Spider-Man turns 60 this year, which is quite a surprise since there hasn't been as much of a big celebration as in 2012. Still, we got some merchandise to keep us happy, mostly in the form of Marvel Legends. We have both the debut of the webhead in comic history and the near 45th anniversary of his Japanese incarnation in the same group. It's great to discover how much of an impact that first comic cover did Superman and Batman did long ago, and we can also agree that discovering Supaidaman is pretty awesome with how different he is from everyone else. So what are we waiting for? Let's delve into the review!
Let's first look at Amazing Fantasy first. And yeah, I'll give them their specific designations for this review. AF15 appears to be a new mold that better suits the teenage body proportions Peter Parker had when he first became Spider-Man back when he was 15. It's hard to imagine that since a 15 year old looked closer to an adult in the past than in the current timeframe we are in. His shoulders are lower than they should be, but the rest of the body otherwise looks good. You will notice the armpit wings on the figure, and these are actually kind of neat. They pull off a similar thing to Spider-Woman from waaaaaaay back in the Thanos wave of 2015, where you have both stationary and splayed pieces for the webbing. It makes the display options more effective, or you can leave them off like I do at times. As for the deco, it is applied on the figure nicely and doesn't appear to have any major misalignments.
Head sculpt is where some fans might have some issues with it, as the jawline is not supposed to be wide, but it is said that it usually varies on the artist at times. The left lens is slightly crooked but it otherwise looks good. As for the articulation, he has a ball for the head, a hinge at the neck, shoulders that swivel 360 degrees along with in and out movement, butterfly joints, bicep swivel, double elbows, wrists that swivel at the peg as well as hinge in and out (while the accessory holding hands instead have them hinge up and down), a diaphragm joint, an ab crunch, hips that move front and back, in and out, swivel at the thighs, bend at the knees, swivel at the boots, and even hinge and rock at the ankles. All around, it's pretty good, and yes, he has the flight stand because I love him so much.
The alternate display options are mostly from the hands, so we have AF15 doing a typical landing pose with the splayed open hands, and then we can have him ready to shoot a webline while swinging around New York.
And since I am weirdly missing this guy's web accessory, he'll borrow the one that came with Supaidaman because, again, I love AF15. For a quick comparison to how this guy looks next to the other Marvel Legends iteration of the past, this is the Toy Biz version of the character. Many still hold ToyBiz high in their views due to the effort they pushed with changing action figures for good, what with the finer sculptwork and peak levels of articulation. That being said, Hasbro's version, despite being more expensive and likely softer plastic, is an improvement thanks to the better proportions, more subtle articulation joints, and being able to retain almost all of the articulation present on a lot of figures. Sure, we have no finger and toe articulation, but the benefit of alternate hands makes the display options more effective. And hey, the toe articulation is on Renew Your Vows Spider-Man!
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Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
And now we have Toei Spider-Man, aka Japanese Spider-Man, aka Supaidaman. This guy was the one I anticipated the most ever since I saw the reveal, and is it worth the wait? I honestly don't think so. Paint apps are crisp and aligned well, but I think his colors might be slightly off. The red has aslight hint of orange while the blue has q slight hint of purple to it. It's not a bad look, persee, though it usually depends on the lighting of the show and the image quality in general. He does at least have the Bracelet used for his webbing and various other actions in the show, like piloting Leopardon.
This head sculpt is a little weird. It does and doesn't look like the mask used in the show. The lenses were probably part of the fabric rather than being made separately from the mask before being inserted. The eye shape, I feel, varied on how it was work since the Classic, TASM, and MCU versions had shells that the masks went over. Anyways, the articulation is nearly the same as AF15's, except there are no butterfly joints, the ab crunch and waist swivel combo is used rather than the more updated diaphragm joint and ab crunch combo, and there are no boot swivels. It's such a stupid decision not to give this guy the same range of motion as AF15, IDC if Supaidaman lacks the same athleticism of his American counterpart. Oh and in addition to the alternate hands we use for his Emissary from Hell pose, we get spiderwebs of different size and details. Not as impressive of display options as AF15; an MP40 with effect pieces would be perfect, but he remains without a firearm the same way Spider-Bitch was in the Space Venom wave.
Compared to the S.H.Figuarts version, Hasbro's take on Supaidaman relies more on deco rather than making the sculpt of the costume more unique. He has a few more accessories and is less likely to have his left arm come off like with Hasbro Supaidaman. So while AF15 is a triumph of a release that surprised me since I initially didn't want it but now having it makes me value what it does more than Supaidaman.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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