The Spider-Man 2017 wave was released ahead of the Spider-Man Homecoming movie and contained figures from the big screen as well as comic book Spider-Man focused characters. Movie figures included two versions of Spider-Man - one in his homeade suit and another in the Tony Stark gifted tech suit as we review here. The other MCU release was Vulture and the BAF for the wave was the Vulture Wing Suit.
The Tech Suit Spider-Man was repacked in the same year with an Iron-Man figure and this repack included an unmasked Peter Parker head as well as alternative masked head.
Packaging 3.0
The Spider-Man Homecoming figures used a combo of red and blue alongside the black of the Marvel Legends packaging. Blue was used on a web effect card back while the side art and name plate used a red theme. All of this seems to contrast, particularly also alongside the yellow of the Homecoming logo and perhaps less would have been more for this design.
The back of the box shows the figure with webwings in place and beneath this was the usual checklist for the Build-A-Figure. To the side of the image is a very short piece of background - nothing spoilery to the movie considering this figure was originally released ahead of the movie.
"When crime hits the big city, Peter Parker suit up as New York's own web-slinging, wall-crawling hero, Spider-Man"
* Our Spider-Man review figure was purchased on the secondary market. The box was missing the insert and Spider-Man, as you will see, is missing the webwings.
Paint & Sculpt 3.5
The Homecoming Spider-Man suit is well proportioned for Peter Parker and well sculpted in terms of the suit lines and logos. The base colour for the cast pieces is predominantly red, with the blue painted on top. The eye lenses are painted a bright white and bordered in red, with the weblines of the suit then painted in grey. This grey doesn't quite work and does give Spiderman a look as though he is dusty?
All of the paint work is neat, including the small central Spider-Man logo on the chest and the larger red one on the back of the figure.
If you bought the 2-pack version of this figure you also get an unmasked Tom Holland head. The head fits on either version of Spider-Man but is a touch too large for the body - the unmasked head is bigger than the masked one? The likeness to Holland is good and it is face print tech so includes he realistic eyes and skin decor.
Accessories 3.0
Spidey arrives with two hand pair options. The first is the web slinging hands, the second a pair of fists. They swap in and out easily and without concern. Like the body the web lines are painted in grey and the underside of the hands see's this get a little messy. The grey also gives them the dusty look.
The web-wings, which we did not get in our second hand Spider-Man, are a white/translucent web triangle that slot into slots under the arms. These look great on the back of the box, but in person are quite clunky and I am not overly disappointed that I do not own these.
Articulation 4.5
Spider-Man is very well articulated with a total articulation count of 21 points.
Head - ball joint with pivot
Body - torso T-joint, waist swivel
Arms - butterfly shoulders, ball joint shoulders, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, pivot wrist
Legs - ball joint hips, thigh swivel, single joint knee, ankle rocker
With such a slim body and no encomboring armour or capes, Spider-Man is very versatile in his posing. You can sit or kneel Spider-Man, have him fighting or shooting webs. The joints are all secure and tight and when posed, Spider-Man holds his position and can stand without any concern.
The butterfly shoulders and the chest joint make a huge difference, particularly for web swinging poses which can be achieved by dropping Spider-Man onto a dynamic stand as seen in the images below.
The only articulation niggle is the exposed pins which are not painted on the arms, so they do throw some of the aesthetics. I look forward to seeing what a Spider-Man on a pinless join body would deliver?
Summary
Spider-Man from Homecoming is an acceptable figure, but certainly not spectacular in terms of the finish. The suit is well sculpted, but that odd grey lining just makes it appear dusty and a neater black lining might have been preferable.
Articulation is top notch, but they needed to atleast paint the pins on the rms to match the suit colour. And for those who got the Peter Parker head, it is a shame it is so oversized for the body.
The 2017 Homecoming Spider-Man certainly has not been superseded as yet for an MCU Spider-Man, but that has more to do with the quality of those who have come after than how great this one is. I score it an average 3.5
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