



Good old web head has one of the biggest and most varied rogues galleries in all of comics. Raging from classic to new, threatening or ridiculous, sociopaths to undead guys made out of bees. (That's real. Look up Swarm.)

This newest Spider-Man Legends wave is a great example of this, with the two new baddies it's provided to us, a classic take on Vulture, and possibly the first ever figure of White Rabbit.





Packaging:

The boxes are the excellence we now expect from Marvel Legends. With art, brief, bios, and a run down of the other figures in the wave and who comes with what BAF part. Great work.





Sculpting:









Vulture is one of Spidey's oldest foes (in more ways than one) and he's had plenty of figures in the past. This one though, might be the best. His suit is painted with the classic comics design, and old man Toomes has never looked so good.





By "good" I mean "ravaged by age". He's got a sinister sneer, wrinkles like a SharPei, what looks like a nasty case of pink eye, and even liver spots! There's no doubt that Vulture is a card carrying AARP member. He probably flies home to watch Wheel of Fortune every time Spidey beats him up.





From the waist down, he has the same build as Ultimate Vulture, but the head, arms, torso, and collar are unique. In general, Ultimate Adrian is far more tech based, as opposed to the more traditional look of the new figure.





Also, the heads can swap between them, albeit not perfectly. So if you want younger Toomes in his classic duds, or old man Vulture in a mech suit, you can easily do it. I actually really like the juxtaposition of elderly man in cutting edge technology suit.









White Rabbit is a character I hadn't heard of before, and I initially assumed she was a new addition. Turns out she's been around since the 80's, and basically has the same gimmick as Mad Hatter from Batman.

With all that said, this is an excellent figure. The jacket looks great, and has a sculpted texture. Rabbit's furry boots are possibly reused, but they're impressive nonetheless.





Her bowtie is a separate piece, and sits a bit high on her neck, so it gets in the way with some poses. I suggest popping the head off and sliding it under her collar.

There's lots of little details that make her stand out, like the droopy ears, and her pocket watch, which must be a new piece of tooling. I think the corset is reused from Typhoid Mary. It would be great for a classic Emma Frost. (Hint hint)





Articulation:





Vulture is built on the Pizza Spider-Man body, and as such retains much of the same articulation.

He has: a ball jointed head, ball/butterfly shoulders, cut biceps, double pin elbows, cut/pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, half ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, and rocker ankles. He can pull of lots of great flying or perching poses, and he stands up great even with the weight of the wings.









White Rabbit isn't as articulated as old beaky boy, but she can still give em the old razzle dazzle.

She has: a ball jointed head, ball shoulders, ball elbows, cut/pin wrists, a cut midsection, ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, boot cuts, and rocker ankles. The ab cut is pretty stiff, but the rest of them work great, no complaints here.





Accessories:

Vulture comes with Demogoblin's tongue wagging head, and technically five personal accessories.





He comes with his wings, of course, which can be snapped on and off easily. They come in two pieces, one of which plugs into his shoulder, and the longer piece, which connects into his forearm. There's a running change on the figure, which moves the circular piece to his bicep.





Once the wings are in, they're outstanding! The wingspan is huge, and the "feathers" are perfect recreations of the classic comic art. They stay in place great, and they don't interfere with articulation at all.





Speaking of classic comic art, his final accessory is a very retro alternate head featuring Vulture's amazing bird helmet, complete with pointed beak and a ribbed texture.

The paint on the face is outstanding, and looks extra evil and elderly.





White Rabbit comes with Demogoblin's glider, and two accessories. The first is her umbrella, which is a new piece and looks great. It looks best in two handed poses, although sadly the arm articulation means she can't hold it like a gun.





The second inclusion is much smaller, a muzzle flash that pops onto the tip. It's a neat idea, and would look pretty cool on someone like Punisher or War Machine.





Paint:





Vulture's best paint is on his head sculpts, since the rest of the figure is pretty simple. The color is a great white, and the torso has a line pattern painted on. He's otherwise a solid green, which is comic accurate but could've been more dynamic here. That said, the work on the face is outstanding, and I can't overstate how beautifully old he is.









White Rabbit also has impressive paint, probably more detailed than Vulture. The coat and corset are great, no slop or bleed, and the watch came out perfectly. Her make up is the really impressive part, the grease paint, nose, whiskers and eye brows are all clean and well defined. She looks as good as a crazy lady dressed like a rabbit can look.





Overall:

The Marvel Legends series continues to be the best mass market comic toy line. These are excellent figures, with great sculpting, paint, articulation an accessories. Vulture is a perfect representation of his classic self, and White Rabbit is an excellent take on a pretty obscure villain. I strongly suggest picking them up.





Gallery:





"Me and the boys getting made as action figures"



























