Marvel Legends Spider-Man (TASM2/Ultimate Green Goblin BAF) review

The Amazing Spider-Man series is underrated in my opinion. While it's not as perfect as the classic trilogy and I admittedly remember hating it for replacing said trilogy, I do have a better appreciation for it now since it at least has some things to make it stand out from the Raimi trilogy, and I'd take the TASM duology over what we got with the MCU incarnation. Sure, that version theoretically might seem better just because he has a Ditko-inspired suit or is in the MCU, but beyond that, it's weak sauce all around. Now, given how TASM2 was the last non-MCU property to have any Hasbro-produced merchandise (until the announcement of the X-Men waves for this year), it has to be said that the Marvel Legends line would really benefit from non-MCU characters had Disney not strongarmed licensees to not work with 20th Century Fox or Sony Pictures. Maybe they'll be given less to do if Apple buys them. Anyways, let's see what The Amazing Spider-Man 2's Marvel Legend figure has to offer!

Here we have Spider-Man in-hand, and it's a pretty good representation of how he appeared in the movie. The movie suit does have raised webbing instead of the webbing resembling panel-lines, but at least there is a bit of a wash to accentuate the details further. The red and blue do look good overall, with the red being an appropriate shade for the suit's coloring while the blue doesn't get too light or dark. The Spider emblem is appropriately painted nicely, even on the back. In terms of details I don't like, the butterfly joints kind of look ugly, leaving the shoulders to look just a bit off from the rest of the neck. Also, there are some ugly gaps with the hips from the crotch, making them look like they're disconnected from the rest of the body. Also, the left lower leg doesn't look like it lines up with the rest of the leg. Beyond that, the rest of the figure looks good overall.

The mask looks good, though it sucks that the paint apps for the lenses of the eyes aren't 100% done too well. There should be some white added over the rest of the lens that needed said white paint. I plan on fixing that, though it's something most fans don't really have. As for the articulation of the figure, the head moves left and right on a ball joint and looks up and down on a neck hinge. The shoulders move front and back, in and out, swivel at the biceps, bend at two points for the elbows, swivel at the wrists, and hinge at the wrists in and out. The butterfly joints move front and back pretty well, which comes at the cost of them looking more concealed. There is an ab crunch joint as well as a waist swivel. Hips move front and back, in and out, swivel at the thighs, bend at two points of the knees, swivel at the boot, and hinge front and back for the feet, along with a pivot.

He has a pair of alternate hands, which were actually easy to swap compared to most Marvel Legends and other 6 inch figures. I also love how they have wrist hinges and a black wash applied to them.

Here he is with some other Spider-Man figures that I own. They consist of the Vintage style Spider-Man, the Toy Biz Classics variant, and the Gamestop PS4 version. The figure is at the same height as with the Toy Biz version but has better proportions aside from the gaps for the hips. I also appreciate the sculpting of the figure compared to the paint apps used for the webbing, especially when there is a black wash applied. The other figures are good for what they are, but I do like the TASM2 figure overall due to it being a nice callback to the heavy sculpting of the Toy Biz era while also having more of a modern Legends look to him. I do wish he was a bit taller, though.

And here are the other movie versions of Spider-Man with TASM2's version. The Tobey Maguire version is a ToyBiz figure that is so loose it had trouble standing. I do hope for an update one day, so long as Disney doesn't get all the credit just because they demand the money for the Marvel merchandise. The Tom Holland version of the character is a basic figure a relative got me when Homecoming came out, so he looks basic as hell. I love the portrayal and suit design of Tobey Maguire, even to this day, though I have to give Andrew Garfield props for being one of the best parts of the TASM duology, which makes me feel Holland is a letdown for how reliant on Stark he is (almost makes millennials look bad, and that's something I never thought I'd mention in this site). But yeah, these three make me want a more poseable Holland figure (but at a cheap price, and that's something I'm not going to do right away), though I wish a third party company made an unofficial Spider-Man figure based on the Raimi series (if Hasbro doesn't do it themselves).

While I feel The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2 are bittersweet due to the wasted potential that is present in both films thanks to Sony at the time wanting to compete with Marvel Studios, this is a neat figure to own that takes me back to the hype for TASM2. It's got a nice mix of realism and comic influence despite looking a bit too similar to Tobey's outfit, and I also love the wash added for the webbing. Given how this figure's hard to find for many, I do suggest waiting for a good shop to have it since the Internet could potentially have knockoffs of the toy, where there are worse paint apps and silver lenses than white. If you see this version of the figure, pick it up, even without the Ultimate Green Goblin BAF piece!

Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐