So…last year, Todd McFarlane ran a Kickstarter project to do an updated version of the original Spawn figure from the 1990s.
It sounded cool, and I jumped in on it.
And then I waited…
And waited.
And operating on the understanding that it would arrive when it arrives, I was good with stuff.
Last week, my figure finally arrived. And I’d actually forgotten about there being something in the campaign itself about collector-friendly packaging. This is quite the complex, specialized/"white-glove" packaging, though…VERY high-end for the price of this thing!
In fact, this reminds me of an Apple product…where the packaging is a big part of the thing itself.
Take the slipcover off, and you have the box. And there’s a pretty ribbon to allow you to open the box without damaging it…
Then there’s a sheet with a checklist comparing this new 2020 edition of the figure with the original edition from 1994…and a certificate of authenticity.
Remove those and a foam sheet and you reveal the figure itself, nicely packed within its foam enclosure!
There are some extra accessories in the foam tray..I believe these are "stretch goal" pieces due to the campaign raising about 30 times what McFarlane had aimed for.
And here, finally, is the actual figure, as it would typically appear if it were a store-bought item, with none of the fancy boxing, packing, and so on…just closed into plastic and all that.
As with the original figure(s), this comes with a comic, albeit with a new cover, I believe. It reprints Spawn #1…but as a director’s cut. Definitely a cool artifact in and of itself!
The back of the comic shows off the original back cover of the comic that had come with that first figure. However, I noticed a typo…"This is the original add." Sigh. That should be "ad," one "d" as it’s not something that was ADDed to something. It was an ADvertisement.
Whatever. One word, BACK cover, the level of detail and prettiness to the appearance…the words aren’t exactly the important thing here..right?
It’s the…shall we say…IMAGE that counts?
Here’s the new comic side-by-side with an original–the Medieval Spawn, though. Just to show the trade-dress and such.
And here’s the figure out of all the plastic and on its display base…on the fancy box.
And a closer-up pic of the figure itself without the extra.
I reallllllly like this. Much better coloring and detail, and actual metal for the chains…I’m quite happy with this, especially for the price!
It was well worthwhile, and I’m verrrrrrrry glad I did not pass on this!
And then for good measure, here’s the new figure side-by-side with the original!
(Well, the body is my original…while the chains and cape, I believe, were from a loose copy I bought several years back).
I lack a pre-set display location for this…but it’s one that defffffinitely needs to be displayed.
And thanks to all that fancy packaging…this COULD be re-packaged either for storage or sale.
However, unless I explicitly have some other post saying otherwise…this guy’s "NFS/NFT!"
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