  Ultimately, he’s the tiniest bit of a let-down.  He’s not bad.  I can’t stress that enough.  He’s just kind of fine.  And in this assortment, that puts him a bit behind the rest of the pack.

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