Marvel Legends Retro Wave Spiderman

A few months back when I saw the YouTube reviews of this new Spidey figure from Marvel Legends, I knew this was the classic Spiderman to get. It really is an upgrade for the ML line.

Spiderman's selling feature is his articulation. Ball jointed head, shoulder butterfly hinged joints with quite a range, double jointed elbows and knees, upper torso on ball joint with ab crunch hinged waist, thighs on ball joints, upper thigh and arm swivel, drop down thighs, upper shin swivel, and ankles on hinge and rocker all come together to create a very expressive action figure. Both pairs of hands are also hinged, so you can get him in many expressive Spidey poses.

As for accessories, he only comes with 2 pairs of hands (fists & web shooting), and an alternate head with the white of the eyes in a more narrow expression. Considering that ML gave Shang-Chi a ton of extra hands, they should have given Spidey more hands, or at least some wall crawling hands. That is the only big negative with this release. Otherwise, everything else is great. The paint apps are clean for the most part, minus a few spots of mild paint bleed. The eyes on one head are slightly painted off center, but it's not too noticeable unless you're looking hard at them. One other thing that may be an issue for some is that the pegs on the elbow joints are red. The outside of the arms are red so it matches, but the insides are blue so you have 2 red pegs that stand out (see above photo). Other than those things, Spidey is great and a lot of fun to pose.

This Spidey is taller than the Mafex Iron Spider and other Marvel Legends I own. The webs that come with the Mafex can be placed into the sockets of the ML, so this Spidey can shoot webs. He's almost as tall as my Mafex Deadpool & Venom. He's also pretty ripped, with muscular thighs, arms & a six pack. He has that traditional Spidey look, so I'm happy to have a classic Spiderman in my collection.

Marvel Legends retro wave Spiderman is absolutely worth picking up, and at an affordable price (cheaper than an import), he's a steal. So if you're on the fence about this guy, pick him up, as the prices of ML figures do go up in the aftermarket (just look for some older ones on eBay). I've also preordered the retro wave Green Goblin and I may also get Gwen Stacey, but Spiderman is the crown jewel of this set.

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