SPIDER-MAN

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Fun FiQ Fact #0022:  Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is one of the few core MCU characters to have all of their costumes covered in Legends form, starting with his homemade suit and ending with his…other homemade suit.

The MCU Spidey suits have certainly had their ups and downs.  The original Civil War design is a pretty nifty MCU-ification of his classic costume.  Iron Spider grew on me, but wasn’t a basic look.  I was actually a pretty big fan of the advanced suit from Far From Home, because I’m a sucker for the red and black set-up.  I wasn’t so much up on its upgrade to the Integrated suit for No Way Home, but there have certainly been worse designs.  It just was unfortunate that Holland wasn’t wearing one of his best looks when he teamed up with Garfield and McGuire, who were in their best looks.  Thankfully, he moved onto his best look yet (which is admittedly just a pretty straight recreation of his classic comics look) for the film’s final swing.  It’s been late to the merchandising game, but so has everything else good from the movie.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Man, who is just called “Spider-Man” on the box, is part of the second No Way Home-themed tie-in assortment of Marvel Legends, which hit right at the tail end of last year/beginning of this year.  As noted in the intro, this figure is based on Holland’s “Finale” suit from the movie.  The figure stands just over 6 inches tall and he has 34 points of articulation.  This guy is sporting an all-new sculpt, courtesy of sculptor Rene Aldrete.  It’s got an articulation scheme that’s got pinless construction and follows a set-up similar to what we saw on the Amazing Fantasy sculpt.  The range of motion’s not *quite* as good on this guy as it was there, but he’s still quite mobile.  I just wish he had a slightly deeper motion for the ankles.  The sculpt’s a pretty solid offering, with the appropriate svelte build for Holland in the suit.  The details of the suit are slightly raised, which makes for a nice detailing pop.  In terms of coloring, this figure is pretty bright and colorful, and certainly the brightest of the Holland Spideys, but if you want to get technical, he should be a little bit brighter.  I mean, just a smidge.  It’s not enough to ruin it, and the application is sharply handled.  Spider-Man is well-accessorized, with a full selection of hands, in fists, open gesture, and thwipping.  He’s also got an unmasked Holland Peter hand (a surprisingly rare occurrence for Holland Spideys), which is a re-use of the more serious expression head from the Peter and Ned two-pack.

THE ME REMAINDER OF THE EQUATION

I was looking forward to this release (because I’ve honestly dug all of the Holland Spidey Legends up to this point), but in-hand, after a lot of hype, I was a little let-down.  At least at first.  But, as I got the chance to mess with him for the purposes of the review, I came back around on him.  He’s not a perfect figure, and sure, he pales in comparison to Amazing Fantasy Spidey, but most Spideys do.  As an MCU Spidey, though, he’s pretty darn great.

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