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Trivial Psychic · 02-07-2024, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

The only Animated Series 2 pack that made sense was the MJ/Green Goblin 2 pack. For the rest, it's all about pairing up a good guy and a bad guy regardless of whether or not they met in the show.

The Doc Ock/Aunt May set made sense (especially from a comic perspective, I don't remember if they interacted much in the cartoon) as did the Peter Parker/Smythe set, as Smythe was a recurring villain on the show.

I was originally all in on the Spider-Man Animated VHS sets...but this set wreaks. It sucks because I think the Hydro Man looks cool...but good God that DD looks awful. The lack of consistency is frustrating. It looked like we were going away from Hasbro's awful cel shading attempts, as the previous 3 sets had none...and then here is DD...just covered in it. It looks like the figure was just accidentally dropped face down into a tray of black paint. Not only that...DD appeared in maybe 2 or 3 episodes as a cameo? Sadly for me, this will be the first of the SM VHS box sets I'll be passing on.

They should have gone with Madame Web. She was featured in a bunch of episodes throughout the course of the series, and had the show moved into a 6th season, would have been a part of a longer story arc.

Madame Web also has a movie coming out next week (take that with a grain of salt.) I realize it might not have made for the most exciting choice for a two pack, but she could have easily been done as a solo deluxe release with a throne and swappable parts for her to properly sit in it. It would have made for some perfect timing with whatever hype the movie might be able to help generate to get her out there now as opposed to later.

02-07-2024, 08:10 AM	#80466
Trivial Psychic Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 4,533	Quote: Originally Posted by jwyss234 The only Animated Series 2 pack that made sense was the MJ/Green Goblin 2 pack. For the rest, it's all about pairing up a good guy and a bad guy regardless of whether or not they met in the show. The Doc Ock/Aunt May set made sense (especially from a comic perspective, I don't remember if they interacted much in the cartoon) as did the Peter Parker/Smythe set, as Smythe was a recurring villain on the show. I was originally all in on the Spider-Man Animated VHS sets...but this set wreaks. It sucks because I think the Hydro Man looks cool...but good God that DD looks awful. The lack of consistency is frustrating. It looked like we were going away from Hasbro's awful cel shading attempts, as the previous 3 sets had none...and then here is DD...just covered in it. It looks like the figure was just accidentally dropped face down into a tray of black paint. Not only that...DD appeared in maybe 2 or 3 episodes as a cameo? Sadly for me, this will be the first of the SM VHS box sets I'll be passing on. They should have gone with Madame Web. She was featured in a bunch of episodes throughout the course of the series, and had the show moved into a 6th season, would have been a part of a longer story arc. Madame Web also has a movie coming out next week (take that with a grain of salt.) I realize it might not have made for the most exciting choice for a two pack, but she could have easily been done as a solo deluxe release with a throne and swappable parts for her to properly sit in it. It would have made for some perfect timing with whatever hype the movie might be able to help generate to get her out there now as opposed to later. Last edited by Trivial Psychic; 02-07-2024 at 08:21 AM..