Spider-Tracer: “Spider-Man” (2002) Series 2

Welcome back, Spidey fans! I recently received the new “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Marvel Legends 3-pack from Hasbro Pulse, and it got me thinking that we need to get more figures from this movie; so, as we wait (it’s heavily rumored that more are coming this year), I thought the next best thing would be to continue where we left off last month and look at the second series of 2002 movie Spider-Man figures from ToyBiz.

 

This second series featured more Spider-Man (of course!), another Green Goblin, and two new civilian characters (Peter and Mary Jane). Let’s take a look…

 

Peter Parker

 

 

The likeness on this figure wasn’t bad! I thought he looked immediately like Toby. Unfortunately, because of its action feature, he wasn’t very articulated. Fill up his backpack with water, and he could shoot the water out of his arm like he does his webbing. He came with some cool accessories, including a removable pair of glasses, lamp (to hit with his webbing, of course), bookshelf, and a camera to hang around his neck. All in all, he was a pretty well-done figure.

 

Web Swinging Spider-Man

 

 

This figure was aimed more at kids. He wasn’t very articulated at all, but he was designed to display his, you guessed it, web swinging abilities. With the help of a lamp post, Spidey could swing about. I never owned this figure, as I tended to skip the majority of the action feature-based figures. But hey, if you wanted something with more articulation, that’s what the first series’ Spidey figure was for.

 

Green Goblin

 

 

Green Goblin received another figure in this series. While less articulated than the first figure from Series 1, he had an amazing sculpt. His glider also fired pumpkin bomb missiles, which was pretty neat. This glider also featured a collapsible handle which made it easier to fly him around. The action feature was left in the glider, leaving the figure relatively uncompromised. I was a huge fan of the Green Goblin in this movie, and I just had to have him, even though I had the more articulated figure.

 

Leaping Spider-Man

 

 

Bet you’ll never guess what this figure can do! Yes, here we have another kid-friendly action feature Spidey. The alleyway trashcan and dumpster were nicely sculpted, and would look cool in a display. I presume that claw-looking mechanism is what helped Spidey do the leaping (again, this was the type of figure I ignored). This series, when it came to Spider-Man, seemed to be focused on displaying Spidey’s powers.

 

Mary Jane

 

 

This Mary Jane figure wasn’t very articulated, but, much like Peter, her likeness was pretty good! I guess she didn’t need to be too articulated for being a damsel in distress, did she? MJ came with a wall-mountable, breakaway balcony, which looked excellent and helped display the figure nicely. I’m not sure if sculpting her smiling was the best idea, even if it did look nice (I doubt I’d be smiling if I saw a balcony of board members turned to skeletons by a flying green maniac blowing up the place, would you?). My guess is that they chose this outfit for her figure because she helped portray the initial Spider-Man and Green Goblin confrontation so well, and because it was probably a better look on the shelves as opposed to PJs Mary Jane from the final battle.

 

Did you guys have any of these figures? What did you think of this second series of movie Spider-Man figures? Let me know in the comments section below!