We're back to yet another wave of Marvel Legends, and this one is fairly recent and also complete! The Spider-Verse movie was already an impressive feat for Sony as it's able to give the web-head a unique spin on top of adding other characters into the mix, but the fact that it took the IP in a new direction with the animated film was quite impressive (especially when said movie stands out from the rest of the cartoons in terms of style and plot). As for the merchandise, there was a standard Hasbro toyline while the Legends side of things had a comic-style Spider-Ham for a Venom tie-in wave as well as a Spider-Verse 2-pack that consists of repainted versions of the molds used for 2016. Now we have new molds for at least most of the characters, and it's time to see how they turned out!
Here is Peter B. Parker in-hand, beautifully replicating his appearance in the movie. Since this version of the character was basically down in the dumps yet felt organically capable on top of not letting his current situation entirely be played for jokes, this guy manages to be taken more than, say, Thor in Endgame. This figure has mismatching footwear to go with his sweatpants and trenchcoat like he did in the movie, and with my knowledge of Marvel Legends being rusty, I don't know if either it's new or reused from another figure. Generally speaking, the proportions are very accurate to the movie, and the sculpted details present on the suit not only capture both the animation style as well as the body-frame of Peter B. Parker, but they also give me the feeling that we'll see that figure reused again. I mean, this is Hasbro we're talking about; they'll save the better ones for a later use. Look at how that happens with Studio Series and War for Cybertron!
Head sculpt is perfect to the animation model, capturing the rough hair, the face detailing, and the stubble. Ever since Hasbro started working with CAD files, they did an amazing job capturing the looks of the actors and now the animated characters. Before we get into the articulation and alternate display options, I want to show you that his right hand looks funny because it allows him to hold a cup, complete with lid and straw like you'd find in plenty of restaurants. His other display options give you two clenched fists and web-thwipping hands to go with his alternate head, giving him that "alright, we're gonna go through this one last time" look as he's about to pull over the mask. His articulation has two ball joints for the neck and head, shoulders that move front and back as well as in and out, bicep swivels, double-jointed elbows, wrist swivels, and hinges for moving each hand in and out. There are two torso joints that are for the diaphragm and the gut, hips that move front and back as well as in and out, swivel at the thighs, bend at the knees, swivel at the calves, and feet that hinge as well as pivot.
His sole Build-A-Figure piece is the head of Stilt-Man, whose paint apps definitely don't look as nice as Peter's. The mouth looks like it needs some shading to add more definition to it and the eyes look meh at best. He weirdly looks like a mechanical Batman from the 60s if you ask me, but we'll go more over his character when we complete him! And for a comparison with a more complete Spider-Man, here he is with the comic version if the character. Spider-Man's one of those characters who barely changes over the years, but when we're talking about adaptations, you can tell how different Peter B. Parker is aesthetically from the comic version of the character as far as proportions and details are concerned. So yeah, you'd have to wait for a proper Spider-Man to be made, but this guy's still great to own as one of the best on-screen representations of the character! I highly recommend getting him along with some of his allies from the movie.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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