Marvel Legends SPIDER-MAN, ICEMAN, & FIRESTAR His Amazing Friends 3 Pack Action Figure Review

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[@nhyar]

Hasbro makes bad figures on purpose so they can release improved versions of the same character later, I'm 100% sure of that at this point.

[@Eliangomonkey]

Yeah, a marketing purpose, not ethical at all, but business ethics don't apply to big industries

[@LORD_KILLERGHOST]

Don't forget that the will realease the improved versiont with a higher price.

[@garethjames1300]

Corporate busines has no ethics at all! That's its if you think windowless packaging was done for the environment your dumb! It was done to make more money.

[@MADMONEYMAN5000]

Of course they do. Just like I'm sure of them sabotaging the Power Rangers Lightning collection too

[@LosMSR]

@@garethjames1300 For sure, that new boxes are worst than a cereal box, I was like WTF.

[@rishav-2749]

1:11- you can clerly see Iceman's sweating profusely cuz he knows Anthony's about to roast the living hell out of him.

[@ImaHeatseekr]

💀

[@jbirdcw187]

😄

[@VinAnrba]

Gosh dang legendary comment LMAOO 😂

[@Hilltopperpete]

I’m really looking forward to Iceman from Diamond Select. Hopefully he’s on the short end of the 7” scale.

[@rishav-2749]

3:13- so this is basically an action figure of Kevin Bacon from Hollow Man. Now I can't unsee it

[@robd1329]

Lol..i remember that movie

[@ChesapeakeRipper]

that reaction to the web wing holes in the arms was the best

[@galacticmanlarry582]

Got me this three pack at the Warehouse sale, and, as I don’t yet have hundreds of Spider-Man figs, and having paid „Old days ML pricing“ I‘m enjoying it. Even if a mediocre release. That Ice Man, although using that outdated mold (first figure I’ve opened of that mold 😂) I like what they went for with the plastic color and the shading, shame they didn‘t use a thicker body or sculpt a new one (of course they would…). But yes, everything you said just happens to be true…

[@gunnsnroses6370]

Agreed, really enjoy this spidey and the iceman colors but he needed a better body and the pins makes the shading look so much worse

[@ingloriousmax]

Can't believe that even in a three pack they still got this guy with holes in his arms, never going to give you the definitive version.

[@FREKKI]

How do they keep messing up Iceman? The only good one we’ve ever gotten was the AoA. It’s not hard Hasbro, ffs.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Good-ish

[@jamainwilkins5100]

I know the character is trash but it’s an easy Character to just throw on a Spider-Man body

[@FriedSpicyChicken26]

All they have to do is take the Marvel Select one that's coming out and just shrink it.

[@FREKKI]

@@jamainwilkins5100 the character is trash? That is definitely an opinion!

[@gl5399]

If only they could do something similar to the upcoming diamond select iceman. That one looks great but it’s 7 inch scale.

[@zannusx]

I love that you pulled out a cartoon height reference. This is why you are my favorite reviewer. You might be overly critical, but you have the proof to back up your claims. Spider-Man is the wrong height, and Iceman looks like crap.

[@JayWoods483]

Ice Darwin. Nice. Love it. Thanks for the review Anthony. I had no interest in this three pack and when Marvel Select revealed an Ice-Man, it was a no-brainer for me. That blue ghosting on the back of Spidey appears to be residual haze from a decal with a transparent border. I am totally surprised Hasbro didn't call this a four-pack by including Miss Lion.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

They don't use decals though

[@JayWoods483]

@@AnthonysCustoms Not in the past, but then again they never had bent legs either. It has to be a paint stamp mark.

[@thesunwukong]

Always honest and appreciate the great reviews. That Spidey having the Amazing Fantasy arms did it for me. Unbelievable.

[@irishscott1]

For the life of me, I can't understand why the hell it is so difficult for them to release a good Iceman figure. He is one of my favorite Xmen, and they simply can't fucking get him right!

[@giganosaurus7777]

I have a feeling if they do the AoA Iceman sculpt work on the Vulcan body mold it would look much better, also molded in a translucent white plastic or blue plastic like the 3.75 retro carded iceman figure it would have looked a lot better, also maybe including an alternate head sculpt that's smiling with green eyes along with some Ice blast effects could have been awesome. Spidey could have been really cool if they put him in the renew your vows body mold and given him a new head sculpt to look more like the John Romita look from that era. Would've also been cool if Fire star came with new fire effects sculpted on a pair of hands as well as just having new fire effects overall.

[@pants989]

camera/lighting setup looks great, iceman doesn't look blown out despite being mostly white

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Thanks

[@xeanheart]

I really wish they'd have chosen almost any other body for Iceman -- even the Buckycap mold would've been fine for me(but really no excuse for not using the Vulcan body), but outside of that, I was overall satisfied with the 3-Pack. Not anywhere close to perfect, but good enough for my personal tastes. Definitely gonna keep an eye out for that Diamond Select Iceman that people are talking about in the comments though. While the design isn't at all accurate to the cartoon, I think I'd be willing to make an exception in this case.

[@seddymickens7540]

The spiderman is the BEST. My overall number one spider!!

[@galacticmanlarry582]

By now, Darwin‘s „Hall of Head“ must be a quite impressive collection. Everybody give Darwin some h… That could read all sorts of wrong… 😂

[@emmanpamintuan3140]

Man... Darwin is so brutal.. I like it!!

[@Chadghostal]

I bought each figure separately, and on clearance (except spidey). Iceman was 11 bucks at gamestop, Firestar was 8.00 so i don't mind the old body style and on clearance) at best buy and spidey was 19.99 back whenever the hell they released the amazing series. Total savings 36 bucks and a nice middle finger to Hasbro for regurgitating onto my plate and expecting me to eat it. Thx for taking one for the team Anthony! ✊🏾

[@timothyblackburn82]

Isn't the Iceman using the "widely aclaimed" Puzza Spidey body? Or am I wrong? I always thought it was decent I guess for skinny heroes, I wouldn't say it's is garbage, but I DEFINITELY agree it's a terrible Iceman choice, everytime it's been used for him.

[@dragonblood8699]

That Iceman looks like the ALIENS universe Engineers... ack!

[@theextracrispycolonel9504]

Darwin and Ice Darwin? Darwin and the Multimorbse of Morbness.

[@brianng8350]

Loved the cartoon as a kid. I would love a translucent Iceman. The Firestar looks good with alternative head.

[@OverBenthousand]

Sorry about the bump from almost a year ago.. but i have to ask you, Anthony, has there been a better Hasbro Iceman figure than the Toybiz original ML or the X-Men Classics version from 2006? Yeah they're old ass figures and dated engineering wise..but they STILL look more like Iceman (well, 90s classic Iceman......the true Iceman)than anything Hasbro has done. I still have yet to update him in my 90s Jim Lee style X-Men shelf. None have looked as good as an 18 year old figure. Diamond Selects looks great but they're out of scale. The only DS figures I have are Colossus, Juggernaut and Apocalypse. They seem proper scale to ML.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I don't like any of the hasbro ones more.

[@WiGgYof09]

I remember when that Pizza Spider-man body was considered to be a great buck. Iceman should have had a new sculpt with a chiseled ice look. Even with the warehouse sale I have no interest in this.

[@redbrixeli8611]

I've become VERY selective with what hasbro figures I'm collecting. Stuff like this is the reason.

[@rishav-2749]

5:12- the head reminds me so much of the Hasbro Rogue from ages ago.

[@tombaker6968]

I was looking really hard yesterday for this review, thinking you already reviewed this 3-pack, Imagine my surprise when you posted it today. Since i already have firestar, this is now a very easy pass for me. Thanks for the video, since i discovered your channel (thanks to 3poa) i constantly check your reviews Before i buy a new figure and it sure has helped me a lot in avoiding owning crappy figures..

[@robnhood1416]

That iceman looks more like T-1000 than anything else.

[@ezuzek]

Hasbro has been making it really easy for me to pass on almost everthing they come out with lately. Especially at the price points they are at now. Picked up a few at 70% off on clearance but that's about it. And even then they are barely worth it. Rather save my $$ for NECA. They seem to at least care about what they are putting out.

[@jefferyjones8399]

Firestar at least looks like the cartoon unlike Iceman lol

[@QuantumSurge64]

I was going to get this 3-pack, because I did kind of like watching the Amazing Friends when it had reruns on Jetix, but I skipped it when I got the RYV set for a lower than MSRP cost on Mercari. I'll probably get the older Firestar release and look for a better Iceman even though he's not an X-Men character I am hunting down ASAP like I am Prof. X, Jubilee, or Colossus.

[@mythicpeyote]

How is he not an x men?

[@QuantumSurge64]

@@mythicpeyote I never said he wasn't

[@TheMattTrakker]

If you mean a ML Iceman, you're going to be looking for a long time. Better off just buying someone that has a pretty blank body and some white paint...Hasbro sucks @ Iceman.

[@romankim]

The camera looks nice...or rather the color rendering of it. Thanks for the review. I can always appreciate your criticisms even when I don't always 100% agree with them. Just got off the phone with my step-brother and we were laughing at how bad Iceman turned out. We used to watch the show as kids quite a bit and we're both scratching our heads over how badly Hasbro could screw up something so simple.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Thanks for the input

[@mickeyperdomo1324]

Darwin should be elevated to figure of the year based on the fun factor of your videos alone lol.

[@izzydaman2231]

I got him on sale from hasbro pulse for 55 USD, is a decent pack for that money, not for the asking price of 80 USD

[@OxtlawX]

How?

[@mardastar2400]

25 for a great Spider-Man. Maybe not the best for Amazing friends but a great figure. 20 for a Firestar , 7.50 for Iceman and 2.50 for Ms.Lion

[@phantomknightpercival120]

Got mine from a comic book store for 60

[@raymondjones5909]

Spiderman and his overpriced friends 😂😂😂

[@sath19]

Cam is picking up everything really good!!

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Thanks

[@sath19]

@@AnthonysCustoms I think it hit its mark on the man ray vid

[@vgamer11]

I really feel that this pack could have been passable with different bodies for Iceman and Spider-Man. Since they're bulkier and older in this show the Vulcan body would have been pretty good for Spidey; as for Bobby, I think a remolded/adjusted AOA Iceman would have suited him better. Sure, the "ice" doesn't quite reflect his look in the show but it would at least be more accurate than the totally smooth pizza spidey mold. Just remove the icicles on his arms, shoulders and shins, give him those sock/boot feet and you're set.

[@leanmeangreenbeanmachine3347]

NO. NO FUCKING VULCAN. find almost any spider-man art and hes always bending in all sorts of directions.

[@vgamer11]

@Lean Mean Green Bean Machine but which body could have a good amount of range and be fairly bulky and well-proportioned? Sure you have to remove the excess amount of peg in the butterfly joints, but other than that it's a solid contender for that specific, bulkier Spidey in the cartoon.

[@rcarlom9882]

The torso being a bit dark maybe because the black lines are thicker than the other parts which gives an illusion of it being darker maybe?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

No. It's the plastic.

[@shannonedge9386]

Would you say the Pizza Spider-man body that Iceman and Darwin are on has gotten worse with age? I don't mind the web wing holes it gives me options since I have extra web wings! I used to watch this show when I was a kid so if this is the only iteration we get then I'm happy to have it. I know posability is and issue with most collectors but most of the marvel characters don't need to have Spider-man's range. I mean when have you ever seen Dr Doom or the Thing do a hand stand while doing the splits? Yes the prices suck big time and I don't like it but Hasbro will not change unless everyone stops buying everything they make so it all falls on deaf ears! If you can afford it awesome if not get a better paying job!!!!

[@ayan31_08]

I hate the Hasbro Pulse releases. They are so expensive in the after market and they make figures that everyone wants as exclusives, shouldn't those be available to all fans considering they see people's wants a decide to make it like the cell shaded venom and now the new doc ock

[@danielgilang622]

Good thing about the left over arm hole is you can fit amazing fantasy armpit web on it, sure it's not accurate to the show, but match other interpretation. There's some function at least lol

[@hannahsaphire7643]

The “cell shading” on that iceman is a joke! Your camera settings look perfect. Excellent review Anthony 😘👏💯

[@PowerChordEPS]

Ice-Man about turned into a puddle like one of the Wonder Twins, you roasted the poor lad so hard. They didn't try on him, even a somewhat more cube-like head would have made all the difference. Firestar's an improvement over her Walgreens offering (Which I never saw in stores, thanks and good riddance to Walgreens exclusives) using those new parts. Spidey's just a repaint of the AF15, but that's good because that's for my money the best Spider Man mold we ever got, and in his classic colors with no other frills (Okay the holes in his arm for the web wings is offputting admittedly) but the star of the set, so I guess 2/3 ain't bad? I just wonder if it's more worth my while to piecemeal Firestar and Spidey and forget Ice Man or bite the bullet and use him for fodder?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Wait for a better Spider-Man. They'll reuse the animated series arms again.

[@PowerChordEPS]

@@AnthonysCustoms Good plan, like I said, the AF15's doing it for me so far

[@Dognutt69]

I don’t care what anyone says this is the best 6inch comic Spider-Man out there

[@turnthepage8980]

Couldn't agree more

[@ImaHeatseekr]

But its from a show :v

[@turnthepage8980]

@@ImaHeatseekr So? It's not even accurate to the show. People who wanted a classic 616 Spidey on this mold lucked out hard with this pack, including me.

[@Dognutt69]

@@ImaHeatseekr it looks exactly like the Spider-Man from the 60s comics, it’s more accurate to the comics than the show

[@caincha]

Oh how things change with just a bit of time... Pizza Spider-Man was loved back then and now it's a 'ridiculous body' - which yeah it's true but still 😂 And I chuckled at the thumbnail. Overpriced friends indeed haha 😂😂 I'll admit I wanted this pack for Spider-Man only - yes I know it's the same body with different painting but that's what I wanted. By likely won't get it even if it's on clearance: already have all the characters and don't see how to justify buying everything all over again... It does seem valid for anyone who doesn't have these characters though.

[@TheMattTrakker]

A bit of time? That released 8 years ago.

[@caincha]

@@TheMattTrakker doesn't change my point ;)

[@keroga8635]

Hasblow strikes again.

[@Imnotquestlove]

I was patiently waiting for you to notice the Spider-Man arm holes. It’s really lazy on hasbros part smh.

[@TheMattTrakker]

The head looks more like Dr. Manhattan than it does iceman. This set is a great example of how hasbro goes wrong with reusing parts. They couldn't even get the 3 figures in the set to scale properly with each other. Were these just 3 random moulds they weren't using at the time?

[@hihellogoodbye11]

Chest logo on spidey is wrong too should be the romita spider

[@LocuS-Sinclair]

DARWIN BREAKING SPIDERMANS HEAD 😂😂😂

[@miguelc2164]

I was regretting not getting this but you cleared my mind thanks Anthony!

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Happy to help

[@JerryGattz]

I am good with the versions I already have. Not sure why Hasbro decided to include a smaller Spider-Man with this set. Also, Iceman's eyes were green in the show, and they failed on that detail. Whoever was behind this put in minimal effort to make money off of preexisting molds. Lame.

[@juancarlosmarquez7231]

Hasbro should definitely keep reusing that Darwin body mold, it just blows its competition out of the water 😂

[@danielwesley5051]

Not sure about the competition part, but it definitely blows.

[@suhtangwong]

The camera looks nice 👍

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Thanks

[@fernandodelgado4329]

My favorite Spidey cartoons are definitely Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends along with Spider-Man The Animated Series, This 3 pack is okay not perfect but....okay, The only Spider-Man figures that I do want to get are AF Spider-Man and Supaidaman.

[@AGdesigns878]

This Spider man is at perfect hair sniffing size for Darwin

[@theraven268]

16:30 i disagree slightly, the Animated SM ones are bad too. They were made for the RYW SM and are too big for this mold while the shoulders look like ass, the elbows have far less range and the place where the shoulder swivels there is a giant ledge. They should have made non web wing versions of these arms and fixed the elbow ugliness.

[@Mattyboy-dn4oo]

Could care less about Iceman and Firestar. The Spider-Man figure looks ok, but I’ll stick with my RYV Spidey. It’s just too much money for a mediocre three pack based on a show that I don’t have a strong attachment to.

[@tilmonr]

If you get it, do a review on the neca spider gremlin.

[@FreeTheDinosaur]

would u say the spider man (alone) is better or worse than the Amazing Fantasy release?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Worse

[@AnthonysCustoms]

But blue instead of black so...

[@danielgilang622]

The only difference is the color, other aspect is not that big of a deal lol

[@greenraptorstudios4978]

I actually pre-ordered this set, but cancelled it. Happy I did, so tired of Hasbro constantly banking on repaints. I suppose it’s fine if your a new collector, but old schools are sick of it

[@NaiveSteve]

Glad I canceled my preorder. I really only wanted spidey and when the animated one went up for preorder I dropped this order like a rock

[@Lucasio1209]

Still waiting for the Figma doom slayer review

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Still waiting for it to come in

[@Lucasio1209]

@@AnthonysCustoms it looks pretty great from everything I’ve seen. No matter it’s quality, it’ll be infinitely better than that dreadful mcfarlane attempt from a few years back. Any idea when it’s coming in?

[@Actionfigcollector]

Waited 20 years to get an Amazing Friends set and this is what we got 😩 …I hate it, this literally made me quit MLs

[@Wow_its_Ethan]

They should have given the ice man the Vulcan buck

[@luvfreedom1470]

Got this for 30% during one of their warehouse sales. The Iceman is subpar but happy over all.

[@mythical_ds8222]

Seems like ice man is cursed like Magneto lol. No good figures for both of them.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Mhm

[@seddymickens7540]

Damn that iceman leg is messed up

[@joehodgson9217]

This set should have been one I grabbed. That show was my introduction to Spider-Man and the X-Men and it was the reason why Iceman was my favorite mutant growing up, but this set sucks. Calling it a turd sandwich would be generous as I don't know that Firestar and Spidey are really that good. That Iceman is just pure trash though. No one can seemingly make a good Iceman figure. I think my favorite is still the original Toy Biz one that you were supposed to toss in the freezer. The Toy Biz one from the X-Men classics line is objectively better, but in the moment I had no problems with the early 90s release. What surprised me here is how bad Spider-Man turned out. I have the animated one and I was considering trying to find a way to swap it for the Spider-Man from this set, but those arm holes and elbows suck. I did not know they completely changed the arms for that animated release as I had to run and check mine to see if I missed how ugly those elbows are, but they're fine. And the spider on the back of the figure doesn't have that weird, fuzzy, outline. That Spider-Man isn't great, but I hate the head on it. That's Hasbro though where we're just forced to accept a compromised take on a character if we're dead set on buying these things. I just can't believe someone could look at the Iceman in this set and think "Yeah, that looks good enough to release."

[@MADMONEYMAN5000]

If you already have an Iceman, the individually released Firestar and one of the dozens of Spider-Man figures they've made, then there's no sense in buying this at all

[@TheSpufiniti]

Does iceman have scurvy ?

[@DefinitiveToys1]

Camera looks nice!

[@RIO85ful]

This pack is just... moves nothing within me. Iceman is terrible i think. Firestar ... im not interested and we get another Spider-man. and look that Iceman legs ! Cmon... Darwin beats it.

[@eminye1]

That is some fancy painted fecal matter.

[@nah.itsderek7143]

“His chest is too dark” 😂 bros just making things up to complains about. The spiderman in this set is one of the best Spider-Man figures I have.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

What a strong argument.

[@graefx]

If Iceman was on Bucky Capt I'd actually probably like the 3 pack. But he's so bad and the test of the set is mid at best it doesn't make up for it and makes it a hard skip for me. Sad that this seems like the last spider-man to get the full hand assortment

[@breenun855]

Garrincha Darwin

[@jamesschulziii9098]

I was really hoping that the three pack was better than this. I'm not a huge spiderman fan but, I thought " oh cool a three pack of a pretty at the time animated series, but yeah I am tired of 'poop the bed' type of releases .. c'mon Hasbro, you should act like you care. 😡

[@mythicpeyote]

These be looking disappointing when the pre order comes out. I don’t even bother lol

[@keithsamuels2533]

Spiderman looks OK , Firestar looks like a startled ventriloquist dummy , and as for Iceman . That is possibly the worst ML I have seen in many a year .

[@jimwheeler9840]

I am okay with this set, other than Iceman. Serious miss on that one.

[@chrisburrelljr9270]

No webs for spiderman? But they gave fire girl a dog

[@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo]

Oh that Brandon and his hair smelling antics. Lol I bet he has hairy legs too. On a more serious note these figures don't do that old cartoon any justice.

[@jbirdcw187]

12:02 😄

[@Blue_Splash89]

Seems like they choose one of there molds on Spider-Man’s upper chest shaded body instead of just painting it shaded they went a cheaper route saving money on paint now 😂

[@elishabaines94]

You got it wrong ice man is the pizza spider man

[@AnthonysCustoms]

What do you mean?

[@TheStrscrm]

I'd buy Firestorm. I liked her. White Darwin and Spider-man, no.

[@ralphyfirebird4662]

Lets not disrespect Darwin and compare him to "Ice-Darwin". That guy is a total failure while Darwin has outlasted, out-powered, and surpassed all his predecessors. 😌😅 lol but yeah, 75 bucks is a no-no. Maybe for 52 dollars as it is on sale via Hasbro pulse. But even then, it still doesn't feel worthwhile...typical Hasbro, taking the cheap route by cutting corners and fooling customers into buying into their products. 🙄

[@csynn]

Get out of Ohio Anthony.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

No.

[@GeezyCE]

Have you ever been impressed with the articulation of a figure? Like is there any figure you think is perfect (or almost) in the articulation area?

[@jmchocolaz5420]

Spiderman 2 1/4 scale from toybiz

[@dtejada1988]

😎👍🏼

[@Mike-ok9ib]

Resent figures from Hasbro have been garbage AF! I recently picked up zombie iron man and zombie scarlet witch and that was just to have for zombie cap lol. Habro has hits and misses in my opinion I just stick with the gi Joe line.

[@kyoufuwooshieteyarou7206]

That ice man doin the stanky leg boy. Terrible figure

[@maxbanh]

Ice man is just emabrassing, who are amking these man?! For the price hell nahhhh. Spiderman looks like he got bit in both muscle joints.

[@Cooleepable]

Ice-Darwin and Spider-Kid should have been on the Vulcan buck. Not that it would have been a huge improvement, but goddamn this pack sucks. To be fair to Hasbro, the really sucky figures are very easy to identify and avoid these days.

[@robd1329]

Iceman looks like a cheap repainted Silver Surfer.

[@greenman5229]

White body for Darwin

[@etb7856]

Darwin can joe Biden firestar’s hair

[@DanB.0]

👍