Spider-man Homecoming Marvel Legends

Spider-man Homecoming Marvel Legends

Hasbro 6-inch figures

Well, Spider-man Homecoming is out and it's passable.  Spider-meh?  It's better than the last three Spidey movies, but not good enough to make me want to buy it's movie-themed action figures.  As I've mentioned before, movie and tv figures are generally placeholders on my shelf until comic accurate figures take their place.  I might have gone in for the movie Vulture because Michael Keaton is always rad...but the figure doesn't come with an unmasked head, and he's wing-less unless you buy the whole wave of figures!  What a lame "build-a-figure" concept this time!  Let's take a look at the figures I did get from this wave, without their wing pieces...as they are heading to Ebay.

Spider-man was once granted enhanced abilities by the Uni-Power to become Captain Universe.  All of his regular abilities got amped up and he could fly...so long web cartridges!  He also got the CU costume, which leaves only the mouth portion identifiable as Spider-man.


Love the shiny, cosmic blue with the white speckles.  The figure would be pretty basic if it didn' come with 2 alternate heads:  a traditional CU head, and a bearded Peter Parker (from an alternate universe where he got to keep the powers?)  I added some "cosmic" power effects from DC Universe Classics Firestorm to make him picture perfect.







Moon Knight is a kind of a Batman rip-off with some Egyptian mysticism and even more mental health problems.  This is the second Marvel Legends figure of MK, with the first being a more classic interpretation in the Toy Biz days.  I like this modern take pretty well.  It's not a huge departure from the classic look, and sports some nifty "armor plating" that is separately molded pieces.  He comes with the often-repacked separating staff, alternate hands, a large moon weapon, and three very small moon weapons (that could very easily be mistaken for nail clippings if left anywhere in your living room.)











Finally!  The most preferred Beetle look fans have been asking for!  Toy Biz released the big, armored Beetle back in the day, and Hasbro decided to go with Ultimate Beetle and Lady Beetle before we got this.  The Sinister Syndicate is complete!  This is the second costume for the original Abner Jenkins Beetle.  I doubt there is any demand for the first, for obvious reasons.  Creepy!

He's got some nifty articulation for the shell and wings.  This allows many fun flight poses and can be removed from the figure when not in use.

Tombstone is everyone's favorite albino, African-American enforcer!  He also happens to be the father of the Lady Beetle mentioned above.  Originally just one tough mutha with a skin condition and filed-down teeth, he gained some enhanced strength and invulnerability from some experimental gas...typical.  He also gained some fashion sense, ditching weird outfits like this and donning tailored suits and ties.  But since suited action figures are kinda boring, this outfit will do.