[Trivial Psychic]

Thanks Tim! I've nitpicked a bunch on them, but so far, but overall, I'm really liking this wave so far!

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Originally Posted by Harbinger

If memory serves wasn’t demogoblin was shown or mentioned in an upcoming wave this or next year?

Demogoblin's name has popped up a few times when those "leaked" lists show up. I remember seeing it on the Lizard, Kingpin, and Venom waves at one point. In the case of Kingpin, it turned out to be Red Goblin.

Hasbro would be hard pressed to top the original Spider-Man Classics one (which was a repaint of the old Macendale Hobgoblin.) That figure had an excellent sculpt with great articulation that holds up to this day (if a bit large...)

Speaking of one upping....let's get the last two figs in the Far From Home wave out of the way...



Hydro-Man: Whoa....where too start. So many ups and downs with this guy. First off...he looks bad ass. They really captured the essence of Hydro-Man here, with a dynamite headsculpt, some really awesome sculpted arms and water effects, and the Netflix Luke Cage body was a good reuse here. It's undeniably McFarlane era Hydro-Man, and he smokes that thing we got from ToyBiz back in the day.

The bad however, lies in the good unfortunately. I'm not gonna be the one who whines about not receiving standard human arms, because honestly, I'd never set this figure on my shelf with them on. My issue lies with how the articulation is implemented on these arms. Hydro-Man has almost no bend in his elbows, and has no articulation at the bicep...meaning that his posing options are EXTREMELY limited. The arms are really heavy as well, so posing him with them outstretched might require a stand (though the water effects do a pretty good job, and cleverly serve as a makeshift stand.) While I love the Luke Cage body and feel it's appropriately sized for the character, I feel the size might be too small to accommodate the arms, and perhaps better articulation in them would have been attained if the figure was on the Absorbing Man body like his oft-rival Sandman, as it would have given Hasbro a bit more play with the sculpt. It's a shame, because what could have easily been the best comic figure of the year thus far, becomes a huge, excellent-looking disappointment due to this issue.

On a side note...I'd love to see this guy re-released, on a slightly retooled Absorbing Man body casted in clear blue plastic to represent his fully watered up form, similar to how Hasbro did with the SDCC Sandman. That would be sick....



Scorpion: First...the elephant in the room. If you have any of the ToyBiz versions...you're honestly good to go. Outside the non-gimmick tail, this new figure does not surpass the original in any way. It doesn't make it a bad figure though...it's actually really good for what it is, but next to the ToyBiz version, this one feels really basic.

Scorpion is on a retooled Spider-Man 2099 body, featuring a new torso that is ball jointed, ridding us of the traditional ratchet ab crunch. That's fine for most characters, but the problem is that for Mac...it's way too small. Scorpion has almost always towered over Spidey in some way, and this figure puts him eye to eye with him. In addition, the headsculpt doesn't do Scorpion any favors either. While I'm glad they went with something other than a stoic look, the smile/sneer comes off looking really forced and non-menacing, like when John Conner is teaching Arnie how to smile in Terminator 2. In addition, you can clearly see sculpted lines along the sides of his face where the skin would be exposed on his traditional mask, but instead, Hasbro opted to fill it all in down to the lips with the metallic green. It is still accurate, but not my favorite look for the character (nor the one featured on the side of the box art.)

The tail is really good though, as it has a really good bend that stays put, and does a great job supporting the figure when posed right. It can coil around the figure really well thanks to it's length, which adds a ton of personality to the figure where the figure itself fails to inspire. The tail is glued to the back of the figure and is a separate piece, so it can be removed. I'm sure it won't be long until we see customizers out there attaching this to the ToyBiz version, because believe me, I would if I had the guts to be the first to try.

All in all, like I said...my gripes aside, it's still a really good figure, especially if you missed out on the ToyBiz version. Does it top it though? I'm gonna say no on that one.