Marvel Minimates Wave 7 - Spider-Man 2099
Here we have a pack containing the Silver Surfer, and the Spider-Man of 2099. As I have already reviewed Silver Surfer when he was originally released as a Tower Records exclusive, this review will concentrate only on Spider-Man 2099.
Packaging
The packaging is the now-usual Marvel Minimates box as seen in the last few waves. It features the Marvel Universe logo and also has the faces on the side of the box. I really like the dynamic pose of the 2 figures in this set, it really shows them off well.
The figures are packed in a bubble tray, and have no twist-ties holding them in. Instead, a second clear tray piece fits over the top and then locks in, meaning that these figures are held in well and can be seen from each side.
The Figure
Spider-Man 2099
There have been a LOT of Spider-Man variants in the Marvel Minimates line to date, but you can't really class Spider-Man 2099 along with them. All the other variants are Peter Parker as Spider-Man, but in 2099 the blue and red costume is worn by scientist Miguel O'Hara, in a short lived comic book series "Spider-Man 2099".
The mask is great. It's very simple, but effective. The red outline of the "eyes" turn into a version of the old Spider-Man symbol, with the spider-legs. The almost skull-like design on the chest is also superb, well detailed with black outlines. The arms also have a red stripe down them. But that's all you get. It has none of the black/shadow detailing lines that Silver Surfer or Iron Man (for example) have to break up their wide areas of single colour. In fact, the lower half has no paint apps or detailing whatsoever, and neither does the back. I think it would have looked better with slightly more detail, it looks a bit plain. Even a few thin black lines on the legs or some muscular detailing on the back would have broken up the blue somewhat.
Spider-Man 2099 comes with no accessories. The comic book character has long talons and a cape, examples of which we have seen before in the Minimate world, yet this figure comes with neither. The fact that Spider-Man 2099 was a late replacement for Thanos, who was originally scheduled to be in wave 7 with Silver Surfer might have something to do with this lack of accessories. There may have been less time to create him.
Overall, this is a bare-bones Minimate, both in the small amount of detail/paint apps and lack of accessories, and some people will be disappointed by this. However I really like the 2099 design, and the simplicity of the figure works for me.
MMC Score - 7 out of 10
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