[Veronica Mars]

Got my Sandman wave today and overall I feel pretty meh about it. I have to say as far as QC goes this wave is pretty bad. Might just be the set of figures I got, but I have paint splotches and speckles and no paint where there should be paint. The other issue is packaging, a few of the figures are posed in the package in such a way as to need their joints straightened right out of the box, Black Suit Spidey and Ms. Marvel especially.

Black Suit Spidey – Pretty much exactly what I expected save for the super warped legs. I kind of wish they'd have bothered to include thwipping hands since Pete did have a non symbiote version of this costume.

Green Goblin – One of the stand outs of the wave for me, maybe because I don't have any of the previous Green Goblin figures, or maybe because he's one of the 2 figures that has no paint issues. I like the sculpt, I like that they didn't just repack Hobgoblin's glider with him. The right hand on mine pops out super easy and it makes me wish they'd have given us another swappable hand.

Spidey 2099 – I'm on the fence. As a figure, and aesthetically he's really cool, mine has paint issues, white splotches here and there, other spots where the white paint should be, but isn't. I also haven't kept up enough with this character and this costume is nothing I'm familiar with.

Shocker – What a mess. The paints apps on this one are awful. Brown smudges everywhere. The flat gray knee pads are lame and could use some silver dry brushing. I was looking forward to this one to round out the superior foes, he's definitely going in the back of the display

Spider UK – Another character I'm not super familiar with. As a figure he's pretty cool. If the rumors about this mold replacing the bucky cap mold are true I think we're in pretty good shape. I haven't taken a close at this one since I've already sold him off.

The Jackal – The other figure I got with no QC issues. He's pretty neat. Having him in hand I share everyone else's fears that they'll try to reuse this buck for Beast, it's too small, don't do it Hasbro.

Ms. Marvel – This not a character I wanted or know much about. The figure itself is decent. The gold paint from her torso is everywhere and her knees are bowlegged from the package. As long as you don't swap her arms for the oversized ones she's a solid figure, QC aside. Those oversized arms are a testament to lazy. Why is there no articulation at the wrist? They're also a bit heavy and tend to throw off her balance.

Sandman - This one is pretty great, lots of details, decent paint. They did a good job of making him different from the SDCC Sandman. To be honest I feel like this probably should have been the convention exclusive, what with all the extra interchangeable parts. He goes a long way to redeeming the rest of the flaws the wave has.