Marvel Legends SCARLET SPIDER Retro Carded Spider-Man Action Figure Review 

I love when Anthony shows the Photoshop of what it could and should be. It supports his arguments very well

Give hasbro a break it’s probably the smallest indie company out there

I prefer this over the Mafex figure because I'm cheap. It looks ok and it cost less.

Classic AnthonysCustoms upload at the usual time of midnight eastern time

I love this figure. I don't have many gripes with it. I do think it needs some darkening. I also wanted a version with the hood up for options. I have this hoodie from Hot Topic and I am so thrilled with it, because I'm a giant nerd. It's probably really dorky, but I love this costume for how homemade and junky it is. I think I agree about the shoulders being small, but otherwise, I feel like this is a perfect upgrade to the prior versions. I do think, watching further into the articulation section, that the neck articulation really needs updating. I'll totally give you that. It sucks for no reason besides sticking to the status quo and reusing the same molds. Still, I love this figure and it's one of my favorite Spider-Man figures now.

Okay just noticed the loose hips on mine and I’m very happy I’m not the only one experiencing that so I feel better

I put a custom fabric hoodie on here and modded the mafex heads on him , looks 1000% better and is my definitive version

Any place they can scrape away plastic to save money Hasbro will do it.

This is possibly my greatest find. I was gonna pre order him but I walked into one of my local stores and spotted him in the corner of my eye, he was the last one too. Goddamn is this figure so cool and Scarlett Spider is one of my favourite alternate characters and costumes. I’m so happy I picked him up Also my head tilts down a fair way down so it’s probably a production

As much as I love this figure……it was definitely warranted! Haha I feel a super cool video you could make is something along the lines of what companies need to do to help make their figures look more super hero-ey and anatomically pleasing , i.e. hasbro makes shoulders small and too low, pecs can go to the side as well as forward, etc. you nail it with those points!!

If only I had a second copy so I could add some cell-shading to make him look more comic accurate

Hasbro just isn't worth the money these days.

two reviews in a single day! what a treat! I do have to admit this is the best looking Renew you're vows/Retro body mold since the hoodie covers most of the figures proportion problems mainly the odd looking ab crunch but still has problems.

I may be biased because of what I collect, but I don’t think Hasbro is bad at making toys. Look at Transformers, or the Amazing Fantasy Spider-Man, or the Movie Venom. Those are all great, and it shows that hasbro CAN make great toys. I don’t hate this figure, I actually really like it, but it could be so much better.

Masterclass: Action Figures Design with Mr. Anthony 👍

I see Hasbro spared every expense in the paint department...again! I really wish they'd look at what Jada are doing with their Street Fighter figs and their: articulation paint and sculpt, oh and accessories.

Im really surprized that you didnt point out that his forearms look like Popeye! Lol! The web shooter things help hide it, but it still looks weird. Sik

The photoshopping is amazing imo. The moment I saw the photoshop I instantly had clone saga flashbacks. I still love this figure though, but I think the body is skinny, even for spider-man I think. But again, great figure, great price. Top 10 easy for 2024 for me.

This is why I still say the Mafex is the best version of the character we've gotten

After seeing this next to the MAFEX version I was sold on it. I see your points, but they're overly critical - it's a great looking figure.

I still hate that neck joint and I’m not a fan of the drop down legs

Great review! Also, unrelated to this line, but I can't wait to see your reviews of the new Jada SF figures!

I could go for some cell shading on this buck

I want this so bad the scarlet spider is my favorite Spider-Man

Stayin in the box this one!

The design helps this figure look pretty cool ill keep mine on card forsure,its a good replacement for those who don’t have the mafex figure.

Apart from the shoulders, I almost want to give the figure a wash to accentuate the sculpt. Either way this will be the one I'm getting out of the current Spider-Man wave

What stands do you use for posing figures off the ground (i.e. jumping/web swinging poses) and where did you get them?

Yes I'm tired of Hasbro constantly releasing "better" versions of figures over and over. Also glad to see a toe hinge again.

I wish they use Vulcan arms and shoulder for this bodymold

how are you opening the package without breaking it???

Why did Anthony stop posting as much? I normally wouldn’t care but if he’s going to go awol I’d hope the reviews he does do aren’t stinky Marvel Legends. Give me some Mezco or Mafex but Habro should not have the spot light

could it be better? yes, for me, especially if you made him omre muscular. Is it the best 6 inch scarlet spider? yes, and not just hasbro, but from any company. It's an 8.5/10 for me

Anthony, do you also think the newer hasbro figs have very long or low arms? To me they look kinda like Orangutan. Like the Vulcan, this 1st appearance spiderman, might just be me but it offsets me. 🤷‍♂️

Speaking the bare minimum of accessories, have we ever got a Ben Reilly head in any Scarlett Spider? I'm just gonna keep my old one that at least came with two extra Rhino heads... Edit: Drop down hips. Hardpass. The old one wasn't ruined by that.

A very clean figure and love the vibrant colors

Love your vids keep up the great work

Can the sculpted hood come off

@anthonyscustoms would you be interested in reviewing the McFarlane BvS Ben Affleck Batman?

Anthony's photo shop is based on opinions not facts .but this Scarlett spider to me is awesome i have three of them .they are fun to play with its all about fun and imagination and therapy. Plus lots of potential in customizing in this figure to make it look even cooler but the way it comes its fine better than the mafex version one to me . Spidey never had a big v shaped body torso reading his comics for over 50 years hes not and never had big shoulders his body has always looked just a bit over average but masculine still. Not like the 90s Batman cartoon kabish. Lol but anyways the figure could be better but i think its another hit from hasbro it looks fine it feels good in the hands . I grew up in the 70s so i don't cry over little issues . But despite Hasbros back issues they do seem to do okay with a few waves lately. I Like their new one with tombstone on this wave and jack O Lantern . Awesome work by hasbro . this wave in my opinion is one of the best wave hasbro made lately is it perfect ???? nope . But its good it doesn't need to be perfect . Its fine. I find nothing wrong with this scarlet spider 🕷️ can you imagine buying a customized hoodie you can fit in him and take the soft plastic one he comes with off not that it looks bad awesome .

This figure turned out about how I expected, alright but nothing exceptional. That said I can’t wait for Hasbro to make a figure based on the new Ultimate Spider-Man that uses this mediocre body mold that doesn’t even match the physique of the character properly.

I've been waiting for this review from you for a while 😂 I'm still in doubts about picking up Scarlett spiderman

Hey Anthony will you do a review on the new reissued trunks.

The eyes are sculpted on the head. I bought 2 of them and the paint on the eyes were misplaced one one of them and you can see the raised sculpt for the eyes.

For 25 bucks it's not terrible but the hoodie makes him look lumpy lol definitely an upgrade but for the price point I'm not too disappointed

Great review. Love the comparison on your edit and the original. Also would like to bring up that even Mafex SS has a tiny chest. I took the vest off and the chest is smaller than Mafex classic Spidey, literally no V-Taper at all. I wish you reviewed that one. Maybe I’ll review the Mafex one someday. It’s crazy cuz SS is always seen with an exaggerated V-taper.

I vastly prefer this scarlet spider over every other incarnation of the character that has been done in plastic. It looks just like Bagley’s art in the comics from the 90’s. It’s on a body that doesn’t have any QC issues. The hoodie, despite being a plastic overlay doesn’t interfere with the articulation in the torso. And it’s the first time we’ve ever seen a scarlet spider figure that actually came with a torn up hoodie. So this scarlet spider is one for the history books as far as I’m concerned. This is how it’s done

happy easter

With all its flaws, I prefer it over the mafex. I feel like the mafex is just way too skinny.

Nice review. Will you be reviewing the storm collectibles yujiro hanma? it looks good.

I like this scarlet spider, looks cool. I like that he is muscular which i like. Don't like the inverted ab thingy but with the hoodie it is kinda hidden and with a soft goods hoodie would be good. Still don't know why they didn't correct the head thing that we have been seeing since the retro spidey in 2020😑. To ur question, i wish they would do a better job when doing new things which they don't do much. Also i hate the low shoulders especially how bad it looks with the hoodie 😣

Hasbro doing Hasbro. This figure could've been so much better. People got so hyped about it because the rest are so much crappier.

Love the review as always, are you going to do the marvel select Crimson Dynamo??

Hey Anthony! I'm looking forward to buy the mafex hush batman but currently it's sold out on bigbadtoystore.Will it be restocked anytime soon?

Just ok for me, i think ill just flip my preorders in a few months

That head tho

I'm starting to think they purposely leave flaws so that they get you to buy the next updated one😭

The photo shop arms look so awesome, if it was that then it would have been incredible. Also like how have they still not figured out how to do a double ball peg☹️☹️McFarlane do it ok, so why can't hasbro do it is crazy

i agree with everything except the looseness, mine was way too tight and needed to be boiled a little. Hips are now normal but still no where near loose. I think this current series is hit or miss on the quality. My Last stand spidey has a giant neck gap

This is gonna be one of the few ml I have in my collection but even when they do some good hasbro gonna hasbro

i was waiting you to drop this one :D really interested in your opinion :)

Late night reviews, I’m okay with destroying my sleep schedule for this.

His legs are floating from his hips lol

I like your reviews sometimes with higher end figures. You are incredibly knowledgeable and have been doing this for a long time. The only thing, i sometimes feel that you can be a little too hard on lower price point figures. Most marvel legends arent worth 27 bucks but the "renew your vows spidey" mold actually is. This is a reasonable figure and collector's have bought this mold each of the 6 times It has come out - no its not perfect but its definitely not bad. And if ppl are comparing it to a $60-90 mafex.. i think Hasbro did alright

The hood kinda looks like it's floating due to the small shoulders.

the head articulation is atrocious

Scarlet Spider is my favorite Spidey costume, and I was slightly disappointed in this figure. But I still get ever scarlet spider they release, and this one is decent enough.

Its a very good figure, but I could easily see hasbro make it again in a year or two with an unmasked headsculpt and some web effects.

It’s still a terrible body and they think that neck is so great that they did it to the Haslab.

I want to know if the ML team genuinely doesn't know how to make good, functioning articulation, or they don't care enough to make it good. People like to throw the pencil pushers under the bus about ML being as terrible as they are (which is completely justified), but I doubt higher ups sabotage the articulation. Like there's probably not a higher up telling the team "Hey, make sure the butterfly joints don't work because of hoodie overlay, also, stick the ball peg super deep in the neck so the joint won't function." It would be really funny if those were actual talks that were had at Hasbro though.

Truth brother, truth. Thanks for the video!

For some odd reason I’m able to look past an ugly joint if it’s its functional and has good range.

No size comparison or mafex comparison 😮

The incrementally better, but still flawed method has to be intentional at this point.

I wanted to get this figure but I'm tired of this mold, I wish they changed it. I really want a good Spidey with Jada-like articulation... I think someone could customize that new Dhalsim into a Spidey 🤔

Hmmmmmmmmmm I'm still annoyed he didn't come with a alt head. How hard would it have been to just take the same peter head from the RYV pack. And make his hair blonde. Well actually, Ben did not bleach his hair until he became Spider-man.

I think you got a bad copy mine has good butterfly and the legs are really good

I wish it had shading. The red is too flat.

Nice review ! Will you be getting any of the no way home individual releases ? The andrew one is good but i wish its shoulders were placed higher, better ab crunch and more accurate paint !

That neck and body got a lady has for a really drops the ball when it comes to muscle definition on Comic characters they can really drop the ball on sculpting and that neck is hideous the eyes look good wish they could follow through all the way and make it the way it should be love your videos Anthony keep up the great work👍👊

I was looking forward to the review of this. I think its great figure. I usually avoid marvel legends ...very rare i pay full price for one. maybe im brainwashed by this channel. But I did buy this tho. Its worth it.

I get most agree the mafex is better but come on you’re comparing a $25 fig with a $125 figure ….these are toys. I get we collect them , me for the nostalgia and these are leaps and bounds better than the marvel figs I got as a kid (which I also loved by the way )

Dude lacking the disc hinge in the neck is unacceptable, I like this release but they're going backwards with head/neck articulation.

Hasbro continues to get the colors wrong on every Scarlet Spider action figure in some way.

Yeah I passed and let's figure from first image. I just can't get over his belly hanging out under his hoodie. Because I'm sorry I love Ben Reilly, and I know the man always tucks his hoodie into his belt. The hoodie should have been a complete brand new torso sculpt. Instead it's just an overlay on the renew your vows body.

Decent figure but its not good enough. I wish hasbro put more effort to at least make it comparable. But no unmasked head, no squinted eyes, no web effects, its just baffling to me how low effort these figures are. If it had the better proportions and the jada toys neck and torso articulation with the all the accessories it would easily beat the mafex in terms of value. But because it doesn't have those things its just another example of Hasbros lazy way of making action figures purely for money.

Inhipe you review the jada toys Dhalsim ,its awesome for what i have seen

Mafex one is better.

Shoulders too low.

WHERE TF YOU GUYS BUYING THESE EVERY INTERNET PAGE I LOOK IS ON PRE ORDER 😭😭😭

When they got the hang of it decade ago, everyone said hasbro proportions is leagues ahead of toy biz, but how come they still look like scrawny cosplayers. 🤷‍♂️

Off topic but ever since you got married it seems as though we will never get to see your line of figures . While i understand priorities i think its unfortunate since i see other ppl in this space having successful campaigns who probably just did it on a whim with what i personally see as ridiculous figures .

Omg you have a gripe with everything smh.

The original sunfire body is better than this one IMO. Also, ML retro falcon has the improved larger shoulders so I'm not sure why they decided not to use them.

Hands are fine can't really expect more from hasbro

This figure is good and you know it’s good. You are the worse reviewer on RU-vid. And I understand because you have your samurai ninja figures in the making. How original.

your edits always look phenomenal

Late night reviews, I’m okay with destroying my sleep schedule for this.