So, these finally started hitting Walmart a couple weeks ago. You saw Jason's review for Miles Morales, now here's the movie figure. This one is coming a little late because, honestly, after a 3.75" Hasbro figure and a 7" Marvel Select figure, combined with the fact that this figure wasn't released until the movie was well out of theaters and out of mind, I had stopped even looking forward to this figure. Was it worth the purchase? Click to find out.
The packaging for this Walmart exclusive line is basically a scaled up version of the card backs used for the 3.75" main line. As is the case with most Marvel movie lines, it's nothing remarkable. There's artwork from the movie, a label to let you know it's "movie series", and an "only at Walmart" sticker. Definitely not the collector-friendly packaging of the Marvel Select figures. But figures are meant to be played with, so do yourself a favor and rip it out of the bubble.
The figure is basically like a bigger version of the Ultra Poseable Spider-Man, but isn't an exact copy scaled up. It's a unique sculpt, and features quite a bit of detail. Even more than the 3.75" version, and on par with the Marvel Select versions. The entire figure is very nicely textured, matching the design of the movie costume, complete with web lines throughout the red parts and a scale-y, honeycomb sort of structure on the blue parts. The web lines are etched into the body rather than sculpted on, like the Select version, so that's a minus, but the overall size of the figure and design of the costume are a little more accurate than the Select version, so it's a trade off.
There are no swapable parts like the Select version, but the sculpt includes the important things, like the web-shooters, and a thwippy hand, which was something Hasbro's smaller version lacked. The spider logos on the front and back of the torso stand out as nice details, but one thing that I find a little odd, and it actually bugs me more the more I stare at the figure, is the head sculpt. The eyes sit just a little too high on the face. It makes the figure look like he has no forehead and a very long face. That's unfortunate, because it ruins the look of an otherwise great figure.
Over all, if you already own any of the other Amazing Spider-Man versions, this figure may not be a "must buy", but it is a decent figure. It fits in nicely with other 6" scale movie figures, and even looks good with the ginormous Marvel Select Lizard. If this version had come out sooner, and had a slightly more detailed paint job, I probably would have skipped the Select versions altogether (especially knowing that Hasbro has their own unmasked version coming soon). As it stands though, Hasbro missed the boat with timing on this, and the dissipated interest with the movie now in the rear view mirror will hurt sales. As such, this figure shouldn't be hard to find, provided you live close to a Walmart that actually stocks this line. Good luck with that part.
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ReplyDeleteLOL, deep breath Oisín, deep breath.
DeleteThis is one time where I think Hasbro shouldn't be blamed for the late release of this figure. It's been in every comic shop I've been in recently in the UK and I've seen it all over the secondary internet market. Hasbro put the figures out ages ago, I think I saw them the week the movie came out in one particular shop, so it's really Walmart to be blamed for this... But as these figures are exclusive to them, I've got no idea why they'd fail to distribute them...
ReplyDeleteI've heard of this series hitting in the UK (and other countries outside the US) for months, but there were no sitings within the US until the last couple weeks. Whether that's Hasbro's fault or Walmarts, I'm not certain, but my first guess is that it was a delay with Hasbro shipping the figures to Walmart's distribution centers. Either way, somebody screwed up big time and missed the boat on getting these out. I'm a firm believer in striking while the iron is hot, and Hasbro and/or Walmart certainly failed in that aspect.
DeleteThey're selling at Walmart.com, but then the Movie Edition ran out of stock online.
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