Another piece of the Hobgoblin BAF that I was on the fence about getting; not anymore! I'm planning on finishing this set and well, here comes the Ultimate Spider-Woman crashing into my collection! So as a character, I'm not that big of a fan of her; I know right? She's Jessica Drew of the Ultimate Universe! She's Spider-Woman! Well truthfully, she's a clone of Peter Parker and ... she has no similarities with her Earth 616 version at all, minus the name and the alias. So as a figure, does she abate some of my dislike for the character?
You know, I don't know why they didn't do a promotional art for these characters. Would've been cool to see new art of these characters on the side of their respected box.
The figure itself does mirror Jessica Drew of the Ultimate Marvel Universe. Now right off the get go I wan to say that the costume design is something I don't really abhor. The moment I saw it, I thought it was decent; the lips needed to be exposed though to make the 'spider-girl' face complete... but alas, they chose this design for the mask. The logo is a tribute to the classic Symbiote insignia and the color is close to dark red, which again, isn't black for a good reason. It's actually a tribute to the black Spider-man costume, with the hair sticking out. This figure has a familiar and decent mold and the hair sculpted is great, in certain dynamic pose. I think Hasbro did a fine job detailing her out; not much paint scruffs on her.
I'm going to keep most of my articulation complaints on the next section but when we get a BAF piece and no alternate heads, hands, or anything to a figure that desperately needs it, well, simply put, it freaking sucks. A very important BAF piece, but again Hasbro, why are we feeling here on accessories? Why do I have to resort to making my own webbing? I mean, I know there are customizers out there for figures, and that's great, but, I'm not one of them. Hasbro, wake up on your next Spider-Man line!
Articulation is a standard female mold. Again with their legs hindered from doing the full on 'spread eagle' (and no, I'm not asking for it for perverted set of thinking, it's actually needed for her to do some of her Spider-Woman poses!), not a lot of the 'spider-y' pose can be replicated. The sculpt of the hair, while gorgeous and it has dynamics, also has adds some hinderance. The one direction flow really defeats other poses because it just clashes with some of the direction she is implied to go to. Oh and my U.Spider-Woman has problems with her left(fist) hand since the quality seemed to fail on me. Long story short, the said wrist can't swivel, can't rotate up and down, and it was almost permanently off. Super glue fixed that.
Here she is next to her superior version, Spider-Woman from the 616 Universe! I'm not sure why they didn't just go with her mouth revealed with the mask.
And here she is next to the other Ultimate figures I won(forgot Beetle, oh well). I am not sure if her and Miles really fought Ultimate Green Goblin though. From my understanding, the Parker in that universe died and Miles came after.
In conclusion, this figure is cool to have. She is indeed part of the Spider-Verse shelf I am trying to make so I'm not all that bummed out about her mishaps. When it comes to these BAFs, Hasbro needs to realize that it's going to take more than fancy characters and a BAF to really start digging into fandom. Quality will always be an issue and I don't want that to forever be a disdain in collecting when it comes to the 'norm' and affordable figures, but come on. But some of the things that could have alleviated some of that are alternate heads, hands, a bit more accessories... etc. It probably means we pay a bit more(obviously) but for what they are charging, a bit more effort can't hurt. I mean why does some figures get more accessories than others? Ultimate Spider-Woman could have had more flare to her but unfortunately, this figure is almost as a bummer for me as her comic book version.
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