[REVIEW] 71050 Spider-man Across the Spider-verse CMF

[MKJoshA]

Have you been able to find the new Spider-man CMF series? Want to know which are the best figures to go after? I can't promise to give you all the answers, but you'll at least get my takes on the series. My family really liked the first Spider-verse movie. The jury is still out on the 2nd. It'll depend on how well the 3rd movie can tie off all the lose ends. My son especially likes Spider-man and was very excited when he saw these were coming out. So, do they hold up to the hype?

I bought a full case from the same store as all the other times. I want to give credit to @WhiteFang for his history with the CMF line. I could never do a CMF review as well as he can and I'm not going to try. This will be a fast overview of the series.

I used a scanner to identify each figure and had a 100% success rate. I only wanted to open 1 of each figure for the review as I want to keep 1 set sealed and the 3rd will be a Christmas gift in a few months 

I don't know why Lego doesn't just sell a full case like this. The packaging looks great and it's a wonderful way for collectors to get full sets.

Highlighted on the sides are Miles and Gwen.

The boxes follow the same format as all the other boxed CMFs. With limited space on the box front I often wonder how Lego decides which characters get highlighted.

The flyer inside gives you the full collection list.

And the back of the flyer shows instructions for putting together the more "challenging" figures. 

First up are Spider-man 2099, the Prowler, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Punk. There are some really great accessories with these 4, Spider-Punk being the absolute stand-out of the entire series. Spider-man 2099 has a plastic cape and Prowler has a cloth one. Prowler and Spider-Punk have new hair pieces that have great re-use options. Spider-Gwen's hair is new too and is only limited by the pink highlights on the end. Spider-Punk comes with both a new mowhawk piece in metallic grey as well as a dreadlocks piece in black. The Prowler has a new braided hairpiece and his helmet has the same braids molded to come out the back. A fantastic level of detail. Spider-man 2099's statue has a little printing around the head but can still make a great Star Wars hologram piece.

Next up are the... encumbered Spider-people. Crime fighting with a baby in your front is not easy! The Cybor Spider-Woman has a great neck accessory that will show up on many MOCs I'm sure. Sun-Spider has amazing arm printing, a color new hat element, and the new crutch piece in black. Old man Spider-man is one of the weaker characters as you can't use any of his new prints outside of this character. Spider-Byte is cool, but also limited in re-use.

And last up are the animal friend Spider-men. Miles has another new hair piece and great arm printing. Spider-man India's hair is also new and very cool. I appreciate that the cowboy Web-Slinger has a generic shirt and pants that can be used in any Western MOC. The animals (including the Werewolf Spider-man) are all limited due to the mask printed on their faces.

CMF series are known for introducing new elements. But apart from the capes, the only new elements released with this series are the hair elements. What we lack in new elements the series tries to make up for in new prints including some great new skin tone prints. 

Verdict?

SCORE
DESIGN 7
There is great detail printed on all of the figures. However, most figures are limited in use outside of the Spider-verse. That's fine if you just want more Spider-men, but if you want to use the parts to customize this series is more limited than a traditional, non-IP CMF series.

PARTS 6
I'm a sucker for new hair elements so I love that aspect of this series. But there really aren't that many other parts to get excited about.

VALUE FOR MONEY 6.5 
Compared to the F1 series, these are fantastic. But compared to almost any other series these struggle to compete. If you get a full set you really don't need more outside of a specific MOC idea. Other CMFs I was fine adding 1 or 2 to my cart when I shopped just to enjoy the surprise of what I might get an extra of. But with these, I feel no need to go out and buy more except for maybe Spider-Punk. That mowhawk is really cool.

FINAL SCORE: 6.5
For a series based on an IP concept this collection is amazing. For anything else, I'd advise you to save your money.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

Old man Spider-man 

"Old man"? He's like 40! 

Good review. The part usage is definitely limited outside of spider-man, but not without usage. The two that stuck out to me were Miles's arms being perfect for a powered-up or unleashed Thor, and the digital character's head being great for female Chiss like Ar'lani or Vah'nya.

I only intended to pick up 2099, but due to issues with the scanner app I ended up with cyborg-spider-woman, who does have some interesting parts. After reading this, I might try and grab miles- putting a hint of lightning in the eye of my display Miles sounds cool, like he's just starting to wind up a venom blast, and so does throwing some lightning on the arms of my Thor.