Spider-Man Classics

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Spider-Man Classics is a line produced by Toy Biz focusing on Spider-Man and his allies and enemies. The line has over 15 series, with dozens of Spider-Man incarnations and many of his famous enemies. Series One came out in 2001.

Contents 1 History 2 Spider-Man Classics 2.1 One 2.2 Two 2.3 Exclusives 3 Spider-Man 3.1 One (2003) 3.2 Two (2003) 3.3 Three (2003) 3.4 Four (2003) 3.5 Five (2004) 3.6 Six (2004) 3.7 Seven (2004) 3.8 Eight (2004) 3.9 Nine (2004) 3.10 Ten (2004) 3.11 Eleven (2004) 3.12 Twelve (2004) 3.13 Thirteen (2005) 3.14 Fourteen (2005) 3.15 Fifteen (2005) 3.16 Sixteen (2006) 3.17 Seventeen (2006) 3.18 Eighteen (2006) 3.19 Nineteen 4 Websplashers 5 Cycle & Rider 6 Villain Series 6.1 One (2005) 6.2 Two (Cancelled) 7 Marvel Legends 8 External links

[edit] History

Spider-Man Classics is a term used by collectors most commonly to denote one actual line, Spider-Man, by Toy Biz.

The first line was actually subtitled with Classics, however, it only consisted of two waves, both with clamshell packaging, the type associated with Marvel Legends, which is a spin off line. The line was begun in 2002. The figures include reprint comic books of issues significant to the character included.

The second line, simply called Spider-Man, was a sort of continuation and restarted in 2003 with a new series one. The new wave has cardboard packaging, and no comic books are included.

Both waves maintain much articulation, similar to Marvel Legends. In general, the New Series figures seem to focus more to children, as most of the lines contain many versions of Spider-Man, in costumes that weren't worn in the comic book lines. Also, many of the Spider-Man Series do not contain the many points of articulation that the Legends and Original Spider-Man Classics series have.

[edit] Spider-Man Classics

[edit] One

• Classic Spider-Man
• Black Costume Spider-Man (the Symbiote)
• Man-Spider (Spider-Man mutated into a giant spider)
• Venom (sculpted in a mid-transformation pose)

[edit] Two

• Amazing Fantasy #15 Spider-Man (First appearance)
• Daredevil (who is usually solo but sometimes teams with Spider-Man)
• Battle Ravaged Spider-Man (torn costume)
• Rhino
• Daredevil #1 Daredevil (in his yellow and black original costume)

[edit] Exclusives

• Spider-Man 2099
• Scarlet Spider

[edit] Spider-Man

[edit] One (2003)

• Magnetic Spider-Man (based on one of the comics' artists' interpretations)
• Doctor Octopus
• Web Splasher Spider-Man (with a working float)
• Lizard

[edit] Two (2003)

• Catapulting Spider-Man
• Super Poseable Hobgoblin (based on his demonic appearances)
• Spider-Man with Water Webs (Water Squirting)
• Web-Climbing Spider-Man

[edit] Three (2003)

• Super Poseable Spider-Man with Sticky Web
• Flip and Swing Spider-Man with Crate Kicking Action
• Spider Sense Spider-Man with Light-Up Eyes and Drop Attack Web Swing

[edit] Four (2003)

• Spider-Man with Wall Crawling Action
• Venom
• Spider-Sense Spider-Man
• Spider Strength Spider-Man

[edit] Five (2004)

• Manga Spider-Man
• Morbius
• Scuba Splash Spider-Man
• Super Poseable Spider-Man

[edit] Six (2004)

• Parachute Spider-Man
• Rocket Launcher Spider-Man
• Kraven
• Stunt Daredevil

[edit] Seven (2004)

• Peter Parker Spider-Man
• Flip N Zip Spider-Man
• Magnetic Spider-Man
• Green Goblin (based on the art of Humberto Ramos)

[edit] Eight (2004)

• Street Fighting Spider-Man
• Spider Sense Attack Spider-Man
• Web Attack Spider-Man (Ben Reilly/Spider-Man II costume)
• Carnage

[edit] Nine (2004)

• Black Costume Spider-Man
• Secret Identity Spider-Man (Peter Parker resembles his Ultimate incarnation)
• Cyber Spider-Man
• Ultimate Rhino

[edit] Ten (2004)

• Snap Shot Spider-Man
• Super Jab Spider-Man
• Web Line Spider-Man
• Tail Attack Lizard (based roughly on Ultimate incarnation)

[edit] Eleven (2004)

• Triple Web Threat Spider-Man
• Shoot N Trap Spider-Man
• Sneak Attack Spider-Man
• Tail Strike Scorpion (resembling his modern appearances)

[edit] Twelve (2004)

• Dual Web Swinging Spider-Man
• Sandman
• Venom
• Superposeable Wall-Crawling Spider-Man
• Lizard (Traditional Appearance)

[edit] Thirteen (2005)

• Aqua Blast Spider-Man
• Mysterio
• Flip and Stick Spider-Man
• Soak and Toss Spider-Man

[edit] Fourteen (2005)

• Web Cannon Spider-Man
• Beetle (Based on the costume of the female Beetle, Leila Davis, first seen in Thunderbolts #47, as opposed to the costume of the Classic Beetle, Abner Jenkins. Curiously however, the sculpt shows a male headsculpt when the helmet is pried off, suggesting the toy manufacturers themselves didn't quite know which Beetle they were making.)
  • Abe built the tank like armor and used it prior to Leila Davis acquiring the costume.
• Spin and Trap Spider-Man (Spider-Man Unlimited costume)
• Web Trap Spider-Man (Spider Armor costume)
• Scorpion (this time appearing as he originally did, with a green mouth area and metallic armor.)

[edit] Fifteen (2005)

• Ultimate Rhino (rerelease of the previous action figure)
• Web Splasher Doc Ock (Ultimate incarnation)
• Super Stunt Spider-Man
• Rocket Blast Spider-Man
• Hurricane Kick Spider-Man

[edit] Sixteen (2006)

• Super Strength Spider-Man (a different action from the first one)
• Man-Wolf
• Venom
• Battle Action Spider-Man
• Shark Trap Spider-Man

[edit] Seventeen (2006)

• Spider-Hulk (based on when he temporarily became like the Hulk
• Shoot n Spin Spider-Man
• Web Splasher Spider-Man
• Hydro-Man
• Hobgoblin (based on his classic appearance)
• Sandman (rerelease)

[edit] Eighteen (2006)

• Super Kick Spider-Man
• Spider-Sense Spider-Man (Based off suit from Spider-Man: House of M)
• Shocker
• Flame n Launch Mad Jack (Jack O'Lantern III)
• Stealth Venom (Clear Coloring)

[edit] Nineteen

• "Quick Change" Spider-Man
• "Wall Climbing" Spider-Man
• "Sneak Attack" Spider-Man
• Electro
• Toxin

[edit] Websplashers

Include inflatable accesory.

• Namor
• Web Blast Spider-Man
• Spider-Man with Inflatable Surfboard
• Venom

[edit] Cycle & Rider

Includes a motorcycle and a rider.

• Venom and Cycle
• Spider-Man and Cycle

[edit] Villain Series

Rereleased Villains from the Classics line. Only villains are in this series.

[edit] One (2005)

• Carnage
• Green Goblin
• Morbius
• Tail Attack Lizard
• Tail Strike Scorpion
• Ultimate Rhino

[edit] Two (Cancelled)

• Demogoblin*
• Venom (Marvel Knights Version)
• Kraven
• Punisher [blue repaint]
• Buzzing Beetle [blue silver repaint]
• Chameleon
• Spot

• The Demogoblin will see release in Hasbro's Spider-Man: Origins toyline. As with Marvel Legends, Toy Biz will continue to help Hasbro develop their Spider-Man line of figures. As expected, Demogoblin is simply a repaint of the first Hobgoblin figure from Wave two of Toybiz's Spider-Man series.

[edit] Marvel Legends

Several of Spider-Man's classic villains have been released under Toybiz's related Marvel Legends banner, which is in the same scale and general style of the Spider-Man series (though Marvel Legends by and large contain no action features). These characters include:

• Black Cat
• Carnage (a repaint of this line's figure with a new head sculpt)
• Doctor Octopus (classic costume)
• Electro (super poseable and without the action feature)
• Green Goblin (classic costume)
• Kingpin
• Kraven the Hunter (a repaint of this line's figure with a new head sculpt)
• Lizard (classic rendition)
• Rhino (classic costume)
• Venom (a repaint of Marvel Legends Sabretooth with a new head sculpt)
• Vulture

[edit] External links

• Toy Biz Official Website