I know I made a Spidey 2099 Review in the past... but this is a new review with the new and improved Miguel O'Hara still stuck in the Pizza Spidey Body, when the 2099 stuck in 2020 Miguel O'Hara was using the Kaine body to differentiate O'Hara from Peter Parker.
Miguel was the "inclusive" Spider-Man before being inclusive was cool. In a dystopian future long after the "Heroic Age", Miguel O'Hara became Spider-Man after gaining his powers in a freak accident after a failed attempt at murdering O'Hara. Wearing a suit that has a Spider-Motif combined with El Día de los Muertos, Miguel is the Spider-Man of a new era.
Articulation
O'Hara is built on the Pizza Spidey body, so we know what to expect in this department. As a Spidey Figure, I go for the 3 Poses experiment:
MvC stance
Squat/wallcrawling pose
Web Yo-yo pose
We already know that the Pizza Spidey Buck can get very close to these 3 poses. There are no real improvements to the cape so you know what to expect.
4.0
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| He's kinda lonely as the only 2099 character... Can we get a Green Goblin 2099 next?? |
Paint and sculpt
Gone are the super shiny Metallic blues from the previous release. Now the blues are dark purples with a slight metallic sheen. I can barely capture it on the camera due to its subtlety. The reds are dark and flat, which give 2099 a far creepier look than 20th Century Spidey.
I used to hate some elements of the sculpt but they have grown on me.
4.0
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| A billowing cape or one with a hinged joint could've helped selling the Spider-landing pose. |
Accessories
He has his cape and extra hands... he should've gotten an extra webline since he's literally a repaint with zero new parts. I'm not even asking for newly sculpted parts like a Miguel O'Hara head. I know that this is an improvement over the past figure, but it feels like Hasbro isn't trying too hard on these.
4.5
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| If we had Gripping hands, this pose would be easier to keep. |
Overall
Spidey 2099 v 2.0 gets a 4.17 as his final score. I said that Spidey 2099 needed to be at least 20% cooler but 2.0 only managed to get a 12% cooler.
I know I'm going to hate myself for this but to get the TRUE Spidey 2099 we deserve we need a Modified Retro Animated Spidey buck with a hole on its back for the cape. We need multiple capes for display options (the standard cape, a billowing cape, and a fully spread out cape)
A web line
Gripping hands for the webline
A Miguel O'Hara head.
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