Marvel Legends Infinite Series Amazing Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man Movie figure

I love how this pic came out so much, yes that is the figure!

Character Bio:
No matter what evil rises, the Amazing Spider-Man will summon the courage to defeat it, for with great power comes great responsibility.
Price: $15.99 - $19.99 retail, $20 and up online.
Scale: 6"










Sculpt and Paint:
I have never been so torn down the middle with a figure because there is a lot to love but a lot to not be so thrilled with. Let's start with the sculpt. The sculpt is great. The webbing is sculpted rather than just painted. The spider symbol is great and the head sculpt is probably my favorite Spidey headsculpt. The suit has that texture about it where you can tell it's a movie suit, and the web-thwiping hands look great as well. He does seem REALLY lanky though. I mean I know Spidey isn't built like Captain America but I don't know, his arms and lower legs just seem really thin to me, and one thing was bugging me so much but I could never put my finger on it till now. His torso seems a bit too long for me. Either that or his ab crunch is too high..I can't tell but something just seems off in his torso region. Speaking of that, if you push the ab crunch as far as it can go. You can see inside the figure. Not too much, but definitely noticeable. Another complaint about the figure is the shoulder articulation. While it is the same on the Superior Spidey, that figure hides it so much better by having his chest extend further out and the base of his neck sculpted over it rather than sculpted into it, the pics below will show what I mean.

 

The green marks where the joint is and where the outer sculpt meets/covers it.

 

Now onto the paint. Let me tell you, when I opened this figure I wanted to go to Hasbro's quality control and ask them how the hell this was let out (not the figure in general, just the one I got. His right leg was totally warped. His right shoulder blade, you'll notice looks like a different shade of blue. Yeah. That's because mine HAD NO PAINT ON IT AT ALL. I would have returned it but dear lord finding this figure again?? Not worth it, so I got the closest match paint wise and did their job for them. Not a perfect match but decent. The red plastic bleeds through the blue on his arms a bit, and would it really kill them to have painted over the red dots on the inner elbows from the hinges?

Articulation and Accessories:
Two areas where the figure shines. His articulation is superb. Hinge and balljointed neck, butterfly shoulder blades, swivel-hinge shoulders, swivel biceps, double-hinge elbows, swivel-hinge wrists, ab-crunch, swivel waist, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, double-hinge knees, swivel boot, and hinge/rocker ankles. The articulation is top notch, some bits are just not well hidden enough for my liking. In terms of accessories he comes with two sets of hands, a pair of fists and a pair of web-thwipping hands, as well as the BAF piece, the right arm of Green Goblin.

 

Overall:

I am so torn on this figure. He has great articulation that allows for some great poses, although his ab crunch can be limiting with them. He has a great sculpt but it's somewhat botched by the shoulder articulation that could have been better concealed. The suit detail is really well done although the paint doesn't compliment it as well as it could had the paint been properly applied and given a blackwash on the blue areas. So when it comes down to it, can I recommend him? Well, this one I have to leave up to you. I think I would have enjoyed the figure more if he had good paint aps. The shoulders and ab crunch would still have been an issue for me. Do I regret getting him? Not entirely, as I would need him to build Gobby, and if I get him in a good pose, I'm fine leaving him like that for the rest of his days. So he is fun to mess with and get in cool poses, but that's where the fun ends for me sadly. I'm going to have to give this moderately Amazing Spider-Man a 6.5 out of 10...

Now, onto the fun aspect of the figure. Photo time.