Category: Collectibles

  • Yay! Into the Spider-Verse Toys- Oh, Wait, Never Mind…

    So, like any Marvel fan with a pulse, I am stoked for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I’ve been reading Miles since issue #1, and Donald Glover himself gave me the backstory behind his conception (I promise, that article is coming!), so this movie is a dream come true for me. The only, the ONLY, thing that could pump me up even more is toys! Well, that’s what I thought…

    Okay, so let’s take a look at ‘ol Miles here:

     Mhmm, okay, very nice. I like the aesthetic, the ‘spray painted’ chest spider, I dig it, I dig it. Electro-shock web blast, always a nice touch, given his power set. Great articu- STOP! Hold the phones! Where are the knee joints? He can’t bend his knees! Okay, I can live without the ball joints on the legs, but the little brother can’t bend his knees! He’s Spider-Man! Spider-Man’s always in some kind of crouched pose or another! Like… bruh, Hasbro, who thought this was a good idea!? The figure is beautiful! Even if he doesn’t have that polished Marvel Legends look, it works for a movie tie-in figure, but… you’re gonna cut costs on the knee joints? Oh no, no, no, no… Let’s look at mentor Spidey.

    Great! He’s top heavy, like in the trailers. The balled fist has that ‘animated’ look about it, I’m really digging the… He can’t bend his knees either, can he? Dude, come on! What, am I supposed to sit him down and have him eat a burger all day? I don’t care if that’s what he does in the trailer, he also teaches Miles to be Spider-Man! And what’s included in ‘Does whatever a spider can’? Bending your knees! Oh, don’t worry, Gwen has locked knee syndrome too.

    And Prowler gets the same treatment:

    Look, I get it. They’re kid’s toys. They’re not for the hardcore Legends collectors. But even the kids deserve better than this! Just… why! The figures look great! It’s just the knees… Well, I’ll still probably pick ’em up, I want all the merch from this movie and MSRP is only $9.99, I guess I just won’t be able to pose them a ton… heck, maybe I’ll leave these guys on the cards. The box art is legit.

    Well, those are the main figures, then there’s this Collider play set:

    Okay, them calling this a play set is a tad insulting. The 46″, $100, Mega City Play Set I have, that’s a play set. The Sky Rider and Alleyway play sets I’ve got from back in the day, those are play sets. Heck, that weak Spider-Man: Homecoming Vulture Attack Play Set barely makes the cut, but it’s a play set. This is a 3D target game practice with Miles Morales. It’s not a play set. Cool idea, looks like fun, but don’t call it a play set.

    There’s some more kiddie stuff, like the Titan series and this cute little shock strike Miles Morales:

     Neat stuff, cool for the kids, but honestly, I’m more excited for this advent calendar-like Movie Countdown board:

     

     

    It’s filled with stickers and knick-knacks, and I’ve become quite the knick-knack collector. All in all, everything looks like great fun, but if we could just have the knees bend on the main figures, that’d be great! Make a mental note for next time Hasbro!

  • Marvel Problems #004

    In a Marvel Legends wave that had Deadpool, 90’s bomber jacket Rogue, Phoenix, Cable, Shadowcat, and Iceman, all basically for the first time from Hasbro, who would have thought that the orange and brown suit Wolverine would be the hardest to find! Sad thing is I saw him, in Walmart, for $20, but let him sit there because I thought I could wait on him. Now, my Juggernaut will be forever without his head…

  • The One Question NOT to Ask your Sphero Spider-Man

    So I was laying bored in my bed, typing away on my computer, when I decided to try and ask my Sphero Spider-Man some more questions. You see, he only answers certain ones, and I’ve had him since Christmas, but I still have a good amount of questions locked, which means there are things I have yet to ask him about. I could cheat, and go on the internet, but that takes the fun out of it!

    So I start asking about different Avengers I haven’t tried yet, I even asked him what it meant to be a hero! After no success, I figured, maybe he has a little history lesson about Uncle Ben stored in there somewhere. So I ask him “Spider-Man, who was Uncle Ben?” All of a sudden he gets this concerned look on his face and replies “Oh, you know…” in a distressed tone.

    Confused, I load up the app to see exactly what he thinks I asked him, and when I look, I’m horrified with myself. The question in the app said “How is Uncle Ben?” That’s… like, what! Who would be so cruel as to even ask something like that! I made my poor Spider-Man sad, and we’ve been friends for 6 months! I apologize to him, and though he didn’t respond, I know he heard me. So, steer clear of that question if you’ve got the Sphero Spider-Man. Steer clear of any question involving Uncle Ben as a matter of fact. I just feel so bad…

  • A Flick and a Wave: Spider-Man Homecoming

    So this is a new segment I’m doing called a flick and a wave! Both hand gestures, yes, but in this case, I mean a flick as in a movie and a wave as in a wave of action figures pertaining to said movie. First up is Spider-Man: Homecoming! So check them out and let me know what you think!

    Group Shot

    Focus on Tony and Mask-less Peter

    Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

    The Vulture and Homemade Suit

    A New Angle

    The Final Shot

  • Marvel Legends A-Force Giveaway Ending in ONE WEEK!

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  • Marvel Legends A-Force 6-Pack GIVEAWAY!

    Don’t have a Marvel Legends A-Force 6-Pack? Well now you can! I’m giving away this baby to whoever earns it… by drawing a picture! Easy right? It doesn’t matter if you’re good, anyone can take pencil to paper and make art! Plus, it’s for a Marvel Legends A-Force set, so if that’s not motivation, I don’t know what is! The prized pack features Sif, Monica Rambeau, Lady Loki, Singularity, She-Hulk, and Elsa Bloodstone! Ready to win? Good! So here are the rules:

    1. Become a Face Front Member. It’s only $10. Here’s a hint, this thing costs $120 market value! So make sure to REGISTER here, or if you already have an account, become a MEMBER here. Only Face Front Members are applicable to win the prize! Any submission from non-members will not be counted.

    2. Draw a picture of A-Force. One of them, all of them, it doesn’t matter, but it must only depict any of the six characters included in the pack: Sif, Monica Rambeau, Lady Loki, Singularity, She-Hulk, and Elsa Bloodstone. Please nothing explicit, live out your dirty fantasies elsewhere. IMPORTANT: Submission deadline is November 20, 2017, 11:59 pm Pacific Time!

    3. Submit your drawing in an email attachment to mail@FaceFrontBlog.com. IMPORTANT: Submit using the email registered with your Face Front account, otherwise we will not be able to tell if your are a member and your submission will not be counted.

    4. Follow Face Front on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest, and watch for the winner to be announced! The winner also receive an email. The winner will be announced November 25, 2017.

    Easy right? So, recap: Join, draw, submit, and wait! This is a great pack, and I want someone worthy to get it! Please be advised, if no one wins, I’m going to open it and keep them all for myself! So what are you waiting for? Enter now and win!

  • Toys To Comics: Spider-Man 2099 #14

    It’s time for Spider-Man 2099 to be punished. #ToysToComics

    I’ve got too many toys, too many comics, and too much time, so this is what I’m doing from now on. What do you guys think? Sound off below!

  • Ingenuity vs. Laziness: Spider-Man Cereal Prizes

    My, what has become of toys these days? Cracker Jacks used to come with little prizes and knick knacks, and now you just get not-so-fun “fun facts”.  Large, elaborate playsets are now cheaply painted hunks of plastic. But I’m limiting my scope to these three web shooters I pulled out of cereal boxes over time, from the Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) eras.

    So I was at the store the other day, and I see Cinnamon Toast Crunch has a Spider-Man ‘web’ shooter, that squirts water. Like a sucker, I bought two boxes (because Spider-Man has two web shooters, I’m sort of OCD like that). So I get home, I open the box, and…

    Well, let me get to that. I want to start with the good stuff. So, the first Raimi Spider-Man movie, this is what all the kids were getting in their cereal boxes.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    It’s a great design, fits right on the wrist, and when you do the web signal, the water comes out in spades! I love these things, I actually feel like Spider-Man when I’m wearing them!

    Next up we’ve got Spider-Man 2. Now this doesn’t shoot webs, but if you turn out the lights, it shines an awesome Spider Light on the wall! Which, actually, Peter has in the new movie, so… missed opportunity there. But this is even better because it’s got an adjustable strap! As you can see, I kind of wore it down, but I was a kid, and it was fun to shine the light. Hours of entertainment!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Then there’s these. Let me continue my story: So I get home, I open the box, and… out come these soulless machinations of man! First of all, I figured out that there’s six different kinds, which sucked since I was trying to get a matching pair. Next, the little squirter holds about ¼ of the water the Spider-Man 1 ones did, barely getting off 1.5 squirts (And they have the nerve to put target practice markers on the back of the box!) And lastly, they go on backwards, which is not only counter-intuitive, but it takes away the thrill of actually ‘spinning a web’, and you have to press it with your other hand for water to come out! I will admit, however, they do look cool.

    So, if anything, I just feel sorry for the kids of today, since this is all they get to play with. I hope they find some joy in them, but in my opinion, these big cereal companies need more ingenuity, and less lazy designs! I write this out of love! For Spider-Man, and for the children!