Yuppers, standard Marvel Universe card. Wow, its the HAMMER logo. For some reason, I thought Iron Spider came out after Osborne stopped stamping his nefarious emblem on our MU packages, but I guess not. Either way, Spidey’s got some nice character art on the card. It’s not quite in the same style as the issue the armor first appeared in, but then again, I’m pretty sure he only sported the waldoes on the cover and didn’t use them in the actual issue, either. Of course, the figure isn’t intended as a first appearance, so I’m pretty much just talking out of my ass.

Once out of the package, we see that Iron Spider is comprised mostly of a standard MU male buck with a Tony Stark inspired paint scheme of red and gold. There isn’t a lot of unique sculpting at play on this figure, although he does have the socket box on his back to plug in his waldoes, which are not attached to him in the package. The arms plug into the back with simple ball joints, and while the sculpt looks like they are hinged in two places, they really aren’t. I think that’s probably for the best, though, as they’re quite spindley and would have been very fragile. The ball joints provide some decent articulation for the maniuplators, but they also pop out pretty easily. In fact, I’ve found it just easier to unplug them and plug them back in the way I want them. I guess that’s cool, since it gives you the option to display him with the arms retracted by just pulling them off. The gold paintwork on my figure is surprisingly well done, with no noticeable slop or bleeding.

Apart from the ball joints in his waldoes, you get standard MU style male articulation. The neck is ball jointed and the arms have ball joints in the shoulders, swivels in the biceps and wrists, and hinged elbows. The legs have universal movement in the hips, double hinges in the knees, and hinges and swivels in the ankles. There’s no waist swivel, but you do get that funky universal torso joint that Hasbro loves so much.