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They revealed gamerverse Spider-Man. He looks...weird? The dynamic poses look great but when he's just standing he looks really awkward. Those thigh cuts don't help, I cannot figure out why they've been doing that lately.
 
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I... kind of hate it? But I also want it.

Unsurprisingly, I hate everything between his abs and upper thighs. Still, I feel like I have to have it. The articulation is going to be exceptional.

It reminds me of a toy from one of Marvel's Spider-Man cartoons for little kids:

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It's a red and blue Spider-Man, I'm going to have to buy it.

Would love to see if he can hit some of those crazy Capcom web swing wrecking ball poses. I don't have a Spider-Man that I like hanging, but in theory he could be the chosen one.
 
I doubt I’ll buy this, as I’m not usually a mark for the high-end import stuff. But damn, I really like the way he can hit that deep crouch from the Capcom games. I’ve never been able to nail that with a Hasbro fig (didn’t get Max, so don’t know if he’s capable.)


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I'm torn on this one. For one, the colors pop! I love that shade of red and blue and it's my preferred color palette for Spidey. I love the mask with the big eyes, that's my preferred eye-shape as it's very Bagley-esq and making them raised adds nice depth. The torso and arm proportions are great and it looks like his hands are going to have some nice personality to them. I don't like that cut-up crotch and the very obvious thigh cuts. He definitely would never be in a vanilla pose on my shelf, but also they just don't need to look that bad. I just got their $35 Vegeta who has a rubber overlay at the crotch. It looks far neater (ignoring his weird ass sculpt) and he can do full splits in both directions and kick higher than 90 degrees (his thigh swivels are still in a bad spot). They don't need to do everything that's going on here and they certainly didn't need to do it with Cyclops. I'm also not a fan of sculpted-in weblines and it doesn't look like they're even painted. There may be a wash in them, but I prefer printed weblines. I know some people used the opposite as criticism of the Maximum Spider-Man, but that was something I thought Hasbro got right. I worry that the color saturation in these photos isn't an accurate reflection of the figure in-hand and the sculpted, unpainted, lines will give it a cheap, plastic, look. And there's the matter of price. I don't know if it was possible to get Cyclops for much less than the $110 asking price most US sites had. And given the changes in shipping rules, this figure likely won't be any cheaper regardless of where you buy it from. I envision doing what I did with Cyke which is preorder somewhere that doesn't require a deposit and hope some people have it in-hand before payment is due so I can decide then if it's right for my collection.
 
Spidey looks and moves incredible, wow. I love the knee design on him.

His in-game sprite doesnt have black web lines, they're done in a darker shade of red, so I'm sure that why they went this way with the figure. They seem to either be completely unpainted, or washed with a reddish brown tint.
 
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I think it’s a fantastic representation of the source material and a damn cool Spider-Man in general, but this is no different than the Maximum Spider-Man for me. No matter how great of a figure it is, I’m just not interested in paying a premium for yet another Spider-Man. Don’t think of it as a criticism of the figure itself or the price point. Think of it as a compliment to how good what we’ve gotten previously still is.
 
The crouching MvC pose is perfection, straight out the screen but I will never fw those hideous crotches and thigh cuts. So it’s another sad pass.

Just make a normal hips/ass, ya over-engineering weirdos!
 
robw said:
I doubt I’ll buy this, as I’m not usually a mark for the high-end import stuff. But damn, I really like the way he can hit that deep crouch from the Capcom games. I’ve never been able to nail that with a Hasbro fig (didn’t get Max, so don’t know if he’s capable.)


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It was the first thing I did and he hits it.
 
I love the colors, and pretty much everything about that Spidey from the waist up. Everything below the belt is hideous.
 
I'd love to see them tackle Hulk and Wolverine. I'd be nervous about scale with most of the rest. I'm still going to try to slot these into my Legends collection.
 
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