I am particularly drawn to
the articulation of this figure, so without further ado, let’s take a look at
this figure!
Packaging (5 out of 5)
The packaging is similar
to other MAFEX action figures in the line.
I gave the packaging a perfect score because it is a box with the figure
displayed with all its accessories. The
box art showcase the figure and the poses it is capable of. You can take out the figure and repackage it
back if you are a MIB collector. There
are no nasty twist ties to mess around with and the figure is in a vanilla pose
that does not distort the joints like some of the other figures made by some
other companies.
Sculpt (4.5 out of 5)
The figure is quite
accurate to the movie costume. The lean
body is also suitable for Garfield’s body shape. Medicom did a great job in the details, like
the webshooters, details on shoe soles and the glass lens. The half point I have deducted is because of
the break in sculpt in the ball jointed hips, wrists and ankles in certain
poses. But all in all, a solid sculpt
attempt by Medicom.
One thing to note is that
the upper torso is made of a rubbery material.
It is holding up for now but personally I am not a fan of rubbery
material as it tends to melt or become sticky over time.
Paint (4 out of 5)
The paint is clean and the
lines are sharp. I really like the way
Medicom made the eyes a clear plastic over a pearlescent white. It really made the white eyes pop like what
we see in the movie.
However, the reason why I
knock 1 point off this category is for 2 reasons. Firstly, the red is very metallic, so much so
that it is way more than in the movie.
For those of us who really appreciate the comic costume, this is a
bummer, because Medicom went a little heavy on the metallic red paint. Secondly, my figure had some spots on the
right eye. It looks like some “water
spots” but I guess it is an uneven application of the glue from the clear
portion to the white base. There is a
little on the left eye but it is minor. In
addition, I have some glue residue on the belt area on my figure. I hope this is only on my figure and not a
widespread issue.
Articulation (4 out of 5)
The articulation on this
figure is great. The hinged hip joints
allow the legs to kick so high the figure is probably closest to chewing its
own toes. This figure probably pulled
off the tightest four point crouch of all the 6 inch Spidey figures I
owned. However, there are shortcomings,
namely the shoulders and the neck joints.
The shoulders lack the “butterfly” joint which does not allow the arms
to come close to crossing of the arms to give a tight crouch. Also the neck does not allow the head to look
up much, and when I try, the head pop off at the base of the neck, which is
annoying.
But the range of articulation
is fantastic, and it allows for a lot of dynamic poses.
Joints (2.5 out of 5)
Right out of the packaging
the joints are loose and floppy. You can
get the figure into poses but the lack of tightness in the joints can be rather
irritating. Also the neck and legs do
pop off pretty often when posing, but they do pop back easily enough. The constant popping out of the neck and the
legs is really a pain when you are posing the figure. Coupled with the loose floppy joints it
becomes quite an exercise to make the figure stay with the pose, especially if
it is a dynamic one. I tried to make the
figure get into a pose as shown on the box and I almost had to prevent myself
from pulling my hair off because of the neck and/ or the left leg popping off.
The small hand pegs also
cause the hands to pop off easily, but they allow the swapping of hands easy
enough. I just hope that the pegs will
last and not break seeing how thin and small the pegs are.
Another gripe I have is
the ankle ball joints, where the pin is metallic and it shows in some
poses. Already the ball joints can be
obvious in some poses and the unpainted metallic pins make it worse. It would have been better if they are painted.
Action Feature (5 out of
5)
I gave a perfect score on
this because there are no action feature, none!
And nothing pleases me better than an articulated action figure without
action feature to affect that.
Accessories (5 out of 5)
This figure comes with a
lot of accessories (more in the DX version).
The regular version comes with five sets of hands:
- 1 x set fists
- 1 x set wall crawling
hands
- 1 x set web-shooting “thwip”
hands
- 1 x set web holding
slinging hands
- 1 x set relaxed hands
It also comes 3 x web
lines:
- 2 x web lines with wrist
loop (one of them is pretty warped out of the packaging, but I think I can fix it with the hairdryer)
- 1 x longer web line to be
held in web holding hands
The figure also comes with
a figure stand display base, which is like a shorter version of the Tamashii
stand, with a C clamp.
Value (3.5 out of 5)
I got my figure at eBay for
USD55 (inclusive of shipping). I think
in the market nowadays, you can expect to pay this kind of price especially if
you are shipping in from Japan. In
consideration to the accessories I think this figure is ok with the value.
Overall (4 out of 5)
All in all I think this is
a cool figure. The loose floppy joints
is the key issue I have, followed by the range of motion in the shoulders and
head articulation. Other than that, I
think this is a solid figure and would recommend to any Spidey fan and/ or Andy
Garfield fan.
Score Recap:
Packaging – 5 out of 5
Sculpt – 4.5 out of 5
Paint – 4 out of 5
Articulation – 4 out of 5
Joints – 2.5 out of 5
Action Feature – 5 out of
5
Accessories – 5 out of 5
Value – 3.5 out of 5
Overall – 4 out of 5
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