Marvel Legend: "Scarlet Spider" (Rocket Raccoon BAF)

"ALL the Power. NONE of the Responsibility."

Spider-Man has had a plethora of duds over the years he has crawled on walls. Classic and Black... Iron and 'Armored' ... Big Time and Future ... He has had a lot of people crawl into his skin as well ... from O'Hara to Miles ... From Reilly to 'Ms. Parker' ... But now his 'sinister' clone has slung a new web in the name of 'Scarlet Spider'.

While controversy exists within the new realm of Marvel Legends of Hasbro, one of them is of course the dwarf sized BAFs coming out lately like Rocket Raccoon, all in all however, there are some good figures coming out. Not all of them, but figures like the new Scarlet Spider is indeed something I am enamored by. Now while this is just a mere repaint of two other Spider-Man that has come out(Big Time Spidey and Future foundation Spidey from the Armon Zola BAF wave), I am a big fan of the color combo. Yes, Red and Black. Though there are some few gripes with this figure like perhaps that the one 'thwip' hand hinders quite a bit of posing capabilities. Don't get me wrong, the classic Spidey pose is indeed nostalgic and fitting, however ... one thing to "point" out with this said hand aside from it being permanently shooting out imaginary webs...

Why is this hand so BIG!? And it's not the mere focal point of the camera that does the 'trick', it's just not proportioned correctly. Interchangeable hands would've came in handy or perhaps adhere to what Toybiz did with their Marvel Legends and give them articulated fingers! It sure deters this giant hand debacle that they face with a lot of their toys.

There's only really so much one can really do with one hand 'stuck' in the thwipping action. It really wasn't the best choice ESPECIALLY since this is the third repaint of this figure. The mold does wonders for posing, but jeez, can they at least add variations to the said hands? Also, the new Scarlet Spider has 'a claw in each arm that extends out of his wrist(The Other storyline which Kaine kept and Parker didn't), sadly they didn't add it in this figure. For the sake of color scheme and how I like Kaine, I 'had' to get him, but for those who are just indifferent about him, he doesn't have a whole lot of incentive. Hell, to complete Rocket Raccoon, one doesn't even need this guy. He comes with no part.

Web of Spider-Men

But as an addition to the Spider-Man gallery, he is pretty cool. Again, along with Iron Spider and Black Spider-Man, this is one of my favorite adaptation of the Wall Crawler. I'm sure not a whole hell of a lot of people can concur with that though. Still, glad to have him, all in all!

Scarlet Spider 2012

An Illusive Spider working in the shade of blood red.

July is Spidey Month for obvious reasons. It's been a while since I have actually been this super excited for Spider-Man since the whole 'One More Day' tirade that pretty much ruined everything for me in the Spider-Man mythos. Though I can even sullenly admit that even to this day, I myself haven't completely found myself caught back in the webs of Spider-Man's story. However once in a while I'll take a glance at what is going on (though lost in translation) in the Web-Head's world. Not too long ago I found myself running across the 'New Scarlet Spider' and well... I was impressed with how he looks. The whole Red and Black attire more than suffice for a more darker and a bit more intimidating Spidey! 

*Note* I will not go into it right now but! Scarlet Spider was also the name of Spidey's clone, Ben Reilly who donned another Spidey thread that had the color scheme of the original Spider-Man duds but a bit more... I don't know? It wasn't a bad thread at all, but it's not my favorite outfit. As seen in the left here! Heck even the Iron Spider armor (that Tony Stark provided) was even plastered as 'Scarlet Spider' when 'they' joined the Avengers Initiative. As abhorrent as this sounds, it wasn't even Ben, Kaine, or Peter that donned it(that is after Parker dissuades himself to join Cap's side in the Civil war!). As seen to the right!

My New favorite Spidey outfit!

I don't know the exact story line nor can I say if I will really delve into it with detail or have the energy and time to do so. I will say that if the art proves tantalizing (and it does) then I think when it's in cheap price I'll pick it up perhaps. Not that my myriad of activities doesn't keep me busy enough! However, designing the new Spidey the way they did had an efficacious result. Obviously! I'm blogging about it!

"Does whatever a Spider Can't."

Anyways! This concludes my little rant about another corner of the Marvel Universe. And yes, doesn't the new Scarlet duds look absolutely Amazing in the game?!