DST Spider-Man Limited Edition Collector Set

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Yep! Like ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide had mentioned earlier, as a kid, I had a regular suit Spider-Man. Which is also the comic accurate suit. Taking a quick look on eBay, I see what you mean; there are a lot of regular Spidey suits out there and cheap. So I get why you used the circle suit -- you almost had to do Spider-Man first and if you did not differentiate the Mego suit from what is readily available on the secondary market, you might be seeing a bunch of posts letting you know just that!

Personal preference though? I would have preferred the regular Spider-Man Mego suit, freshly pulled from a factory sealed package, even if it is a repro. But I also get that having the updated suit, which is very similar to the regular Mego suit, probably played a role in using the circle suit and coming up with a way to add value to a set that had to retail for $80.

So, while the Spider-Man Set does not excite me at all, after going back and getting all but two of the excellent DST/EMCE Cloth Retro Star Trek figures (which I am actively searching for!), I am really looking forward to the other characters and sets that are coming.

And to be fair, if they had gone with the regular suit there would have been some people here complaining that they should have used the circle-suit. It was a tossup either way.

[TRDouble]

Agreed, but I sure wish it was a regular suit instead of the circle.

Even though the standard suit can be acquired fairly easily on the secondary market? That seems to be other people's concern about us including Spidey in general.

Yep! Like ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide had mentioned earlier, as a kid, I had a regular suit Spider-Man. Which is also the comic accurate suit. Taking a quick look on eBay, I see what you mean; there are a lot of regular Spidey suits out there and cheap. So I get why you used the circle suit -- you almost had to do Spider-Man first and if you did not differentiate the Mego suit from what is readily available on the secondary market, you might be seeing a bunch of posts letting you know just that!

Personal preference though? I would have preferred the regular Spider-Man Mego suit, freshly pulled from a factory sealed package, even if it is a repro. But I also get that having the updated suit, which is very similar to the regular Mego suit, probably played a role in using the circle suit and coming up with a way to add value to a set that had to retail for $80.

So, while the Spider-Man Set does not excite me at all, after going back and getting all but two of the excellent DST/EMCE Cloth Retro Star Trek figures (which I am actively searching for!), I am really looking forward to the other characters and sets that are coming.

[DSTZach]

[E=TRDouble;1141986]Agreed, but I sure wish it was a regular suit instead of the circle.[/QUOTE]

Even though the standard suit can be acquired fairly easily on the secondary market? That seems to be other people's concern about us including Spidey in general.

[LonnieFisher]

The picture of the Peter figure has flesh colored hands. The set pictured doesn't show these hands. When I had the Peter Parker figure as a kid it sucked having red hands from my Spidey figure. Will it come with flesh colored hands when released?

[madmarva]

I saw a photo with the mego box alone, probably in Toy Fair coverage or possibly a Con. They also had the remego Cap prototype, but not the new heads and costumes.

[melkorjunior]

I sure hope so, because getting a nice repro box is part of the reason I ordered the set.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

I think, besides the president of DST being a huge Spidey fan, Spidey is still Marvel's #1 solo character, in terms of visibility and recognizability. The same reasons that made Mego produce so many of him back in the day are still valid reasons today. Plus, Mego Spidey was the star of Twisted ToyFare Theatre for over ten years, and at its peak ToyFare had a circulation of about 100K.

We can't just target Mego collectors with this line, we have to target fans of the character, and even (dare I say it) kids, or at least parents and nerdy uncles of kids. That said, I believe the circle suit variation was chosen specifically because we thought Mego collectors might appreciate it, as opposed to the more widely produced standard suit.

Maybe this has been answered, but is it possible to take the box for the Mego Spidey repro figure and display it by itself? Or is the box part of the actual packaging for the set? From the pictures it appears that the repro box is attached to the larger package, but it would be great if I could display the repro figures by themselves in their boxes.

Is that possible?

[figureaddicted]

Just getting back into the Mego/ReMego collecting scene. And this is the one thing I'm torn on. I'm certainly all for expanding the Mego-verse with characters and outfits that never got done in the 70s/80s. And the concept behind these figures isnt a bad one at all. But the pricepoint has me on the fence. I know i could shell out the same money ( and quite potentially less) for a vintage Mego Spidey. And, ultimately, probably will......but i feel like i need to support this line in order to get to the real gems later. Obviously 80.00 would be an easy sell for Thor or Iron Man repros. But at the same time, even debut characters at that price are hard to grasp when FTC puts out whole series for slightly more than the cost of just one of these. However,I'm not so sure I'll be able to pass these up. At least not all of them anyway. A real testament to the enduring appeal to this style of figure. Perhaps the price point is only part of my trepidation though. I would love to see a ReMego Marvel line that gives us a Punisher, Deadpool,Moon Knight ,Ghost Rider, Magneto, Dr Doom,Hobgoblin etc. A couple of those are easily able to be slotted into the format these are being released in. But some ,and many more, i dont think could be. So , i fear that beyond the real heavy hitters and the Mego repros one would expect, this line will not be that expansive. I truly hope im wrong about that. My hope is,however, that the lines current format will be successful enough for Diamond to get clearance to produce full 4 figure sets down the line . The more traditional approach to release would open the doors to almost anything. Perhaps the best thing i can do is wait for some collector reviews of Spidey and see if the final product is what blows me away before opening up the wallet.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Agreed, but I sure wish it was a regular suit instead of the circle.

Yep, I would be more interested in the set if it came with the regular suit. I think when it comes to retro figures like this, most people want the figures to be as close as they remember having them as kids. And most of us didn't have a circle-suit Spidey. Hell most of us had no idea such a variation existed till a few years ago.

I understand why they chose it, but a 'regular' Thor or Iron Man is far more appealing to me, cause that's what I had as a kid.

[TRDouble]

Well said. Starting with ANYONE other than Spidey with a retro toy line wouldn't make an ounce of sense.

Agreed, but I sure wish it was a regular suit instead of the circle.

[Brown Bear]

I think, besides the president of DST being a huge Spidey fan, Spidey is still Marvel's #1 solo character, in terms of visibility and recognizability. The same reasons that made Mego produce so many of him back in the day are still valid reasons today. Plus, Mego Spidey was the star of Twisted ToyFare Theatre for over ten years, and at its peak ToyFare had a circulation of about 100K.

We can't just target Mego collectors with this line, we have to target fans of the character, and even (dare I say it) kids, or at least parents and nerdy uncles of kids. That said, I believe the circle suit variation was chosen specifically because we thought Mego collectors might appreciate it, as opposed to the more widely produced standard suit.

Well said. Starting with ANYONE other than Spidey with a retro toy line wouldn't make an ounce of sense.

[FamousCoversFan]

Circle suit is a cool choice. Perhaps some day we can get the standard suit in a set with some Spidey variants (black costume?).

But first focus on the John Byrne era X-Men please :-)
It would be a dream come through for me.

[enyawd72]

^Well, I certainly appreciate the circle suit. A mint original would cost way more than $80, so that makes this set a win-win for me.

[DSTZach]

I think, besides the president of DST being a huge Spidey fan, Spidey is still Marvel's #1 solo character, in terms of visibility and recognizability. The same reasons that made Mego produce so many of him back in the day are still valid reasons today. Plus, Mego Spidey was the star of Twisted ToyFare Theatre for over ten years, and at its peak ToyFare had a circulation of about 100K.

We can't just target Mego collectors with this line, we have to target fans of the character, and even (dare I say it) kids, or at least parents and nerdy uncles of kids. That said, I believe the circle suit variation was chosen specifically because we thought Mego collectors might appreciate it, as opposed to the more widely produced standard suit.

[drogge]

I can not wait to buy this figure.