Each week we take a close look at a comic book collectible. That means taking it out of the package. This week we're taking a look at a figure from the Marvel Legends Build-a-Figure Spider-Man line--Spider-Girl.
I always find it interesting how the female figures don't have the name of the character on the front. I've seen the Daredevil and Spider-Man 2099 figures with their names on the front. You can see the Scarlet Witch figure HERE and the Captain Marvel figure HERE don't have their names on the package.
The back of the package doesn't have much information either but at least it mentions it's Spider-Girl.
(I almost got the Spider-Woman figure).
In this series, you can build the Phil Urich version of Hobgoblin. It's kind of ironic that, along with the wings, you get what looks like a decapitated head, especially if you read his appearance in the Big Time storyline.
This is the MC2May "Mayday" Parker version of Spider-Girl. What's cool about her costume is how she took on the Ben Reilly Spider-Man design, including having the web-shooters on the outside of her costume.
One good and the bad thing is her hands are permanently in the about to shoot webs/thwipping position. They may look a little bulky but it sort of doesn't make sense that Spider-Man can wear them under his costume and there's usually no sign of them. We've also seen other modifications made to the shooters.
The Marvel Legends figures seem to have the occasional tiny paint mess ups. It's not too bad but there's some paint marks on the inside of her right arm.
The other problem, can't really be blamed on the manufacturing of the figure. The spider-legs of the costume don't line up at her shoulders.
Of course, you can fix this by raising her arms up so they do line up.
The problem is, if you look at the figure from the front, it looks a little odd.
With the Spider-characters, you'd want to try to put them in a Spider-Man like pose. There is a lot of articulation with these figures and you can move and position the legs in many ways. I just couldn't get her in a crouching-like position.
You can put her in a strange running position.
I do like the split on the leg-boots. Again, this reflects the original costume and was a slight departure from the traditional Spider-Man costume but not too drastically different.
Another slight thing that bothered me was the joint at the elbow. Perhaps it's because the figure is a little more on the petit side, but you can see part of the forearm piece sticking out.
To answer the big question everyone is most likely thinking about--how does she look with the Hobgoblin head on?
Yeah, that's a pretty disturbing image.
Don't get me wrong, I do like the figure. It's absolutely fantastic to see figures of female characters. We know the old bit where toy companies don't think shoppers want action figures of "girl" characters. Perhaps it's the $20-ish price tag on these figures. That makes it geared a little more towards collectors and those that would actually care about having some variety instead of just seeing variants of the main "popular" characters, like Spider-Man.
Just so we don't end with that disturbing image, you can try making it look like she's climbing walls.
That's it for this week. Let us know what you think of this figure. Have you picked it up? Should I have picked up the "Spider-Woman" figure instead? We need to see more Mayday in comics. We'll have another figure in the spotlight next time.
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