How SPIDER-MAN Classics changed the Action Figure hobby FOREVER!!!

[@thebaker525]

This was the The Moment. The trends of the entire 90s toy industry coalescing into a singular form. ToyBiz beginning to experiment with super articulation in the Spider-Man TAS line by using GI Joe style O-ring ball joints, McFarlane toys emphasizing artist accuracy with sculpt and paint, the proliferation of higher end super articulated doll figures like Medicom’s Real Action Heroes. It all was leading to 2000. Literally, at the dawn of a new millennium, Spider-Man Classics was the future.

[@CarbonScoring]

Great comment! Thanks for getting it!

[@poob1082]

This is one of the greatest youtube videos ive seen in a long time

[@CarbonScoring]

Thank you so much - I poured my all into this one!

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

@@CarbonScoring , you created a great video, and I really appreciate it!

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

Incredible work here. BUT THOSE PACKED IN BASES ARE INCREDIBLE

[@CarbonScoring]

They are stupid good!!!

[@thefirstguyjaek255]

@@CarbonScoring couldn’t agree more! Hang them in the Louvre!!!! Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, and GI Joe would greatly benefit from bringing back well done bases! Also, love your vids. As always, just appreciate the knowledge and fun you bring. Your enthusiasm is great and you draw a fair line between nostalgia in your collections while recognizing that these are products of various design eras, flaws and all. Can’t wait for more uploads 👍🏻

[@tonyhaze9401]

I just dug these figures out of storage. It has been a very long time since I have looked at them. They are even more beautiful now that I am older and can appreciate the work on them more. Thanks for the video!

[@jamesdunn5842]

I know majority of people say that this is a McFarlane style figure but I always saw it as a Sal Buscema Spidey.

[@CarbonScoring]

I could get behind this of Sal hadn't been directly instructed to ape McFarlane's style by Marvel Editorial

[@mattnewcombe243]

Ooo, just started looking through some spectacular spiderman. You're not wrong.

[@chewymew]

I've always thought it was closer to Bagley's style

[@bladerj]

looks mark bagley to me, very early mark bagley did spider-man eyes like that, you can see it in the cover with darkwing and i think the punisher crossover. its the version capcom chose for their game, and everyone knows their spidey is bagley. you can always tell a figure is inspired on mark spidey by the two notches on the lenses, only bagley does the notch on top and in the inner side of the lenses near the nose. im more amazed at the level of shading

[@lazylefthand]

Yo! Steve Buscemi totally could have played spiderman!

[@yourfatboy5359]

Carbon you don't know how much this video means to me, the spidey classics line is what i grew up with and were the figures that ignited my love for action figures, it's amazing how these figures still hold up well over 20 years later, that's incredible. Carbon this is one of your best videos ever the amount of work and passion that went into this is amazing!

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you enjoyed it! I did really put the work in for this one, but it was worth it!

[@yourfatboy5359]

@@CarbonScoring it really was worth it i enjoyed every single second of it, thank you so much!

[@GoNativeToys]

Proud to have sculpted many figures in this line!

[@CarbonScoring]

I need to know more about this!!!

[@suhtangwong]

Diaphragm torso, double elbow joints, pinless, double ball neck articulation, paint wash, they still have way more to offer than what we are given now. 😮

[@JaeLee83]

Which is insane and just shows how greedy hasbro is

[@MaybeMania]

You never see stuff like this anymore. With Classics, it felt much more like these characters were real people in your toy box. And with the inclusion of a stand and a comic book? They really showed that they care for these characters and the product. If it were to continue, I’d really like to see Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Peter Parker himself, Carnage, and maybe even the Human Torch

[@CarbonScoring]

Well, we did get Ock, GG and Torch in Marvel Legends with all the stuff

[@MaybeMania]

@@CarbonScoringwell, although that’s true, did they come with a comic, and a really detailed stand?

[@the_pugman]

21:49 I still really like that figure, the body mold isnt too muscular so he kind of looks acrobatic and not overly buff, and that face sculpt is great.

[@CarbonScoring]

I love it!

[@wreckeddiehard]

The OG red and blue is STILL my most FAV spiderman fig! Still have it!

[@RiderOrigin]

Was looking forward to watching this as soon as I saw the reminder for it pop up on my feed. You didn't disappoint with this one!👏👍🤟

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

These are absolutely spectacular action figures! They are masterpiece works of art. I wish I had purchased a few of these at the time.

[@CarbonScoring]

Couldn't agree more!

[@CollectorExpress]

Great video and very informative!

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HaitIsHere]

Its crazy it took Marvel Legends over 20 years to go back to pinless tech. toy biz was top tier.

[@CarbonScoring]

They were the OGs for sure!

[@azure4277]

We’re not gonna mention how toy biz ceased to use it in their later entries😅

[@CarbonScoring]

@@azure4277 nah...

[@HaitIsHere]

@@azure4277 You are actually right, wish they held on to it and made it a standard than a one off

[@chewymew]

​@@HaitIsHereThey stopped using it due to joints getting loose quicker, and breakages too

[@mattmaneely6237]

having grown up with spidey through the late 70s and 80s, there was never a toy to accurately portray the wall crawler, when the classics came out it was a game changer!! Could not have been more excited when i found these in store

[@jonathanhodapp8735]

Beautiful documentary style love it man

[@CarbonScoring]

Much appreciated! That was what I was going for!

[@demonized3299]

The one figure in this line that is my personal hands down favorite is the Kraven figure. He legit looks like he walked right out of the pages of Kravens last hunt and is an incredible likeness to Mike Zecks artwork in that series.

[@CarbonScoring]

That one is fantastic as well!

[@mcmurray360]

This video was beyond entertaining. Thank you so much!

[@CarbonScoring]

My pleasure!

[@Corvus-]

Just found your videos a few days ago and I just wanted to say I appreciate how passionate you are about all this. Subscribed! Just started getting figures. My wallet is not happy!

[@CarbonScoring]

Welcome aboard! Even more good stuff to come!

[@Abcd-up3us]

Ah man. I learned about this from Glenn Webb when I was younger. If anybody here has never watched a Glenn Webb video, go binge all his videos he’s ever made. He was so funny and goofy, shameless about his nerdy love of comic books and action figures. And so knowledgeable about everything comics and action figure history. He mostly did figure reviews and customization content, but did the occasional action figure retrospective history video. But he always dropped nuggets of action figure or comic book wisdom throughout the years.

[@CarbonScoring]

Glenn Webb is my spirit animal

[@kiltan8455]

Awesome video! I enjoyed watching it while admiring my own Spider-Man Classics Series 1 set! I was 6 when my parents got me the Spidey figure. This was the figure that got me started liking and collecting Spider-Man toys. Quite surreal that this first Spidey toy that I had was the start of modern action figures as well. I do like to note that the Asia release used posters instead of comics which was what I got in the Philippines. Still cool though!

[@CarbonScoring]

That is awesome! I knew about the posters - I’m glad you got the figure - wish you had gotten a comic as well!

[@DigitalChainsaw]

I am proud to say I bought the entire line as it came out and I still have them all MIP. I had no idea at the time they were kicking off a huge change in the action figure industry, I just thought they looked badass.

[@JackOfNone97]

I had a Spider-Man figure back in the day that used mostly the same moulds as this aside from the head and feet. I believe the head was modeled to look more like the mtv Spider-Man, and the feat were bulkier to accommodate magnets in the sole so you could attach him to the brick facade he came with. Still one of my all time favorites

[@CarbonScoring]

It was based off the art of Humberto Ramos - totally great figure!

[@rubix187]

Man Carbon 😭 you made me pull out my Spider-Man Classic figures out of the old drawer with this one. Truly the genesis of all that we have today. This was a wonderful love letter to the Classics line! 🫡👏🏿

[@CarbonScoring]

Thank you - this line has brought me so much joy - I am so happy to share it!

[@aarongubernick]

Well this a coincidence.I just bought the the basic Spider-man from wave 1 a week ago and i just got it in the mail.It's figure i always wanted as a kid.I'm happy to have it in my collection.

[@CarbonScoring]

I had it planned all along…

[@taylorjasinski2995]

Everybody loves Spider-Man 0:00

[@zdravkogenov9539]

As a kid, I wanted that second wave sooooo badly... we only had bootlegs of it available, most of them scaled down to 5" and lacking most of the articulation, but still with impressive paint apps AND the display stands (though for some figures, they were underscaled - you could find the Battle-Ravaged Spider-Man with a properly scaled Lizard or one that was as tiny as Spidey's foot.). My grandma got me Rhino (and my best friend got Daredevil) and man, did those figures see playtime (still have both, as my friend actually gave me DD when he left action figures behind). Funnily enough, I always thought that Lizard looked familiar... and that's because it was a reused sculpt from the Spider-Man: Web Force toyline from a few years earlier.

[@jDORK707]

I have most of these. I didn't follow the collection scene back then I just bought them because I liked figures. So cool to find out why and how they got made.

[@jDORK707]

Oh shit well I didn't finish the vid. I have them all but the last 2.

[@CarbonScoring]

Happy to provide the historical context!

[@danbailey99]

This was a great video, CS. I have the OG red and blue and symbiote spideys in box, they’re great display pieces! Tempted to get loose versions of them.

[@CarbonScoring]

You should!

[@TyranasuaRoss]

Loved these figures. They changed the game forever. Great video!

[@CarbonScoring]

Couldn't agree more!

[@liloofy9642]

18.53 that Spider-Man right there kiss kiss masterpiece of my collection (the red and black one)

[@CarbonScoring]

For sure!!!

[@mikehext]

Great Video. Falcon is amazing. I do wish that Venom was more articulated and they would go at another attempt at Venom like that. Old Spawn figures were 5 inch as well.

[@pacetyler]

Great job on this video, Trey!

[@CarbonScoring]

Hey, thanks! Always appreciate your seal of approval!

[@zachdewitt7911]

This video is honestly so fascinating

[@dewreck2229]

Great video!! This video just came out of nowhere. Glad the algorithm brought me here!!!

[@CarbonScoring]

Welcome! There is so much more good stuff to come, hope you stick around!

[@Nick_Harrell80]

I loved these figures as a kid

[@CarbonScoring]

The BEST!

[@SP8inc]

I have a very similar Spiderman to that, only he has deadpool eyes. Really nice figure, still to this day. They eventually added bicep swivels, mine has them. Fantastic video, I love action figure history and it's stuff that's been mostly lost to time.

[@SandCo]

Ha! I came a little after and worked on the line too! There’s more! Great stuff!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@CarbonScoring]

Awesome! Thank you! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the line!

[@TheLeatheryman]

I don't actually collect marvel, apart from a few randoms, but I felt compelled to pick this classic figure up. You've just reminded me why.

[@tvirus9369]

I still remember being that venom spiderman classics still have it too

[@CarbonScoring]

It is one of the best Venom figures I have!

[@Tyson318]

Just got the black suit and the classic suit and they feel and look amazing

[@CarbonScoring]

Good job!

[@0kdevv_]

Perfect content man love these vids

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you like them!

[@powerturtlebusters]

They did all these animated spidermen. But never did a updated legends of technically the first marvel legends figures spidey. Big eyes and beautiful blue. Hoping we get one in the colors of the toybiz marvel vs capcom spidey figure

[@CarbonScoring]

You know I’m down for any version of Spidey!

[@powerturtlebusters]

@CarbonScoring yep. Theres a few we need. Battle damage and all. Already got updated retro card cyborg spidey which was stolen from me i have to rebuild. But there's plenty more. I think we may even see the dare devil and man spider retro if they did a homage to the first waves of these ones. I'm all for it all.

[@braydenpage1808]

Anytime someone says McFarlane Toys is a bad company that makes bad figured I'm gonna point them to this video. I still really like his DC Multiverse figures This is a great video. I never knew how incredible the Spider-Man classics line was or how influential it was on what we have now.

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you enjoyed it - this is a part of action figure history I just had to share and celebrate!

[@rubendor8120]

Im very happy that i found this channel👏👏

[@CarbonScoring]

Us too! Welcome!!!

[@rubendor8120]

Awesome!!!!!

[@ZBR_ProXP]

I had the 2099 and Daredevil ones but I didn’t love their articulation. They could never pose normally. But I had an earlier Spider-man fig which I LOVED the articulation.

[@CarbonScoring]

I have truly always loved that DD!

[@Jlu-zd4lj]

Man I’m psyched for this

[@Spawn3X5]

Dang they should just reissue that Bill more old toys The spiderman better then some stuff out today

[@CarbonScoring]

That Beta Ray Bill is phenomenal

[@katlynh1072]

Amazing video

[@xtheflabeox8813]

Todd McFarlane got his articulation from this line of action figures these were stupendous

[@CarbonScoring]

Definitly influenced

[@bossk222]

Amazing video !

[@CarbonScoring]

Thanks! Worked hard on this one

[@bossk222]

@@CarbonScoring it shows !

[@blankusername1753]

This was an amazing video on the Classics line. But man now i'm kinda curious, will there be a retrospective video on the Spiderman Origins toy line next? I would love to see one

[@CarbonScoring]

Possibly!

[@Spenceley]

I need the receipe for your shelves lol. That looks so clean.

[@Ivan18SM]

I wonder how carbon scoring feels about the secret wars marvel legends wave especially Titania

[@MaybeMania]

Me too

[@CarbonScoring]

No surprise- I am ECSTATIC!!! Already have my pre-orders in!

[@Ivan18SM]

⁠​⁠@@CarbonScoringhaha I remember you wanted a Titania, all the figures look so neat

[@fernandodelgado4329]

I would have loved to have this important Spider-Man classics Spidey However, In 2015, Hasbro's own Pizza 🍕 Spider-Man was my first action figure when I was maybe 12 or 13 in 2025 because I was born on December 2nd 2004.

[@CarbonScoring]

I still have you by over a year!

[@CarbonScoring]

Pizza Spidey is one of my favorites!

[@KYeRmit.so-cool]

Hey Crabon Scoring! I’m a big fan, have you by any chance seen the reveal of the new marvel legends secret wars line?? not only have they brought back the shields but the released captain america, wolverine, symbiote spiderman, Iron Man (with roller skates),the BEYONDER and Titania (who you wanted in a 2 pack with someone else). do you think these will become your definitive secret wars figures?

[@CarbonScoring]

I can’t wait - already got my pre-orders in!

[@bagginsfrodos]

The only 3 classics I had obtained before collecting was the Blacksuit, Battle Ravaged and man spider I have never wanted an entire line more than this exact one both waves.I wish I found the Scarlet!

[@CarbonScoring]

I think they are still out there for pretty cheap!

[@liloofy9642]

Im soo ready for this video!!!!! I don’t own this figure but I do own the og first appearance from Spider-Man classics or at least I think that’s what it is 😮

[@CarbonScoring]

I’m super proud of the work that went into making this one!

[@liloofy9642]

@@CarbonScoringheck yeah man!!! The editing is top notch

[@DougUnfunny]

pretty crazy that it had pinless elbows and knees for the time.

[@CarbonScoring]

Indeed!

[@robertfalcone3025]

I actually had that 30 points of articulation Spider..& a few years back literally FELL APART in my hands 😭

[@TonyMcWilliams-n8e]

Top class video.

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you enjoyed it - very pleased with how this turned out

[@titanguy7316]

Good news - I got one recently! Bad news - the seller sold me a lemon without my knowledge; the joints are so loose that the figure always collapses into a pile of nothing when trying to pose it.

[@CarbonScoring]

The plastic is so hard on these that they do tend to get loose - plus they were made to be played with!

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Great job. Still like that daredevil ❤😀👺

[@CarbonScoring]

Me too!

[@orepublic]

I just picked this Spidey last year. It's beautiful, could never open it

[@xtheflabeox8813]

The only Marvel action figure I ever bought as a teenager was this one right here because of the articulation

[@CarbonScoring]

Very cool!

[@The1277game816]

Still got mine in my display

[@CarbonScoring]

Same here!!!

[@krono5el]

i still have this bad boy, def one fo the best.

[@CarbonScoring]

For sure!

[@starkreactor82]

awesome video

[@CarbonScoring]

Glad you enjoyed it! That is why I do it!

[@xtheflabeox8813]

Anybody who knows action figures and has been here for the 80s 90s and 2000s knows that this Spider-Man made Todd McFarlane famous he used this articulation and all of his action figures

[@CarbonScoring]

Yes - influence went both ways

[@brandonmirandasculpts]

What are those Venom & Spider-Man figures at 1:47 ?!!!?!!

[@twall91]

I had this exact spider man figure as a kid! The comic was the first time I’d heard of silver sable! I’m pretty sure my mom got rid of it like 90 percent of all my good toys 😔

[@bugsjunior3338]

My Spider Sense is tingling

[@Gojimario]

your videos always make it more and more tempting to sell off my legends collection for toybiz 😭😭

[@CarbonScoring]

You should for sure keep the Hasbro ones!

[@milsko4312]

I kinda of wanna see a video from you in this format but for the X-men classics figures :)

[@CarbonScoring]

That could happen!

[@avengervastey]

Great video

[@miacat9115]

can we bring back finger joints in Marvel Legends so i can do more poses with them with less parts to store

[@shoolcreates1999]

It more or less looks like the Mafex spiderman but if it was released 20 years earlier lol

[@CarbonScoring]

Pretty accurate. And for like seven bucks

[@spider-gamer431]

What about wave 4 5 and 6 waves with the beefy Spider-Man john romeita

[@CarbonScoring]

Let me know if you are interested in another video about the later expansion of the line!

[@spider-gamer431]

@@CarbonScoring ok thank you for your time

[@owllad8459]

Looking at all these Toybiz sets makes Hasbro's feel so minimal. Like, I kinda feel ripped off. Where's hasbro's display stands?!

[@CarbonScoring]

Hasbro is making great figures - and tons of them - way more per year than Toy Biz could ever dream of - they are doing great work!

[@owllad8459]

@@CarbonScoring I suppose that’s the trade off for the diorama stands and page punchers, in terms of the old line it still feels like a lot of bang for your buck in comparison. Love the videos anyhow! keep them coming!

[@fernandodelgado4329]

Also sad note that I sadly gave away my own Spectacular Spider-Man figure to my little cousins because I was told that I was too old for having and collecting action figures even though I am 19 and I know I won't be able to get him back, Oh well.

[@CarbonScoring]

Another will come your way - and I am proof that you are never too old for action figures!

[@fernandodelgado4329]

@@CarbonScoring Thanks because I feel like I have to much for what I have so I give some of my figures to my friends as gifts for always loving me and supporting me everyday though I am an only child.

[@MiguelLopez-ll5us]

incredible video lml lml

[@CarbonScoring]

I really appreciate the view!

[@MiguelLopez-ll5us]

@@CarbonScoring i really appreciate the investigation, man!! i still have my Spiderman Classic. I really learned a lot with this video; Greetings from México lml i can't wait for the new wave of Secret Wars, hope we get a new classic Unncany Cyclops.

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

Why did they give the first figure Super Artic and then do the rest McFarlane style. Where they testing the waters for Super Artic.

[@CarbonScoring]

Yes - that is basically how Jesse explained it to me

[@abismogizmo6947]

I had it... i was just a kid so i broke it 😔 Toybiz Classics and Legends had awesome sculpts but were too fragille for kids to play with 😅

[@CarbonScoring]

There were made from a harder plastic - I think that made them more prone to fracture

[@therealclassicsonicexists]

LETS GO

[@CarbonScoring]

It’s on!

[@karlluigi1987]

Mcfarlane should have stayed with the 6 inches scale figures

[@stjecat]

They're great figures. Still have all those. We'll not venom, cause someone stole it.

[@xtheflabeox8813]

These toys here are the only reason Todd McFarlane ever even decided to make action figures cuz he saw it was possible and they're still garbage if you take them out of the box

[@CarbonScoring]

Lots of influence all around

[@bladerj]

so.......they plagiarized dragon body ? amazing what you could get away without the internet back then.

[@Josppajamas]

I uh wasn’t alive for these I was born in 2013 only 11 yet I still enjoyed this as well as the rest of your videos

[@CarbonScoring]

Consider this a history lesson!

[@Dragondude2525]

I hate when I hear stories about people getting an interview and just getting face to face with someone and being hired on the spot. Especially when im struggling to get an interview or any kind.

[@CarbonScoring]

Keep working hard - I promise it will pay off!

[@WestOfLee100]

man i wish Mcfarelane sticked with the 6 inch scale. They just came out with that new TYBW Bleach figures, but they weren’t in scale with my other bleach figures.

[@CarbonScoring]

That seven inch scale drives me crazy as well

[@suhtangwong]

Back when they actually cared 😢

[@nottopgoon5773]

4:26 FORESHADOWING

[@CarbonScoring]

Classic storytelling…

[@Joshua-Cain]

Honestly man you’re the best Marvel figure historian on this entire platform, always such a pleasure to watch your stuff and thanks for doing it sir! 🫡

[@suhtangwong]

Back when they actually cared 😢

[@CarbonScoring]

Man - I talk to the Hasbro team - I promise they care!