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.

 

 

 

 

Custom Post: The SUPERIOR Spider-Man!

Ok, so I did rave about this guy, and I take none of it back. I simply wanted him to be truly Superior. So I took my minimal customization skills and made this (I don't know what's up with the flash and the red paint but certain areas look pink in the pictures sometimes and its weird. it is all red in person):

 

Boom. I have never been so happy with the result of a custom I have done. EVER. This dude was  a labor of love because me, the dude who cant sculpt worth a damn, was sanding down, and molding pieces(The gauntlets, and spider section of the backpack) for this guy. Everything took about two days to put together. I'm not doing as many pictures as intended for this post because if I get the rest of this wave (and I definitely intend to get them all), then the fun shall begin, but until that time, enjoy a cursory glance of my Superior Spidey!

 

 



Review of the Marvel Legends Infinite Series The Amazing Spider-Man Superior Spider-Man Figure!!

Whoa, that was a mouthful. So I've been hunting for these figures (and the Cap wave) for WEEKS now and nobody has had them until my Friendly Neighborhood Comic shop got this guy in. Just this guy, no others, and no duplicates of him. The force was definitely with me. Now the comic in my opinion is definitely superior, but is this figure? Read on action figure aficionados! (Yeah, it's going to be one of those reviews)


Character Bio:
Doc Ock prolongs his life by implanting his mind in the body of Peter Parker! Using Parker's powers, will Doc Ock erase Peter's legacy and become the Superior Spider-Man?! (I love Hasbro's character's bios)












Sculpt and Paint:
This figure is primarily relying on paint for the costume, however one of the best things about him, is that it is an all new mold. That's right, this is a brand spanking new Spidey mold for the Marvel Legends line and it makes the old one so...inferior (I warned you above.) The body is muscular, but not TOO buff, and lanky, but not a twig. The head sculpt is fantastic, the raised spider lens' look amazing, and the hands even have his little talon thingies sculpted on. That is commitment. Now this new mold does add new types of articulation but more on that later.

The paint is okay. It's not awful, it's just minor issues. On the torso, the solid black areas had some red showing through (able to be rectified with black Sharpie paint marker) and on the red, the webbing can be very sloppy. Mine was pretty well done, but a few areas are asymmetrical, none that are too bad though), so if you have the luck to find them in a store, check all the Spideys on the pegs for the best one.

Articulation and Accessories:For accessories, he comes with two sets of hands, one grasping set, and one web-shooting. He also comes with the right leg of the Build-A-Figure Ultimate Green Goblin all seen below. Rooftop not included.

In terms of articulation, this guy has it in spades. He has a hinge at the neck and the head is on a ball joint attached to said hinge. He has a new style of butterfly joint due to the mold that works better than the rest and looks (in my opinion) more natural. He has swivel-hinge shoulders, double-hinge elbows, swivel-hinge wrists,  an ab-crunch, swivel waist, ball-jointed hips (Marvel Universe style), swivel thighs, double-hinge knees, hinge ankles, and the coveted ankle pivot!

OVERALL:
To answer my own question from the intro, yes. This figure is indeed Superior. He is the best Spidey figure I have bought since the Toy Biz days, and the amount of fun I had posing him is insane. I cannot recommend this figure enough. You won't regret adding him to your collection, just don't be surprised should your other figures suddenly seem....inferior. (Okay I'm done.)
I give him a Superior thumbs up and a TEN OUT OF TEN!!!

Now that's out of the way, onto the superior poses! (sorry, couldn't resist)

I cannot wait for next weeks issue of Superior, not only does it look to be an amazing issue, but it will be the re introduction to the Weekly Comic Haul here on the blog!