



Another wave in the can. The Far From Home series came to me in odd bursts, found three at Walgreens, two came soon after from Amazon, and the last two took until early last week to find. I've decided to do a new section at the last review for a given series, to name the best and worst figures in the wave. With that established, let's finish this one off, by looking at old webhead himself, and the huge, melty BAF, Molten Man.





Packaging:





The box is the expected Legends quality. All uniform design to show what wave they belong to, with a guide showing what BAF piece comes with which figure. Molten Man, of course, doesn't technically have packaging, although he certainly takes up a lot of space in the boxes.





Sculpting:





Spidey is based off of the new red and blue suit from the end of the movie, and the figure captures it very well. I suspect the figure reuses some parts from the Homecoming or Iron Spider figures, but the figure still has a unique identity.









The suit is full of small details, like armor plates, piping, an a raised spider symbol on his back. It helps show that the suit is a carefully constructed piece of tech, and not just spandex. He also has the expected web pattern sculpted on his head, torso, and boots.





Molten Man is a very interesting BAF, almost experimental. He's sculpted to look like moving, liquid metal, and for the most part, the effect is pretty awesome!





His body is covered in orange cracks, with splashes of lava from his core peeking out. His torso is also hollow, and comes apart in halves, so many collectors are putting LED lights in him, which is a great idea.





To further the idea of his unstable nature, he's asymmetrical, with a humanoid right arm and leg, and exaggerated left leg and massive left arm. He's even got drips coming off his fingers, an amazing detail.





I'm especially fond of his skull-like face, with sunken in yellow eyes. He looks demonically evil, and it's great.





Articulation:









Any good Spider-Man figure needs to be able to do whatever a spider can, and this one is no exception. He has: A ball jointed head, ball/butterfly shoulders, bicep cut, double pin elbows, pin/hinge wrists, ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, thigh cuts, double joint knees, and rocker ankles. All of his points are secured and hold poses well, and he's a ton of fun to pose.









For such an unusually designed fella, Molten Man is surprisingly very poseable!

He has: A limited ball neck, ball shoulders, cut biceps, ball, swivel elbows, hinge/cut wrists, ab swivel, waist swivel, ball hips, thigh cut, ball/swivel knees, and even rocker ankles! Due to his odd proportions, his posing options are limited, I believe he's designed to pose with his left hand down, on his knuckles like an ape.





Accessories:





Spidey doesn't come with any bits of Molten Man, but does have two other accessories, two alternate "thwippy" hands. These look good, swap in and out easily, and are painted properly, unlike the Stealth Suit hands. An unmasked Peter head would be nice, but I guess I'll just have to be satisfied knowing one comes with Iron Spider in the 2 pack.









Rare for a BAF, Molten Man comes with one accessory. The girder in his left arm is removeable, possibly to recreate how his movie incarnation looked for metal to get stronger. The girder itself it painted well, with a damaged effect, and is fairly sturdy. Curiously, the right girder seems to be glued in place.





Paint:





Spidey's paint is pretty good, mostly. The red sections are a nice bright color, and the black is a great contrast, as well as a cool Ditko throwback.





There are a few downsides, however. The first is his back, which has some sections on the edges where the black has rubbed off, and show the red underneath. The spider also has some flecks of red on the legs. It's not as noticeable in hand, but it's still somewhat disheartening.

More noticeable, is that, like Doppleganger, his web lines are unpainted. I hope this isn't a trend, because the lack of webbing is very easy to notice.





Overall:

Spidey is a pretty great movie figure, although the paint apps do leave something to be desired. The Homecoming figure seems to have better paint, so that's the MCU spidey I recommend if you're in the market for one.

Molten man is a very cool figure. His odd design has some collectors irked, but I appreciate Hasbro for being creative while depicting him as a toy. I also think he'd make a great generic monster/demon toy for horror lines, such as Hellboy.





Best/Worst:

The Molten Man series was pretty good, if not great. I was thrilled to finally get an updated Scorpion, and Doppleganger has been a want of mine for a while. But ultimately, the best sculpting, paint, and over all most fun is found within one amazing figure: Mysterio





He's a great translation of comic to screen, and his look made for a gorgeous figure.





The worst figure is really only worst by comparison. Technically, all of these figures are well made, impressively sculpted and painted. That said, one of them is bound to be less impressive than the rest, and for this wave, the one with the least pop is Spider-Woman:





She's by no means bad, but she's not terribly exciting either. We've seen this buck a lot recently, and it's not as articulated as I'd like for a super acrobatic Spider-Person. Her accessory is also pretty bland, a permanent web shooting hand. Not two alternate "thwip" hands, one hand thats always shooting web. No fists, no web shooting hands. Julia isn't a bad figure, but she's a bit boring, and seems a tad lazy.





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