Anyone Else Get their Medicom Symbiote Spider-Man?

[Spideyfan]

I got mine saturday. Love the figures and all the extra hands. I am starting to fell a little buyers remorse because of the price. Not so much because of what I spent but because I want the other Spidey related figures Carnage, Venom, & Regular Costume Spidey now to display with. And that is going to cost me $300+. Damn collecting bug

Here are some pics. These are bigbeltz the second from http://board.spawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=312914

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Bigbeltz/IMG_0567.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com)
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[nash]

I have the comic spidey, very awesome figure. i'll be getting my symbiote spidey on tuesday. i think they compliment each other very well.

[galactiboy]

Should be here on Tuesday... I'm still a bit on the fence about this one... but I love the comic version so we'll see. So does anyone know if the box was actually different like some were predicting? I've only seen one image from the Spawn Forum and it looked pretty much the same...

Medicom Spiderman at the Spawn Forum (http://board.spawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=312914)

[Mookeylama]

if u loved the comic version why on the fence on the Symbiote? aren't they the same body/articulation?

[SolidLiquidFox]

mine gets here tomorrow

[hairlesswookiee]

share some pics, these figs look so cool, but im having trouble finding money for my sideshow figures let alone jumping into the Medicom collection.

[SolidLiquidFox]

I am definitely not jumping into this bandwagon but I did wanted to try a Medicom figure out. After much debating I went ahead and ordered my favorite character in his classic Black Costume. :monkey3

[hairlesswookiee]

I am definitely not jumping into this bandwagon but I did wanted to try a Medicom figure out. After much debating I went ahead and ordered my favorite character in his classic Black Costume. :monkey3

yeah the black spiderman costume is definately my favorite including the new one that he has now during the Civil War.

[Darklord Dave]

:welcome Spideyfan!

I got mine and as far as I can tell the box is the same as the regular Spidey. One disapointing aspect I thought was that they used the same unposable boots on him even though they're all black. It would seem that it could have just been a footie so he'd have some ankle articulation.

[Hightreker]

I just found out my waitlist got called, so mine should be here this week. I was surprised I got it, I only signed up for the waitlist two weeks ago.

[galactiboy]

My only concern is that the black of the plastic stands out too much from the black of the costume... its not really a problem with the comic version since there are different colors and textures in the costume. I'm just waiting to see what he looks like in person.

Dave, you know the rubbery boots on the comic will hold a pose right? They look a little funky/moonbootish, but you can move his feet and they pretty well stay.

[screamingmetal]

Nice pics Spideyfan, and welcome to the board!
After seeing your pics of the final figure, I'm so glad I didn't cancel my order, I think he looks amazing. The head isn't too small, and works well with the cloth costume imo.
Although I don't like the exposed metal joints on the wrists, all Medicom Marvel figures have them so it's something I've come to live with.
I also saw your pictures of Rei Ayanami over on the Spawn forum earlier (not a member, just lurking), I'm kind of glad I canceled that figure to be honest. I'd much rather have Symbiote Spidey.
So does anyone know if the box was actually different like some were predicting?
I'm not sure if you're asking if the box is designed differently; but from Spideyfan's pictures, Spidey's costume is the Black Sybiote on the cover and in the comic panel excerpts. So that's different then the other two Medicom Spidey figure boxes (the movie version also has die cut webbing on the 5th window panel).

[TOE]

first off...WELCOME SPIDEYFAN :horse tothe freak show!!!

Second: it looks great but shouldn't symbiote spidey shoot out his web from the top of his hand of is that Venom's? or both of them shoot out their web under the hand?

[Deak Starkiller]

You are correct about the use of webbing. But he does come with fists that can be made to look like he is shooting webbing.

[LordAzrael]

I got my first Medicom figures today - admittedly they are the cheapass G-force ones ;)

I managed to get Mark, Jason and the Takara Cool-Girls Princess for $US85 for the lot + shipping - I thought that was a pretty good deal.

I'm a bit on the fence about the Medicom spiderman - basically cos I don't think its that hard to custom bash what they have..... essentially its a black skin suit with white markings added (which I imagine you could use iron on transfers). Given the basicness of the figure - I think I'll wait for triads new bodies (because of the skintight costume) and give it a bash then.

[Deak Starkiller]

I got my first Medicom figures today - admittedly they are the cheapass G-force ones ;)

I managed to get Mark, Jason and the Takara Cool-Girls Princess for $US85 for the lot + shipping - I thought that was a pretty good deal.

I'm a bit on the fence about the Medicom spiderman - basically cos I don't think its that hard to custom bash what they have..... essentially its a black skin suit with white markings added (which I imagine you could use iron on transfers). Given the basicness of the figure - I think I'll wait for triads new bodies (because of the skintight costume) and give it a bash then.

Good luck with that. Also post pics when you make one.

[galactiboy]

I'm not sure if you're asking if the box is designed differently; but from Spideyfan's pictures, Spidey's costume is the Black Sybiote on the cover and in the comic panel excerpts. So that's different then the other two Medicom Spidey figure boxes (the movie version also has die cut webbing on the 5th window panel).

Actually there had been some grumblings a few months back that for the Symbiotes distributed through Sideshow the box would be altered (maybe just slightly), to be different from the mail-away version sold exclusively in Japan. I haven't heard anything since and so my question was if anyone knows if this packaging has any changes to it... such as a Sideshow logo, or something like that.

[galactiboy]

I think I'll wait for triads new bodies (because of the skintight costume) and give it a bash then.

I wouldn't bother with a triad body for it... with the hero figures Medicom has used very muscled bodies so you get a lot of definition showing through the costume and the articulation doesn't look akward at all. I think its something that they added to the 301 body to make it more defined looking. I have a Luke and comic Spidey and their bodies are very different, and Spidey's actually a bit taller.

[wookilar8]

Just got my Spidey today plus other goodies. As far as the box goes, it looks the same as the Japanese box. No Sideshow logos anywhere.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/wookilar8/mycollectible002.jpg

[SolidLiquidFox]

I got the exact same items today as well. Was not expecting the softcover catalog. It's good to have as I won't have to mess with my limited edition hardcover too much. This can be my reading copy.

[Spideyfan]

Actually there had been some grumblings a few months back that for the Symbiotes distributed through Sideshow the box would be altered (maybe just slightly), to be different from the mail-away version sold exclusively in Japan. I haven't heard anything since and so my question was if anyone knows if this packaging has any changes to it... such as a Sideshow logo, or something like that.

I do not know what the Japanese box looks like but I their is no Sideshow logo or any other logo I could find other then the Medicom and Marvel one.

[galactiboy]

I just got mine in the mail today and I didn't see anything out of the oridinary. Great looking figure... although my heart still belongs to the comic version :monkey3

[SolidLiquidFox]

I just got mine in the mail today and I didn't see anything out of the oridinary. Great looking figure... although my heart still belongs to the comic version :monkey3

technically, this is one of the comic versions...some would argue even superior to the original threads.

the comic book purist in me still feels that Spider-Man 3 should have featured this design and not just a grey version of the movie costume.

[NSFolsom]

That's interesting about the Japan exclusive mail-away box... Does anyone have a picture for comparison?

I don't even know if FedEx will be delivering mine today. I'm at work now and according to the tracking information I've been looking at since I've been here it's been sitting at the local FedEx facility all day with an estimated arrival of today. Well today's just about over. Hopefully they will deliver it tomorrow without losing it first.

[galactiboy]

I asked a couple of guys over on RS who had the original and their impression was that there were no differences in the packaging, and that the changes were probably just a rumor.

Have the other Marvel Medicoms shipped from Sideshow yet? I know the comic version (I know Solid.... red and blue suit :monkey4) had a mailaway sticker on the front for the Symbiote and I wonder if it is still there?

[Mookeylama]

i love the Symbiote! he's my 1st Medicom fig and everything i've heard is true. he has the best articulation i think i've ever seen on a fig. and yeah the ankles do hold poses pretty well. and did they make him taller? one bad thing i kept hearing about Medi figs was that they are shorter than other figs, but Blacky here is about on par w/ my Dragons/Sideshow/ect.

only problem is there's 2 places on the uniform where it looks like the white spider emblem is starting to pull away from the cloth. very small, about 1/8 each but they're there. SS is sold out of these. anyone think i'd have a chance at getting another in exchange?

[WEAPON X]

i love the Symbiote! he's my 1st Medicom fig and everything i've heard is true. he has the best articulation i think i've ever seen on a fig. and yeah the ankles do hold poses pretty well. and did they make him taller? one bad thing i kept hearing about Medi figs was that they are shorter than other figs, but Blacky here is about on par w/ my Dragons/Sideshow/ect.

only problem is there's 2 places on the uniform where it looks like the white spider emblem is starting to pull away from the cloth. very small, about 1/8 each but they're there. SS is sold out of these. anyone think i'd have a chance at getting another in exchange?
Mookeylama,

Congrads on your first Medicom...

A thought came to mind about the scale size on 1:6 scale figure market, West verses East. Remember that that the U.S. still measures in “standard/inch” verses the rest of the world measures’ using the, “metric system”.

A 1/6 scale averages in about 12 inches in height in the standard/inch yet if you convert in that, same/average 1/6 scale figure using the metric system, millimeter (mm). The conversion would be, 1 inch = 25.4mm. This means 11.8 inches tall. And depending on the subject these 1/6 scale figures could be larger than 12 inches in height or smaller, i.e. Medicom's Darth Vader or Wolverine (comic version), Hot Toys Predator

Just a thought.

P.S. Call the SS Customer Service Dept and express to them your concerns about the peeling of the white spider emblem.

Be Well,

Ben

[WEAPON X]

At 3:09 PM today June 28th 2006, FedEx delivered my Symboite Spidey.
I'm happy to report that there are no apparent issues with the "white" in color, spidey logo on either the front and rear sides.

This is a very nice RAH figure to have in ones collection, indeed! :joy

[Spideyfan]

When I first got Spidey in the mail I did not even take him out the box. When I looked through the window there was a big spot on the spider emblem that looked like the paint was not applied or had flaked off. I knew the fig was sold out so I did not think I could exchange him. I put the box aside and was going to contact SS later to find out my options.

When I went to there website again to contact them I decided to look again to see if I could live with the flaw or maybe touch it up. The spot was no longer on the spider body but on the spider legs. I knew that was not possible so I finally took him out the box and there was no problem. I do not know if there might have been some moisture or something that made it appear discolored under the
packaging.

[galactiboy]

I noticed moisture in the packaging for my Medicom Stormtrooper. Wherever the figure came in contact with the package it appeared discolored... however when I opened him not problems. But the inside of the tray did feel a bit greasey, I guess you had the same thing as I did

[Darklord Dave]

Regarding scale of Medicom figures - they seem to have 2 distinct 1/6 scale. One for the movie figures and one for the comic-based figures (which are closer to normal 1/6). It's a little frustrating that my comic Spidey towers over my movie Spidey.

[galactiboy]

That would be annoying... although not so annoying that you have a gem like the Movie Spidey in you collection :monkey5 Its kinda funny that Spidey would be one figure that it would be okay if he was kinda tiny, but he's actually in 1/6 :confused:

[Bonehead15]

I got my symbiote Spidey yesterday and he's great. No issues at all.

I already have the other Marvel Medicom figures and he fits right in with the others except Venom which is about half an inch smaller than my black Spidey.