[jwyss234]

I received my Stilt-Man wave from Dorkside the other day and finally had time to open it. Overall, it's not a bad wave but it follows the pattern of the December/January Spiderman wave being a bit dull compared to the summer Spiderman wave.

Frog-Man: Not a character that I'm familiar with. My first impression of the figure out of the box is that he looks like the Marvel counter-part for Killer Moth in Batgirl: Year One. The figure makes good use of the Doc Ock body although the backpack doesn't completely cover the tentacle ports.

Prowler: Not a bad figure but it's not wowing me. I think the figure would have benefited from some open hands (he comes with two grip hands), an unmasked head, or some energy effects. Just a little something extra to help make him more expressive.

Spider-Gwen with Spider-Ham: Gwen's an improvement on the original Into The Spider-Verse Gwen. Both head sculpts are now movie accurate, her ballet shoes are sculpted, and she comes with two pairs of hands (fists and web shooting). However, I would still like to see her come with some wall crawling hands. Spider-Ham is unmovable, aside from his head. I'd like to fill in his web lines with some black paint but I don't see it turning out well given how small he is.

Miles: Bad news first, his unmasked head can't be used with the original Miles figure from Into The Spider-Verse. Both heads have their own ball joints that are removed from the neck. Otherwise, the figure turned out pretty well. I like his unmasked head the best which is probably what I'll stick with. His Spiderman costume is sculpted this time which makes me hopefully that Hasbro will reuse these parts to make a new, fully costumed Miles.

Peter B. Parker: I was looking forward to this figure the most out of the wave simply because I want to customize it by filling in the web lines and adding some gray to his hair. Out of the three heroes, Peter's two head sculpts turned out the best. Like Miles, I feel like Hasbro will make a fully costumed Peter at some point since the costume details are sculpted on the back (but not painted) and the bare neck is a separate piece from the torso.

Hand Ninja: Probably the best carded figure in the wave. While I prefer the zukin head sculpt on the Articulated Icons, I think the Legends Hand Ninja turned out really well and is far more economical than the AI ninjas. My one nit with the figures is the shoulders. They look like they sit too low and there is some extra sculpt on the inside fo the bicep that prevents the arms from going flat against the torso. Would I say the Legends Hand Ninja is better than the Classified Red Ninja? I'm not sure. Maybe I'll take some pics and do a comparison at some point.

Stilt-Man: Not a villain I had a lot of interest in but I'm impressed with how he turned out. I bought two Hand Ninjas and used both sets of stilt legs on my figure. I haven't measured his height to see how tall he is but he now stands taller than my DOFP Sentinel. The legs come with a clear display stand for his feet to plug into which I would recommend using since his feet aren't much bigger than his legs.