review by justin anderson

the desription: Dr Octopus makes his first appearance in the Spider-Man Classics series.

the articulation: neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees and ankles.

the design: Dr Octopus sports a new sculpt, though the design bears similarities to the Dr. Octopus figure released in 1999. Standing less than 5" tall, Ock is the short, fat version. I'm not sure where this image came from, since Ock is always shown as being a rather tall, muscular individual.

The figure sports a lab coat, with some noticable lines around the shoudlers where the edges of the coat don't meet the arms and the torso shows through. The "control belt" from the early comics is gloed on his stomach, and the lab glasses are transparent.

The 4 tentacles, each around 10" long. These are rubber with a wire running through. They attach to the body by an end which turns and locks in place. The tabs on these ends are fragile, and may break off. The tentacles also have 4 finegrs on each end(rather than 3- and in the 8 months between Toy Fair and final production, this was never corrected). 2 of these fingers are a separate piece of rubber which is glued in, and these may not be glued in properly. The wire is also about an inch short, not only causing problems in flexing them, but it also allows the wire inside to twist inside, allowing the arm to fall.

the review: The figure can barely stand without support from the tentacles. *** out of *****.

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