McFarlane Spawn Kickstarter Classic and Modern Action Figure Review
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- I finally received my McFarlane Toys Kickstarter Spawn figure, both Classic and Modern, and while there's a lot of positives, there's also some negatives that can't be ignored.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Package
01:26 Unboxing and Contents
03:24 Classic Spawn Paint and Sculpt Details
05:39 Modern Spawn Differences and Details
06:20 ....The Cape
07:35 Pointy Points and Odd Articulation Choices
09:34 Articulation
11:06 Accessories
13:39 Size and Comparisons
14:08 Thoughts
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Despite the zero torso articulation, I would have forgiven Todd if only he didn't give Spawn's torso the pre-salsa dance posture.
The sculpt and paint are incredible, you can't deny that, but that asymmetry is driving me crazy. I thought I would be ok with it, but nope.
Ikr it’s such a strange design choice
I cant stand it, i wanted to get in on this, but no, just no, and someone did this on purpose, they were unwilling to compromise so we got this abomination, neither sculpture nor fully articulated, just meh. And lets not forget the heads, just why, so close yet so far away
@@sodobabel man... if you actually got it I think that you wouldn't mind it. I really don't recognize it when I am posing him.
That torso was the downside of this hyped up figure. My money was on the Mortal Kombat Spawn!!!
I'm cool with this torso joint. I actually love it
Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
me too
McFarlene Toys is such a mystery, the new Witcher figures show they can squeeze in some of the best articulation around, but they seem allergic to the notion most of the times.
Yea it seems that Todd will always go for detail. But I know what you mean, I have a bunch of the DC Multiverse figs and yea the Witcher figs have way better articulation.
Specially when Neca puts more articulation and the same or more paint and detail in their figures
These figures are exactly what he wanted. These were designed as a tribute and to look good in a single pose. He'll give us the more pose friendly version in the line that's coming.
@@FFFFPPPP yup! Glad we're getting a mainstream articulated Spawn line!! Pretty sure a regular looking Spawn will be in there :D
This has been such a cool journey...
Holy crap, they're finally here!
I have no interest in Spawn, but just the sheer build-up of these figures has me excited to see you review them!
Highly recommend reading into spawn! Fun stuff
I love buying figures with articulation that only look good in one predetermined pose! A vanilla posers dream figure! Great job Todd!
Me too and that pose is sealed in the box. I'm a grown ass man, and I don't play with my toys with those I do open. They're art pieces and not to be touched much.
So I'm not a grown ass man because I actually mess with my toys?
@@FFFFPPPP I love when Toddy Mac fanboys use this completely illogical argument when the more articulated a figure is the more it is directed towards adult collectors.
@@TheFwoosh you’re definitely not a grown ass man, but it’s because of that hoop earring 😁
I don’t think this original sculpt was meant to have articulation. It was sculpted in a classical contrapposto pose. When a company creates a figure, they’re sculpted digitally in a basic pose and then the articulation is cut in.
As Robo pointed out, they did listen to the fans and added articulation, but still wanted to retain that original sculpted render they had done for them. I forgot the artist’s name but he posted the original sculpt for this guy digitally.
Safe to say, this figure was not produced along the same pipeline as your average McFarlane Toys figure from the get go.
It looks like the upcoming Spawn universe figures Todd is teasing are being produced along the same pipeline we’re used to with the same articulation.
OH COME ON! Stop being apologists to Todd. He promoted the heck out of the thing as an action figure.
The artist is Nikita Lebedev. And it’s a gorgeous sculpt.
@@entennstudio I also think like that, I am really happy with mine
@@entennstudio Yes, thanks!
Haven’t stopped posing mine since I got him 3 weeks ago. Aside from some limit from the cape hanging over the shoulder, he poses very well. They’re super dope.
"Novelty" is a good way of describing these figures
I would like to see a seven inch spawn with the design of the new 12 inch one coming out but with the 22 point articulation system
Thank you for uploading it on my birthday Robo.. it's a Very interesting figure need to say.. not most articulated but it's good for what has to be. A tribute to that vintage figure
Happy birthday dude!
I’m very happy with my classic spawn! It displays great
That's really all that matters!
I got the classic a few weeks ago! I love it so much.
Thanks Robo, received my Figure on Friday in the UK , beautiful figure wouldn’t have known about the Kickstarter if I hadn’t stumbled on a random The Fwoosh video that discussed it 👍🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Excellent! Love your figure reviews and weekly toy shows!
I just got the classic as I shared on the Fwoosh. But dang it’s an awesome presentation in the clamshell. I’ll probably put it back in the box after I’ve had fun displaying. It is a vicious sculpt. I really like the teeth coming through the mask. I also like that screaming into the night head too. Classic version was worth every penny.
I was excited about the shoelace head, then I realized it sculpted for one pose only. Great looking piece, happy to have one for shelf.
Yeah, not sure they went that direction with the two gross unmasked heads, while going full neck with the other two.
The posing isn’t the only issue, the improper shading makes the detail wash out in normal lighting with a little distance also
Man, I seriously cannot wait for my classic Spawn to arrive. The MK one is cool but the red is too dark and the cape wasn't huge and 90s enough. I hope they do a more articulated classic Spawn as part of the upcoming retail line.
Hey! you can remove the end piece of the sword and slide it into the closed gripping hand! just so you know!
Spawn: stuck between the realm of the living and the dead, not unlike these figures being stuck between the realm of statues and action figures. That may sound a bit harsh but I've voiced my opinion a few times on these figures, needless to say I've been collecting NECA and DC Collectibles figures so for years I had nice looking but less articulated figures and I still like a lot of those figures, heck the first time I voiced my opinion on these Spawn figures someone thought I was a Marvel Legends fanboy, I didn't even start collecting Marvel Legends until 2017! In that sense I think that's the worst thing to come from these figures, the people who have gotten so defensive about them to the point of toxicity which in this hobby is just unpleasant to put up with.
Looking at them these Spawn figures just give me a headache with the more modern articulation that seems to be actively sabotaged by the sculpt. I appreciate that they listened to fans and added it but things like the torso, head and especially the cape kill a lot of that extra articulation and posing opportunities. I think that they should have just stuck to their guns and made them less articulated, less people would want them but it would further justify the Kickstarter as I'm sure there are those who would want that throwback style figure with the classic packaging, plus they'd likely be in the minority of figure collectors which again would better justify the Kickstarter, at least to me it would. Either way I'm not a massive Spawn fan but I like his design and action figures so I'm happy with the MK11 version and I don't think I'll ever need another. The points I made above are from the perspective of someone who collects action figures so in that sense I don't hate these figures or anything, I simply see these as 'not that great as action figures' which combined with my lack of interest in Spawn it was an easy pass, but I completely get those who are angry about them.
It would be nice if they gave the modern spawn a tattered cape since in that form his suit evolved.
Yeah finally got mine a few days ago, besides a couple of things like the neck and the torso I love it and I'm glad I got one
Hell yeaaah Robo's back!!
I care pretty much nothing about articulation so I'm digging these quite a bit.
The packaging is AWESOME !!! Thanks for this unboxing but as you say i prefer the 20 bucks toy too ^^
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Ooooo, that sounds awesome!
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Thanks for the video bro!
Just got mine today!
Figs either land on a shelf or land in a toy bin for the kids to play with. These easily hit the shelves. Thanks for the review.
I do not know, why always when Robo upload video, I'm very happy
Robo don't know either
I see what you did there...
@@TheFwoosh Oh I don't think so 😂
Awesome that they added the Spawn head with the Batarang scar in the modern figure :D
The pre-posed chest and horrible neck cut kept me from getting these. They look great in certain poses, but outside of those poses... ugh.
Same, just wait for the eventual classic Spawn release
I can't believe people worry about this that much. Jesus.
I was dying when you did the spawn scream lol
11:43 that dagger looks awfully similar to the ones that came with the Gold Label McFarlane Batman.
They use the exact same mold to make both. McFarlane said in an Instagram post that he added the green daggers to spawn because the Batman figure had a brand new mold that he wanted to reuse.
Excited to get my classic soon, always knew these wouldn't quite measure up the standard market articulation releases. Todd is his own worst enemy when it comes to sculpt vs articulation, he needs to let the past go make the 12 inch figures and a statue line for sculpts and let 7 inch figures be what people expect them to be.
Merry Christmas
"A very Todd thing to do" is exactly what I thought when I started seeing people complaining about the cape, the pre-posed torso, etc. All valid gripes, but also just so like Todd to only take fan service so far without sacrificing his vision of the product. Any longtime fan should know to expect these things from Todd 😎
Expecting it is a compromise, fans should ask more from him. He needs to step up his game. It’s great to try and express your vision but Todd’s work has inexcusable problems sometimes, for action figures and statues -which he tries to bounce between
Man, once again...I am SO glad I didn't dump all that money into these plastic statues. I get the appeal for a hardcore Spawn fan; but as a figure, I would have felt VERY disappointed.
As a hardcore fan I was disappointed be glad you saved your money
Im a mid tier Spawn fan. Liked him in the 90's, liked the old cartoon. I mostly bought in for nostalgia reasons and because I knew they would be worth more than what I was paying. Especially with Todd's autograph.
Todd couldn't have been more clear about what to expect from these figures.
Especially if you've always followed Mcfarlane [you knew exactly what to expect from this]. Are there really that many adults put off by the fact that you can't play with this figure?
Of all my Neca, Black Series & Mcfarlane figures,
this thing hands down just looks so much better than anything else in my collection.
Very happy to be apart of this.
Great review!
Have a good day robo
lol love ur reviews. mine has to b close. seems east coast should get em this week or next
I got the AP. It’s an amazing figure.
He’s scaled appropriately with the 6 inch figures.
Good honest review and polite. I don’t think I would have found as many kind things to say about these figures. I agree, the MK11 figure is overall better and well worth the msrp, the Kickstarter one...not so much. I’ll leave it at that.
`cool figures! cool video!
I backed for the classic figure because it's the look I like with the colors and slim frame( and I just don't like the big gauntlet and the big boot )so I'm pleased with that ,besides getting the sword and then nekroplasm effect= sweet. The matter of the fact is that the design of the torso and the articulation is exactly what McFarlane promised in the initial pitch you can see still the video when he's first showing the prototype articulation and it's basically what we got, people wanted everything from the figure and it was just too much :at the end of the day it was a $40 figure you can't ask a level of possability and detail and accessories like I don't know something from Storm collectibles that cost more like triple the price.
What’s frustrating about this figure is that it’s so close to being the perfect Spawn figure. The accessories and sculpting are great but the limited articulation and cape make it not fun to pose.
Just cut the cape off. Frees it up a lot
Great video! Good to get a closer look. I'm still waiting on mine unfortunately, got tracking for it in the middle of March but here in Canada it looks like its been sitting in Vancouver since I got the number. I've been hoping its been moving and the tracking just hasn't been updating, but I dunno.
I’m fine with the difference in scale than most other main line figures. I feel like spawn is supposed to tower over most other characters.
Nice, objective review. I just missed these last year by a month after the Kickstarter ended, as I was getting back into Spawn after 18 years. The prototype's look wasn't for me, but then the actual figure looked awesome (at least the Classic does). I ended up picking up the Trilogy for about 3x the price 😬.
The cape hinders the ability to really play with the figures, but they have a lot of shelf presence. You plop them down and they look amazing. That was always McFarlane's strong suit. Making statuesque figures with amazing sculpt and paint, and a ton of shelf presence.
I've collected almost nothing but McFarlane figures (nothing but Spawn really), but now I'm starting to get into collecting DC related figures. Mafex stands out with their excellent sculpts and articulation, and I'm collecting McFarlane's DC Multiverse stuff too.
I'm really enjoying your channel and you've got a great review style, probably the most informative and enjoyable I've seen on UA-cam. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Lol I wish I could say that I wasn't still waiting on my 3 pack and that I didn't buy one of the classic off ebay for 200 plus bucks while I am impatiently waiting for mine to ship... but I can't. The presence of this thing is incredible. Does anyone know how to contact them if you're still waiting?
While it makes me feel old, I kinda dig this 90’s Indie Comic toy revival we’re experiencing right now. Not only is Spawn making a comeback, but Lady Death as well. Here’s hoping we get Gen 13 or WildC.A.T.s figures.
Ooo, yeah, I would go for both of those teams!
I would give anything to see a spawn movie directed by Zack Snyder.
Pretty great in-box or out of box, stick into neutral pose and place on shelf, kind of figures
Pretty good not too bad.
I'm happy for all you Spawn fans.
@Robo the modern spawn head has those Stiches in the middle of the face cause of the Batman crossover comic he lands a batarang to the face . Just fun detail there.
How did I miss this Kickstarter?! I want the classic version.
I love these figures, I think they were definitely worth it
Both would look great with a soft goods cape
I, a trilogy backer have yet to receive any information still..... While I'm glad to see many many others get and enjoy or hate theirs.. It's hurting to the core that I'm without any kind of well anything.
You ain't the only one bud, same deal here in Texas
So ... at the
End of the day my question for you is: do you feel they gave the final product all the articulation he said they will? I mean you said they took out some but do you feel shortchanged by that?
I haven't gotten mine yet, would've been a great idea to have a cloth caoe with bendy wire for the modern version.
maaan i just got mine recently paid way more then when they came out but still got a good deal digg these finna go up i already know n they look good whether torso twist or no its not like i play with them i just got them for show some posin out package n most all in package
storm collectibles should make a spawn it would b bad ass
I have a feeling the accessories will likely be coming with future spawn releases
Not related but TF safari has a Grimlock 86 upgrade kit preorder for release in April. Zx-05 is the manufactuer
Saw this on Instagram so I'm not trying to take credit just trying to spread the word: If you own the mk11 spawn and the Kickstarter you can swap the torso onto the Kickstarter legs remove the mk ones arms and also use the Kickstarter arms as well and boom no pre posed torso I did it with mine and I think it's great.
Use the modern spawn unless you're willing to paint your mk to match the red pattern.
Edit: the al Simmons head fits on the mk just use a little heat.
The Lace face unfortunately does not.
I got the classic spawn.. I almost kind of wish I got the modern spawn as well! LOL.
Ohhhhh snap!
I got the trilogy and sold the modern and Artist Proof and pretty much broke even with a few extra bucks. It’s a nice figure but the non removable cape is truly my biggest gripe.
These figures look great. I bought two of the three packs. I will be sitting on them for quite some time until I could get as much money as possible for them :-)
Or they plummet in value, loll...
Well, their value can also go down or stay the same if the Spawn line releases better action figures or at least figures more appealing to the collector community.
Buying toys for the sole purpose of reselling them at a higher price isn't always a smart move.
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 I doubt it. These figures are pretty exclusive and i've already seen dozens of comments about people being pissed they chose to skip on buying one. In a couple of years I can see collectors wanting to find these as display pieces.
Just received my trilogy pack this past Monday. Haven't taken them out the clam shell yet, seemed like too much work lol
Question: I have both of these and I wanted to ask before I tried this myself, but, can you put the masked head on the modern body and put the stitch faced head on the classic body?
Spawns so cool idk 😐 if I'd buy a toy of him though lol
Dose the classic masked head work with the modern version
Is the cape removable? I want it for MK Spawn
I wish I would've got the classic spawn
More of a display figure than an action figure, which works out as I don’t really play with my collection
We need a grand tour of the marvel DC shelf
Are you going to review the Immortal Hero Spawn best of a figure?
Where can you buy this? If it’s not for sale anymore where was it originally available?
Whats that smaller spawn figure you recommended??
It's the Mortal Kombat 11 Spawn.
I really hope for a new Spawn movie.
I'm kind of glad I didn't get in on these. To me the moment I saw the positioning of the torso it just looked so awkward. Honestly, even though it's lacking torso articulation I still think these would've been ten times better if the torso was just in a more neutral pose, it really feels like a cop out to give it articulation but keep that torso because that has just resulted in a figure with okay articulation that basically only looks good in more or less one pose. I think they should've either re-sculpted the torso and also provided a swappable cloth cape or just made it a statue imo, because it looks great but its an awkward in between of a figure and a statue with it having a lot of articulation in the arms and legs that isn't useful because of the torso and neck area as well as the hard shell cape. Its like with early marvel select how the sculpts were great but the articulation largely just broke up the sculpt rather than making them posable.
Many years ago there was a Spawn vs.Batman cross over two in fact, when Spawn let Batman hit him in the face face with a Batarang that is how he got that scar.
Got mine I'm Australia like 4 months ago
Got mine in Arkansas last week!
I still kinda like the morale combat version lol
I removed the cape and put A cloth one. Underneath that plastic cape it has so much articulation
It's an okay figure but I'm happy with my MK11 Spawn, I'm glad I passed on this
Awesome review Robo. I can't help but cringe at the toy itself, though. I get that it was supposed to be an homage to the classic figure, but it doesn't seem to really be up to snuff with the rest of the products that McFarlane has been putting out. I was interested because there was supposed to be an ab joint to counter the contrapposto, but Todd phased it out in the middle of crowdfunding and that gave me warning signals. I'm glad I passed up on it, but I'm still happy for your review.
Yeah Todd said that the ab crunch wouldnt work because he feared that the rubber in the torso would crack eventually so he just did away with it for longevity.
Robo..can I know what camcorder u using? Thinking of getting a camcorder for my review
It's a Sony FDRAX53. Way easier to use than a DSLR or other cameras. amzn.to/3fTrI09
@@TheFwoosh thanks man. This was really helpful. Appreciate it 🤜🤛
So what you're saying is that you can swap out heads with John Stewart Green Lantern
Yeah- I just have the classic version. I havnt opened it yet. I figure itll look nice displayed in box on the shelf. I agree- the mortal kombat versions are to open and pose. 🤘🤘-(i know im 2 yrs late, but...🤷♂️) lol
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Damn. I love these figures, but I wish they were cloth.
I was gonna get the MK Spawn and get an amazing cape I’ve seen on eBay, but ehh.
I think it's great that the kickstarter had such a massive success - even if the figure didn't end up being a proper "figure". With the release of the mandarin spawn, and supposedly more spawn figures being made, I could easily see Mcfarlane toys making a more traditional comic spawn figure pretty soon.
Todd said his next kickstarter is a Medieval spawn with a full metal suit of armor but we'll see if he can deliver on the armor part.
What’s up Robo
Also I may add that I never got any information about the shipping and whatnot the figure just came in out of nowhere I don't complain but I just find it a bit odd
I think there will be no classic Spawn with the new series, because I remember Todd saying kickstarter was for the fans who wants it, and it wasn’t in the leaked list.
Don't we only know wave 1?
@@TheFwoosh Yea but I think I remember him saying something like this was going to be the only classic, I might be wrong tho.
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