SPIDER-MAN 2099

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

You know what time it is?  It’s Marvel Legends time!  We can’t forget about Legends time!  Do you have the Legends time?  …because, it’s, uhh, it’s Legends time.  Look, what I’m getting at here is that I’m doing another Marvel Legends review.  And I had this bit in my notes for the review, and said in those notes I should come up with something better, but I opted to not do that because I was feeling a bit lazy.  So, there you have it.  I’m keeping up with the Spider-Verse theme today, taking a look another of the main characters from Across the Spider-Verse, Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099.  2099 made his first appearance at the end of Into, setting up Across in the process, and he’s also one of three Marvel characters portrayed by Oscar Isaac.  And now he’s got another figure.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Man 2099 is the fifth and final figure I’m looking at from the second series of Across the Spider-Verse tie-in Marvel Legends figures.  He follows in the footsteps of Punk and Gwen, being a figure that’s effectively a re-hash of the one from the prior assortment.  Given 2099’s role in the film, and also how well the standard version sold, another one’s far from a bad choice.  The figure stands 6 3/4 inches tall and he has 30 points of articulation.  The majority of this guy’s parts are re-used from the first version.  That means his articulation remains the most restricted of the bunch, but beyond that, it’s not a bad looking sculpt.  It’s a good recreation of the film design, with strong proportions and pretty sharp detailing.  The back has been retooled so as to remove the cape and where it was mounted, since he spends a lot of time without it in the movie.  He also get the cross-dimensional goober like Punk, Gwen, and Pavitr, though this one is obviously larger to fit his larger stature.  His color work is slightly tweaked as well, with the blue being darker this time, making the contrast on the costume a little punchier.  Otherwise, the paint masks look to be the same, and he still looks fine.  2099 gets the same sets of hands as the last release, as well as a new unmasked head sculpt, which is a good match for the source material, and gets some solid paint work.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

The first 2099 was fine, but he never elevated beyond that.  I had high hopes and he was just a touch below them.  So, a new one wasn’t a terrible venture, and I like that they took the time to add more to this one.  If you already have the first one, it’s hard to say if the new parts truly justify buying a whole new figure, but I prefer this one overall, and think he’s just a generally superior product.

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