#3816: Tourist Tick

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TOURIST TICK

THE TICK (BANDAI)

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!

Look, I’m just legally required to start Tick reviews that way.  It’s in the contract.  What contract?  It’s not important.  I’ve not had a *ton* of Tick reviews here, but I’ve had a few, and they’re happening with increasing frequency at this point.  Thus far, the only “figure” I’ve looked at from the cartoon tie-in line was one of the small figurines, and not even of the Tick himself.  So, here’s me taking a look at an actual Tick figure from the original Tick line!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Tourist Tick was released in the “Tick Talkers” series of Bandai’s The Tick tie-in line, which hit during the line’s second year in 1995.  They were designed to augment the standard line of figures with extra Ticks with electronic talking features.  The figure stands 5 1/2 inches tall and he has 5 points of articulation.  The sculpt is pretty similar to the rest of the Ticks, which is to say pretty on-model for his design in the show.  He’s got minor pre-posing, but nothing too crazy.  The head’s got his big toothy grin he was prone to doing, which feels very on character.  To sell the touristy thing, he’s got a pair of sunglasses and a pair of swim trunks, which are a minor but fun change-up.  The sculpt works them in pretty well, with the glasses in particular being pretty sharply detailed.  The color work starts with the basic Tick set-up, of course, but he’s also got some fun coloring on the shorts, which make for a nice little pop.  The paint work is cleanly handled for the most part, which is good for this era of figure.  Tick got no accessories, but he did have the talking feature.  The batteries are long dead on mine, but that button’s still there, taunting me.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I missed most of the Bandai Tick line as a kid.  It was a short run, and I hadn’t quite gotten into the show yet.  I did have the 14-inch talking figure, but that was it.  I later snagged most of a figurine set, but again nothing beyond that.  This particular figure has actually been sitting on my shelf at work for a few years, clutched in the hands of a ’90s Godzilla figure.  We ended up dismantling the employee shelves for more space, so my stuff got boxed up and brought home, and Tick here made the cut on the stuff that actually joined my collection.  He’s a neat little figure, and a reminder that I really should get some more of these guys.

#3815: Cyclotron

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CYCLOTRON

SUPER POWERS (KENNER)

Okay, so I’m taking a brief intermission from McFarlane’s Super Powers to look at…Kenner’s Super Powers.  Look, I’m nothing if not a creature of habit.  When last I looked at the proper Kenner line, I looked at one of the line’s original characters made up by Kenner for the line.  Today, I’m looking at the other one!  Not content with two spinning heroes, Kenner decided to introduce a third, re-using a name that DC had already used, but on a completely un-related character.  So, anyway, here’s Cyclotron!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Cyclotron was added to the Super Powers line in its final year, alongside Golden Pharaoh.  It was, of course, his first figure, but, like Golden Pharaoh, he also turned up in DC Universe Classics.  Curiously, though he’s had two figures, neither of the two comics Cyclotrons have gotten any figure coverage at all.  The figure stands 4 1/2 inches tall and he has 8 points of articulation.  His waist joint is more meant to facilitate the action feature, but can turn independently as well, so that’s a nice little extra bit of movement.  Also, while he’s got the neck joint, when his face plate is in place, the joint can’t be used.  Cyclotron has an all-new, totally unique sculpt.  It’s based on a Jack Kirby design, which is honestly pretty nifty.  It’s definitely got some early Wonder Man vibes to it, which I don’t mind.  The coolest element by far, though, is the robot face underneath the face plate; it’s a bit rudimentary, but it’s still super neat, and quite unique.  The color work on Cyclotron is honestly pretty unique, so he stands out from the rest.  The application’s basic, but clean, and fits well with the rest of the line.  Cyclotron’s only accessory is the face plate, and he also gets his “Power Action Cyclo-Spin”; you spin the torso counter clockwise a few times, and squeeze his legs to release it and send his torso spinning the other way.  It’s actually a pretty fun feature.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Cyclotron’s an earlier addition to my Super Powers collection, and the first of the later run figures I got.  I was fascinated by his design, and found an eBay auction for one without his faceplate.  And I had that one for a good two decades, no faceplate at all, but there he was.  I honestly wasn’t sure I was going to complete him, but as I’ve neared the end of my Super Powers collecting, I’ve gotten a bit lucky on the parts front.  I managed to get a solid deal on a complete Cyclotron, so I could finally finish my original.  He’s goofy as hell, but also one of my favorites from the line.

#3814: Cyclops – Civilian

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CYCLOPS — CIVILIAN

X-MEN: THE MOVIE (TOY BIZ)

“Scott Summers, the X-Man code-named Cyclops, has the mutant ability to shoot incredibly powerful optic blasts from his eyes. These beams can destroy virtually anything and can only be contained by a substance known as Ruby Quartz. Cyclops wears a visor made of this substance to control his blasts while fighting in combat which aid in his control and accuracy of the destructive beams. The field leader of the clandestine team of outlaw mutant super heroes wears his visor and black uniform in battle to keep his secret hidden from the general public.”

This year is the 25th anniversary of the first X-Men movie, which also means its the 25th anniversary of the tie-in toyline!  One of the notable things about said toyline was its jump in scale.  Technically, Blade had also done it, but it was a rather small line, and only *sort of* messed with the scale change.  X-Men fully embraced the move to 6-inch, with a complete run of all the movie’s primary players…and then some.  In the wake of the film and initial merchandise’s success, we got a rather hastily thrown together follow-up to the main push, with a bunch of more minor costume variants for the characters.  Our boy Scott Summers was in on that push, getting his second movie based figure, which I’m looking at today!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Cyclops (Civilian) is part of the third series of Toy Biz’s X-Men: The Movie tie-in line, which, fun fact, is most commonly referred to as the *second* series because 1 and 2 were released simultaneously to promote the movie and feature no actual distinguishing on the back of the packaging.  So, functionally, it’s the second series, but, in my mind, I know it’s the third.  The first Cyclops was based on his main team suited look, but this one is instead based on his more casual attire while he’s searching for Rogue and Logan at the train station.  Why’s he still wearing the visor if he’s trying to blend in?  I don’t know, but it makes for a cooler look, so we’re going with it.  The figure stands right about 6 inches tall and he has 10 points of articulation.  He maintains that closer to the 5-inch style of articulation, which would remain until the Spider-Man lines revamped things in the next two years.  As it stands, he’s still quite posable.  Since they’d moved up the scale, Toy Biz was able to repurpose some parts from their WCW line; Cyclops is using the body from Eric Bischoff, with a new head and jacket piece.  It’s a basic guy with a jacket and jeans, so it’s fine; the most awkward part of the whole thing is that his black undershirt is just the torso’s exposed skin at the neck painted black, but it’s honestly not that noticeable.  The new jacket makes it the more sensible canvas jacket Scott’s got in the movie, and the new head makes its…well, Scott.  It’s clearly based on the same basic sculpt as the standard Cyclops head, but it’s been scaled up a touch, made most evident by the fact that his visor is *just* a bit wider, so it floats on the head of the prior figure.  The hat is a separate, but non-removable piece, which is actually a pretty nice sculpt.  There’s a spot at the top of it that allows for a light piping feature, so he can light up his eyes without any fancy electronics.  His paint work is okay; basic, but not in a bad sense.  It does what it needs to.  Cyclops, like all of the figures from his assortment, included a small set of dog tags…for reasons?  I don’t know why, and they’re not at all to scale, but there they are.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I got the first Cyclops right away, and I broke his visor a bit shy of right away, so he was without it.  I remember this guy’s announcement in ToyFare, and I remember eagerly awaiting his arrival.  I also remember him being rather tricky to find at first, but I did, on one of my many trips to the local mall’s KB Toys with my Grandmother.  I was non-plussed about the visor not being interchangeable, but I made do, and I ran this one into the ground just like the original.  A replacement was a little easier to find, though, than the standard, so I got a second one about six or seven years ago.  He’s nifty.  Non-essential, but he throws me back to a time where we had fewer super hero movies, and you could get a few non-essential variants of he main characters.  I dig him a lot.

#3813: Poe Dameron – Gold

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POE DAMERON – GOLD

STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA COLLECTION (HASBRO)

Let’s jump back to 2019, a year that was rather rough for 3 3/4-inch Star Wars, at least as far I was concerned.  Under Disney, we’d gotten pretty solid product pushes for each of the movies, but Rise of Skywalker got dropped hardcore because of the poor performance of The Last Jedi‘s tie-ins.  In particular, the basic 3 3/4-inch figures were completely dropped.  Instead, we got a few Vintage Collection figures and a really odd commemorative set that seemed to exist for exactly no one.  Well, anyway, here’s a Poe.

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Poe Dameron was released as part of the Star Wars The Skywalker Saga Collection, a Walmart-exclusive line of nine two-packs, each based on one of the Skywalker Saga films.  Poe was packed with Finn, in a set based on The Force Awakens, in theory at least.  The figure stands a little over 3 3/4 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  He’s using the Last Jedi pilot body mold, which is a bit humorous, what with him supposed to be from TFA and all.  At least Poe doesn’t change too much when in his pilot gear.  It’s a decent enough sculpt.  The likeness isn’t amazing, but it’s okay enough, and the details on the uniform are all pretty sharp.  In general, the best of the pilot Poe sculpts, so the re-use is sensible.  The gimmick behind this whole line was that they were painted all gold, which is exactly what Poe is.  It’s…I mean, it sure is gold.  And it’s better than molded plastic, so that’s a plus?  He gets a helmet and blaster, also gold, which are the same as the original release.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Hoooo boy did these figures disappoint me at the time they were released.  They were announced but not shown, and there was this tiny glimmer of hope that they might be *something* and then they were more solid color repaints of stuff we already had.  So, I certainly didn’t pay proper retail for any of them.  Few people did, honestly.  Not even now.  But, they do occasionally surface, and these days they’re kinda cheap, so when this one showed up at All Time, I opted to get another Poe, even if he’s kinda stupid.  He’s fine.  Stupid.  Gimmicky.  But, he’s also a Poe, and he’s at least a decent mold.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3812: Spider-Man Unlimited

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SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

At the end of the ’90s, after wrapping up quite successful runs with X-Men and Spider-Man, Marvel’s animation side struggled to follow up.  1998 saw the ill-fated one season run of Silver Surfer, and the following year saw the release of not one, but two new cartoons, Avengers: United They Stand and Spider-Man Unlimited.  Unlimited‘s main aim was to serve as a direct replacement for Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which…well, it really didn’t do.  One of the craziest things about the whole thing is that, while United The Stand got a solid run of toys, Unlimited got no direct tie-ins at all.  There have been some loose reference figures over the year, but the first proper figure from the show has finally hit, 25 years after the fact!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Man Unlimited is part of the latest round of Spider-Man Retro-carded Marvel Legends.  He’s the assortment’s resident Peter Parker.  He’s on a ’90s throw back card, which is sort of the right vintage, I suppose, even if he doesn’t have a direct vintage counterpart.  The figure stands 6 1/4 inches tall and he has 34 points of articulation.  Like Spider-Boy, he’s got kind of an older articulation scheme, very similar to the ANAD 2099 body, despite him not actually re-using those parts.  It’s a touch restricted, so I’m not sure exactly why they went this way, but I suppose it’s workable enough.  He’s got a small bit of re-use, making use of the upgraded pinless versions of the 2099 arms and legs, but is predominately new.  It’s a little surprising, but not upsetting.  It’s honestly pretty cool to see how they’ve gone three dimensional on the spider elements of the costume.  To my eyes, the head seems maybe a bit wide, but it’s minor, and I do like the general look of it.  The figure’s paint work is okay.  Kind of on the basic side, though nothing important got missed.  It’s weird to see him without the shading, especially on the face, but I’m also not sure they’d want to go the way of cel shading on a regular release figure, so it’s iffy on how best to handle it.  Spider-Man Unlimited gets the full compliment of extra hands, which I’m certainly a fan of, especially when they don’t drop the open gesture hands.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I was *not* a fan of Spider-Man Unlimited when it dropped.  Generally, I kind of found it boring, at least at first glance.  I was, admittedly, not the biggest fan of Spider-Man: The Animated Series in its first run, either, so maybe I just wasn’t the market for it.  I caught the show in re-runs, though, and found myself liking it a lot more than the first time around.  It’s also a really cool suit design, and it’s just been begging for an action figure.  This one’s not without his drawbacks, but he’s generally pretty cool!

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3811: Ming the Merciless

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MING THE MERCILESS

POWER STARS (BOSS FIGHT)

Not-Flash!  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!  …Get it?  Well, I though it was funny.  And that’s the thing that matters most of all around these parts.  Last week I kept up my Super Powers-adjacent reviews with a look at my first Power Stars figure, Flash Gordon.  Today, I’m looking at his regular opponent, Ming the Merciless!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Ming the Merciless is part of the first series of Power Stars, pairing off with the Flash from the same set.  Like Flash, he’s sporting a more classically-inspired Ming look, leaning more into his more humanoid stylings.  The figure stands about 4 1/2 inches tall and he has 9 points of articulation.  Ming’s sculpt is totally new.  It shares the aesthetics we saw on Flash, but there don’t appear to be any actual overlap of pieces, which is pretty neat.  There’s a fair bit more going on with this one, so there’s more space to fill in.  It certainly makes the most of it.  I particularly like the depth of detailing on the head sculpt.  The collar uses a multi-piece assembly, which is kind of free floating.  I’ll admit, I don’t *love* it, but it’s not horrible.  It’s just a bit loose.  He’s got a cloth cape, and, in contrast to the overly large clips we’ve seen on the McFarlane figures, this one seems a bit too small.  It does the job, though, so I’ll hardly complain.  His paint work is pretty similar to Flash’s in quality, but again has a bit more to it.  There’s a little bit of slop, but it’s generally pretty good.  Ming is packed with a sword and blaster.  The blaster is shared with Flash, but the sword is unique.  Like Flash, you can store them both on his belt.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I snagged Ming at the same time as Flash.  I’m more a heroes guy than a villains one, so I can’t say Ming was really jumping out at me, but at the same time, it’s hard to pass up on the pairing.  He’s neat.  Not quite as cleanly designed as Flash, but that’s ultimately more about the character than it is about the figure.  Over-designed is just a Ming-thing.  Heh, “Ming-thing.”

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3810: Superman – Fleischer

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SUPERMAN — FLEISCHER

SUPER POWERS (McFARLANE)

And we are back with the Super Powers reviews, something that I find thoroughly entertaining.  With the news that Mattel will be regaining the license for DC in 2026, we’re now up in the air as to exactly how much more Super Powers there might be, but I guess right now I’m just still reveling in what we’ve got.  Today, we’re back to retreading on characters that already had coverage.  Since the beginning of his run with the license, McFarlane’s had some difficulties getting a solid Superman out at any scale, and Super Powers was no exception.  We’ve officially gotten a good Superman from the line now, but there was a lot of time before that one, so, um, here’s one of those?

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Superman – Fleischer was released in Series 8 of McFarlane’s Super Powers.  He’s one of the two unannounced “secret” variants that they did for this assortment, the other one being DKR Batman.  Both are just simple repaints of the original molds.  In Superman’s case, he’s meant to evoke his design from the Fleischer Studios movie serials.  It’s…well, it’s a mixed bag.  The figure stands about 4 3/4 inches tall and he has 7 points of articulation.  Since this figure was released one series before the introduction of the new Superman mold, he’s using the Series 1 version, which, I’ll be honest, isn’t a favorite.  It’s too tall, pigeon toed, and I’m not much of a fan of the “Todd-ized” head sculpt.  It’s very clearly not meant to be the Fleischer model, so it affects how well it works.  With all that said, I’ll admit, I’ve warmed up to this one over time.  It’s not great, but it’s not awful.  His cape clasp is notably a better fit this time around, but the cape is definitely on the long side for this version of the character.  In terms of the color work, he honestly does alright.  The face paint’s a lot cleaner than earlier versions, and the eyes are decidedly less wonky.  I also do like the general color palette, as well as how the insignia has turned out.  The only down side is that the dye on the cape has stained the figure’s shoulders, which is a real bummer.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I’ve done my best to avoid this mold up to this point.  I didn’t love it when it first hit, and I haven’t loved any of its subsequent uses.  But, I do really like the Fleischer look, and it’s rare on the toy front, so I was interested, if perhaps bummed by the mold choice.  I got the opportunity to see it in person, and opted to give it a try.  It’s better than I expected.  The mold’s still got its drawbacks, but they make the best with what they’ve got.  If nothing else, he’s nifty.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3809: Daredevil

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DAREDEVIL

SPIDER-MAN: CLASSICS (TOY BIZ)

Last week, Daredevil: Born Again, the long-awaited continuation of Netflix’s Daredevil show, dropped its first two episodes, and I’m officially in that Daredevil vibe again, so let’s talk a little bit of Daredevil.  Thanks to the show’s success, we’ve gotten a few instances of ol’ Horn-Head horn-headlining his own set of Marvel Legends, but it wasn’t always that way; he used to pretty much only get by on Spider-Man’s coattails.  Today, I’m jumping back even earlier than last week’s Toy Biz Marvel Legends review, to their pre-cursor line, Spider-Man: Classics, which granted us our first 6-inch Daredevil!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Daredevil was released in Series 2 of Spider-Man: Classics.  There were two versions, a standard red, and a variant yellow.  I looked at the yellow one *way* back in 2014, during my first year here on the site, so here’s the standard.  Daredevil actually wasn’t in the original line-up for the series, with Scarlet Spider in his place for the initial announcement.  It seems like maybe they realized that three out of the four figures being a Spider-Man might not quite work, so DD got the nod to fill out the assortment, and Scarlet Spider was moved to a KB Toys exclusive.  The figure stands just over 6 inches tall and he has 30 points of articulation (which was proudly boasted on the package).  He’s the exact same sculpt as the variant, so he’s using Black Spidey as the staring point, with a new head, hands, feet, and holster.  It’s a sculpt that certainly shows its age, and is hampered a bit by the lack of bicep swivels (which were standardized with the First Appearance Spidey in this same assortment), but there’s a neat stylistic element to it.  I’ve always particularly enjoyed the head sculpt.  This figure’s color work isn’t as involved as his variant, since he’s all-red, rather than the mix of the yellow suit.  It’s not bad, though the boots and gloves not getting any difference in shading reduces their ability to stand out.  The belt, symbol, and eyes do, at least, and there’s airbrushing on the body that really helps to break up all the flat red.  The figure is packed with his billy club, a wall-mountable display stand that looks like a stained glass window, and a copy of Daredevil #241.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I was so invested in getting this guy’s variant back in the day that I wound up missing out on the standard entirely during its run at retail.  By the time I wanted to go back, he’d dried up and we were onto newer releases.  I eventually did find the variant, and I love that one, but I still didn’t have this guy, and that felt off.  I finally got one via a trade-in at work last year.  He’s not quite as unique as the yellow version, and there’s a lot more options for this costume design, but I do still really dig him for what he is.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3808: Wedge Antilles

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WEDGE ANTILLES

STAR WARS: LEGACY COLLECTION (HASBRO)

Sometimes, your favorite character is one of the big names, sometimes it’s an oddball character.  When it comes to Star Wars, my absolute favorite for a long time is Wedge Antilles, a guy who’s ultimately pretty minor, but also not?  I mean, he’s one of the few characters to appear in all three of the original trilogy films (and he’s one of the even fewer to *also* show up in the sequel trilogy, even if it’s just in a quick cameo), and he’s the only person to fly both Death Star runs.  I don’t know, I guess I just have a soft spot for the guy.  He’s also on the lower end of action figure counts for a Star Wars character, so collecting them all is kind of an approachable thing!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Wedge Antilles was released as part of Star Wars: Legacy Collection, specifically as part of a Target-exclusive boxed set that also included his X-Wing Starfighter.  I mean, I guess the X-Wing was really the selling point, but I don’t have that kind of space, so I’m really just in it for Wedge.  This was Wedge’s sixth figure, and continued the trend of him not being released on his own (the only one at this point to have broken that trend was the Original Trilogy Collection figure, and he wasn’t even a regular retail release).  The figure stands 3 3/4 inches tall and he has 22 points of articulation.  His construction was a whole mess of pre-exisiting parts.  Most of them are from the comic pack Nrin Vakil, but he’s also got Wes Jansen’s gloves, as well as a new upper torso and head.  The head notably remained unique to this release, which is kind of curious; they’d just done a new Wedge sculpt for the comic pack version, so it’s strange not to re-use it, and also strange that *this* sculpt wasn’t re-used for the Vintage Collection figure a year later.  It’s not a bad one, all things considered.  It’s a little cartoony, but generally decent, and it sits well on the body.  The paint work is decent enough.  Pretty basic, but that’s what you expect.  His eyes are a little bit goofy, but pre-printing, that was a rather common occurrence.  Wedge was packed with his helmet, which fits well on his head, as well as a small blaster pistol that my figure unfortunately doesn’t have.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Here’s the thing about Star Wars toys, especially of this era: it’s really hard to keep track of everything that got made.  So, this figure?  I didn’t actually know it existed until I was holding it in my hands a few months ago.  I thought I knew all of the Wedge figures, and then, in a whole pile of rebel pilots that got traded into All Time, there was this Wedge I didn’t know.  Naturally, he came home with me, because it was a Wedge I didn’t have.  Honestly, he’s pretty cool.  I think he may well be the best Wedge at this scale.  He just kind of vibes a bit better than the others, and it’s crazy to me that he was only in the one exclusive set.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.

#3807: Spider-Boy

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SPIDER-BOY

MARVEL LEGENDS (HASBRO)

Marvel has, classically, avoided teen sidekicks.  Obviously, they had Bucky and Toro in the ’40s, but once they came back in full force in the ’60s, the sidekicks got tossed out.  Explosively so, in Bucky’s case.  Peter Parker, a high schooler, was the right age for such a role, but was firmly independent, as Spider-Man, a mantle all his own.  Dan Slott, who has written a *lot* of Spider-Man, has given Spider-Man *two* sidekicks.  The first was Alpha, who was a very limited, very story-specific set-up that’s more a footnote than an actual attempt to make a change that stuck.  The second and far more recent one is Bailey Briggs, Spider-Boy.  He’s technically a retcon character, and I classically don’t like those, but Slott’s actually done a good job of making it work alright for Bailey.  And, only a year and a half after his debut, he’s gotten the Marvel Legends treatment!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Spider-Boy is part of the first Retro Card Spider-Man Marvel Legends assortment of 2025.  Amazingly, he’s not the only new character in the assortment (the other is the Francine Frye Electro), which is honestly pretty cool.  The figure stands 5 1/2 inches tall and he has 32 points of articulation.  His articulation scheme is pretty much the same as the 2016 Miles Morales body, which is interesting, because he’s not actually using any of those parts at all, and it’s kind of an old style of articulation set-up.  It’s not *bad* though.  The sculpt is actually pretty solid.  He’s suitably smaller than the Spidey figures, so he looks appropriately built for his age.  The key unique pieces are the head and feet.  The head has a good, solid take on a rather basic design.  I particularly like the profile, and how there’s so clearly a face under there.  The feet give him his proper sneakers, which are certainly fun.  They’re a bit tricky to pose at first, but once they loosen up, the range is pretty good.  He’s also got a backpack piece, which plugs in securely, and looks not unlike the collapsed one used with SpOck.  The color work on Spider-Boy is very bright and eye catching, as it should be.  The blue seems maybe a touch darker than he’s usually depicted, but it otherwise looks pretty good.  Spider-Boy is packed with an alternate “monster” head, as well as two pairs of hands, in fists and thwipping poses.  It’s a little frustrating that the open gesture hands are absent again, especially given that Bailey doesn’t actually *have* webshooters.  Guess I’m sticking with the fists for now.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

I was, admittedly, a little skeptical of Spider-Boy at first, but I’ve really enjoyed what’s been done with him thus far, especially in his solo series.  I was definitely looking forward to some form of figure treatment, and here he is!  He’s not a standout piece or anything, generally being by the numbers, but sometimes, that’s all you need.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.