Marvel 500 Bind Bags Hasbro

I'd heard about these a while ago and a as a fan of blind bags, mini figures and Marvel, when I saw these in store today, I had to pick a couple up.

This first series has 24 to collect and, I assume, the end game is to release 500 minifigures.

Now bear with me here, I'm going to try and explain some of these figures the best way I can - where the figures look like their normal characters from the comic I'll just name them, when they look different, I'll add the colour schemes. This first series contains:

Spider-Man
Captain America blue & silver
Ultron blue and silver
Hulk
Punisher
Dock Ock green & gold
Iron Man
Green Goblin green & purple
Thor
Venom
Hulk green
Ghost Rider
Captain America
Spider-Man black
Ultron gold & blue
Red Hulk
Green Goblin
Carnage
Iron Man silver & red
Nick Fury navy & white
Ghost Rider orange
Ultron
Spider-Man red
Thor red, black & silver

Now some of that probably sounds a bit confusing, but look at what I got, and it might make a bit more sense!

Firstly, I pulled

Venom!

The daddy of the symbiote family is a good sculpt, but what is that pose all about?! There are pros and cons here. Venom is a nice bulky minifigure (as he should be), the spider symbol is well applied and his eyes and tongue are both painted. The weird pose is a bit off putting, I really wish there was more paint on this guy, especially around the mouth, and the white at the eyes hasn't been applied perfectly which is a shame.

Secondly, I pulled

The translucent blue and silver Ultron.

I prefer this figure over Ultron. I love the translucent blue plastic here and Ultron's pose is much better than Venom's! Ultron looks to be holding some kind of energy ball.

There's more going on in the sculpt here too so that's appreciated. The little bit of silver that goes down one side makes it look like Ultron is being hit with a ray of light which is a pretty nice look. None of the figures have articulation by the way - they're only about 1.5" high and are quite a hard plastic.

I like these figures and I'll be grabbing more when I see them, but I can see why some people wouldn't be impressed.

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Marvel Legends Daredevil Hobgoblin BAF

I ordered Daredevil from the new Hobgoblin Build a Figure series from Dorksidetoys.com in the states as I thought I'd be waiting a while to see these guys in the UK, and yep, still not seen them here.

Like I said, this is from the Hobgoblin BAF wave but I won't be finishing the Hobgoblin. I have pizza eating Spidey and now Daredevil. If I come across Spider-Man 2099 in the wild here then I'll pick him up, but I'm not too interested in the other figures. Daredevil comes with the right arm of Hobgoblin and one of his pumpkin bombs

The only accessories Daredevil comes with are his two billy clubs which are nicely sculpted but are made out of a really soft gummy plastic which I don't love, but they're good for what they're for. They also clip together but they don't become long enough for Matt Murdock's cane, so I'll be keeping them separated.

They also sit nicely in his holster on his hip, which sadly keeps riding down but again, not the end of the world

The gummy clubs and slightly loose holster aren't the end of the world because this figure really is great. The paint apps are nice and clean with a nice dark read for the majority of the suit and a great looking lighter red for his boots, gloves, DD on his chest and eyes.

I specifically like the paint colour Hasbro used for the flesh tones on Daredevil's face, I think it's a really natural looking colour and it's applied cleanly

Articulation wise, Daredevil's head is on a ball joint so he can look left and right and up and down. His shoulders are hinged and on a ball joint so they can move up and down and outwards, the elbows have a double joint, and his hands swivel and bend up and down.

He has a torso crunch meaning he can move back and forth a little, he has a waist swivel, hip joints, thigh swivels, double jointed knees, boot swivel, foot articulation and ankle pivot.

I completely recommend this figure, he's an excellent Daredevil figure and a great addition to my Avengers team.

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Marvel Legends Inifnite Series Spider-Man Build a Figure Hobgoblin Wave

Several reasons why I wanted to pick this figure up: One, this is a seriously cool looking comic accurate Spidey; two, it comes with a half masked head sculpt - awesome!; three, PIZZA. Spidey comes with a slice. I really don't know why, but it's freaking brilliant.

Spider-Man also comes with Hobgoblin's leg for the BAF

Spidey gets extra hands, web thwipping hands, clenched fists, and wall crawling hands

And as mentioned, you get his half masked face.

Out of packaging this Spider-Man is a really nice figure. The paint is really pretty neat although I've heard some complaints about sloppy paint applications, especially round the eyes, but thankfully my figure is really quite neat.

The half masked head is a really nice sculpt and the paint is a really nice flesh tone, and thankfully it means he can eat his 'za! The wall crawling hands hold the slice perfectly, with the cheese running down in between fingers.

Articulation is really pretty good on this guy. His head is on a ball and hinge joint, the shoulders have an armpit type swivel joint and there's a hinge letting his arm move up and down, there's a bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, and his wrists swivel and bend.

Spidey has a torso crunch, waist swivel, hip swivel, legs moves forward and back, he has thigh rotation, double jointed knees ankle articulation and pivot. All in all, it makes for a really nice piece.

It's such great fun to pose this guy, and best of all, you can get Spider-Man into a handstand, which is incredibly cool.

And here he is with Figma Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel Legends Amazing Spider-Man 2 Spidey, and Marvel Legends Superior Spider-Man.

If you're a Spider-Man or Marvel Legends fan I recommend picking this guy up.

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Figma 199 Amazing Spider-Man

Cards on the table: I love this figure. It's not perfect, but it's one of my favourite figures that I own. The packaging is lovely, a nice big window showcasing Spider-Man inside and some of the accessories that are included. It has a nice Spider-Man logo on the front, Spidey on the side, and Figma on the other side.

The back has Spidey in various poses from the movie, most of which are only possible with the included Figma stand.

Also included with this figure are 2 thwipping webs, which I wish were a little longer, or maybe if one was slightly different. They are nicely made though, and they work really well.

He also comes with his backpack, which is sculpted and painted really nicely and comes in a soft plastic.

He comes with 3 extra pairs of hands. In total he comes with 2 thwipping hands, 2 closed fists, 2 holding fists, and 2 open hands. They can be held on the Figma "hand tree" which is a great and much needed accessory when there are so many hands.

And the last accessory is a 2 parter - another hand, but this time it holds his phone. The phone is removable from the hand, but I'm not sure why. Figma could have just kept this as one whole piece considering the hand is a bit useless unless it's holding the phone.

Straight out of the box, Spider-Man is fully poseable and you can start throwing him into the poses seen on the box, in the film, or pretty much any Spider-Man comic you've read!

I love the detailing and paint in this figure, it's an absolute beauty to get posing and looks amazingly screen accurate. A great blue and red, with Spider insignia on the front and back, and amazing gold eyes.

Articulation wise, this figure is seriously not lacking. The neck is articulated individually from the head so the head can turn, tilt, spin, pivot - the lot. The shoulder is on a nice fluid ball joint, which is easily removed so that the backpack can be put in place easily. The shoulders are on circular Figma joints giving it a great range of motion, including a swivel. The hands are on ball and peg joints so can be moved round and back and forth.

There's a torso crunch, waist swivel, hip joints, thigh cut, knee bend, ankle bend and pivot, and toe articulation.

The knee joints have had a real bad write up in the past. These are the circular joints that Figma use and I admit, they do detract from the figure a little but they give the legs great articulation and movement.

The major down side to this figure is the price. This being a Japanese import means that you'll need to order this online and it's not too cheap! In my opinion though, it is worth it if you're a fan of Spider-Man. I had been interested in getting a Spider-Man figure, and I really like the Andrew Garfield movies, and once I saw that Figma had done this amazingly detailed, super articulated piece, I knew I had to get saving.

I don't have any other Spidey figures and I don't think I'll be picking up another. In my opinion, I just don't need on! This is such a great figure, I pose it differently on my shelf several times a week, it's brilliant. If Figma were to release a Spider-Woman or a variant suit for Spidey I'd be very tempted to pick one up.

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