Pausing for a quick second from the Holiday spirit to dive back into more Spider-Man-related POPs. I know.
This is not a bad wave if I was to be honest. Except Agent Venom-Harry Osborne, the others I can honestly say have a big chance of making it to my collection sometime near or far.
I know I didn't talk about it much but Spider-Man 2 didn't live up to the first game. I'd say it's still fun as heck and the fact that they came out with some banger POPs is a testament that there's something to appreciate with Insomniac's second outing as the Wallcrawler. And while the Black Symbiote saga was not in its peak form with the narrative of the game, the suit does look good and it brought us some iconic homage. This POP, the transition from Spider-Man to Symbiote Spider-Man is something to marvel at. There's plenty of good work put into this. I love the pose and how it allows for the full display of the transition. The tendrils spewing out of Parker are all well done within the confines of the POP. I love the sculpted symbiote spreading all over Spider-Man and the half Advance Suit 2.0 and Black Spider-Man are flawless despite the chaotic nature of this.
The colors are done quite well. There are a lot of things going on and the paint job does a fine job ensuring that we can see the Advance Suit 2.0 and the Black Symbiote battling for control. The spider logo is cleanly painted while the black symbiote dancing around really does sell the idea of a Symbiote take over. No complaints here.
Here are some of my Spider-Man 2 POPs. If Peter stuck with the symbiote, this would've been the process and steps towards that transformation.
I still prefer the Black Symbiote over the Anti-Venom. I don't know, the Anitvenom suit just kind of came out of nowhere for me, but I get it for a gameplay idea. Honestly, that game was a mess.
POP: Spider-Man 2
This is a good addition. Honestly, as a huge Spidey fan who is obsessed with creating a Spiderverse collection, he's kind of a must. Did I mention I love the symbiote arc? While the game itself didn't live up to the expectations, it did come out with some cool POPs and this one just has a lot of good things going for it. I do recommend it! Got a good pose, a lot of crazy symbiote action, and the details are just amazing. He's a Hot Topic exclusive so if he's not in the wild now, 2nd party prices is going to probably bite so definitely gauge for yourself if he is a must for your collection.
Until Next Time!
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