Spider man mysterio
There's a human face, a weird alien fetus head, and a tongue-wagging demon face. Press the unnecessarily large button on the figure's back, and one of the 3 faces underneath the dome will spin to the front, illuminated by a ghostly bluish light. Toy Biz really put forth some effort here, giving us a feature that fits in with Mysterio's whole "master of illusion" gimmick, and gives the kids something to mess with. I have to give some credit here, even though I don't like action features much. I suppose these are decent enough accessories, but most of us adults will just toss them in the junk box. Best of all, if you pose Mysterio on the base, he looks like he's riding a float in a parade.
The missiles fire from the front of the base. Mysterio comes packaged with a cloud base and two missiles with weird bird heads on the ends of them. That's 31 points of articulation by my count, and that sits pretty well with me. Other than that, this figure has most of the articulation we expect from these figures: ball-jointed shoulders and hips, cuts at the biceps, forearms, waist, and calves, double-jointed elbows and knees, a single hinge for the fingers and wrists, and a joint/hinge combo at the ankles. The heads underneath the dome have a cut that lets them turn, but it is tied into the action feature. I really hope that not all of the figures in this wave are painted so poorly.
I think I must have just gotten a bad figure, as I really don't want to believe that Toy Biz's quality control has gotten so poor that shabby work like this gets past them in mass amounts. There are several rather large areas where the wash is nowhere to be seen, so it is annoyingly inconsistent, and too heavy in other areas. Lastly, there is a wash over the body to bring out the texture of the clothing, but it has been very poorly applied. The three heads under the dome are a bit better than the rest of the figure, but still sub-par. Some of the joints on the boots are unpainted, and the white shows up in stark contrast against the gold color used for the boots. The gold paint on the gauntlets has been applied very liberally, and the gold on the cape is also extremely sloppy. Toy Biz usually does a decent job with the paint apps, but this figure appears to have been painted with a turkey baster. Unfortunately, the paint is much sloppier than normal. In the end, this isn't one of the best sculpts Toy Biz has released lately, but it's above average, and definitely fits in well with the rest of the Spider-Man classics and Marvel Legends figures. The 3 faces underneath the dome are also done pretty well- more on them in a moment. There are lots of little details, from the texture of his green togs, to the pattern on his gauntlets. The sculpt captures old dome-head's look well, if not perfectly. Visually, he's a pretty striking character. Mysterio is one of those characters I never cared much for, but I've always liked his design. This wave's ridiculous Spider-Man variants are displayed along the right edge of the card. The cardback features the same blurb about how great Spider-Man is, and little black and white drawings show off the figure's features. The picture of Spider-Man on the front of the card is a bit different, but it's basically the same bland, if inoffensive, graphics we've grown accustomed to. It's the same blister card packaging we've all seen a million times. The victim this time is Mysterio, and awaaaaay we go. Take it away,Īnother Spider-Man Classics wave, another short-packed villain. Drunken Fist is back with another great guest review.