Let’s get it out of the way. The colors seem to be dark. The proportions may be a little off. It may be slightly small. And yes, it’s jointy, with the shoulders being downright confusing at times. But the Bandai S.H. Figuarts Spider-Man: Homecoming Stark Suit Spidey is FUN. And that beats out most of my gripes, when it comes down to it.
If a review sends me into a downward spiral of posing and more posing and more posing, it’s a win. I usually like to get my videos up around a certain time and this one came in at least two hours late. That’s because I found myself going “Can it do this stance? How about this crouch? Will this go around to there?” And while it’s no Amazing Yamaguchi Spidey it can hit a lot of what you want it to hit, especially within the confines of it being an MCU figure.
I say the colors are dark. There is some dispute here. Some people say it’s right. Some people say it’s the Civil War colors. Me and my brain, we wanted to see a little brighter, but only because of how we perceive this Spidey overall. He’s a guy that actually enjoys what he’s doing. He has fun. He likes who he is. And what that has to do with the colors of the suit, I don’t know, but it’s how I think. Plus you can find photos online swinging to both sides of the fence. But the silver eyes are still wrong. You can’t change my mind there.
I mentioned the joints and the proportions, and this is again a how-much-do-you-want-to-nitpick situation. The neck is long to accommodate the range of movement, the same with some of the other distracting elements that are apparent in vanilla stances. And that’s where some of us take different paths. You either see the trees or you see the forest. It’s the Revoltech effect, although much less blatant. You get amazing range of movement but some aesthetic concessions had to be made. You focus on what makes those poses possible and it may drive you nuts.
Or you can just chalk it up to an awkward teen gaining muscle mass overnight from a radioactive spider bite. Whatever floats your Helicarrier.
The figure is handcandy. You can’t take that away from me.
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That last pose lasted about three seconds. But it was a glorious three seconds.
