The Amazing Spider Man 2 isn't a great movie, but it gave an awesome look to Spidey. It was clear that Hasbro should make an action figure in the Marvel Legends line. This figure came in the ultimate Green Goblin Series. The figure is lanky and flexible. The web work is carved into the figure, instead of the high-relief seen in the movie. It works well. The legs are not well fitted in the hips, what seen a bit strange, but help the articulations. The paint miss some spots inside the web carvings, but not compromise so much the general paint work. My only gripe is the red of the double joint in the arms, who should be painted blue. The slenderness of the figure helps a lot with the articulations. It affords almost every pose and movement possible. For a character so dynamic as...[See More]

While on the continuous mission to sort out all these old toys I need to sell, I realized I never had a Spiderman fig I really liked. All the ones I've had were generic bodies with webbing tampo'd on like a cheap tattoo. The old McFarlane Spidey was alright, but too lanky for my liking. Anyway, while looking up prices I stumbled across this recent Spiderman fig, with the design based on the recent ASM2 movie. In terms of what I like to see in spandex super hero costumes, this design hits a lot of the right notes. The most impressive detail is the stretched-out honeycomb texture on the dark blue parts, it does so much to backflip over the pitfall many other figures in this genre fall into, of looking like painted meat. The weblines ensnaring the red sections are carved "innies" instead...[See More]

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