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This is an unboxing and review of the Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi Venom action figure which was released in the states in May of 2017. This is the third action figure in the American Comics Characters line with Spider-Man and Deadpool already released. Check back here for a full review on AiPT!
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Welcome, welcome, welcome to AIPT
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This is David Brook coming to you with a review of the Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech Venom
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This is the third Marvel Amazing Yamaguchi figure. The first two is the Deadpool and the Spider-Man, which came out only about two or three months
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ago now. It started with the Deadpool. These two figures are quite similar in that they have similar joints and the same stand
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but obviously the molds are a lot different. One thing I'm really curious about when it comes to this Venom is the size, because as
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we know, if we're comic fans, Venom is typically huge. He can be more svelte, but generally he's a hulking monster
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So we'll compare Venom with these two other guys later in the video, but before we do
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that, let's unbox this guy. Let's look at the packaging. We've got some comic images from Marvel Comics
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This side here is super retro, which is pretty cool. The back has some words from Venom
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Obviously some not English language. And then on the other side we've got a pose of the toy itself
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And even some dialogue on the bottom. Alright, let's open this. There's even some details on the edges here, which is pretty sweet
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Comes with a little piece of paper here, with details on his back
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He's got some peg holes there for probably some symbiote action. Alright, we've got this backdrop of Venom, and he is totally poking out there
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Packaging wise, everything is contained in this sort of cover. Okay, here we've got the figure
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Looks like we've got a different eyepiece. We've got some, ooh, there's some claws
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Wow, this is pretty cool. There is a hinge so that you can move this piece, just one
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And then there's a peg for wherever it goes on him. We've got another arm, symbiote arm
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This is pretty cool. We've got a tongue. There's some crazy detail on that tongue
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It's like little pits, and it's more red in the pitted area, just like a real tongue
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And it curves nicely too. Alright, we've got two more limbs bagged
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And they too have hinges, which is pretty cool. And some nice detail
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It looks like a real blade on the end there. And it's actually a little silver
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It's mostly black, maybe a little blue, but silver on the end
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probably to convey the fact that it's a blade. And then these as well have a bit of silver
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Okay, so let's pull this guy out. It comes out so easy
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Alright, just like the Deadpool and the Spider-Man, where the hinges are, probably to protect the paint job
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Wow, look at that. Look at his jaw. That's crazy. And then clearly he's got a spot to put his tongue
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We've got to do that. You can't go tongueless. Oh, my God, there's a hinge
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There is a hinge for the tongue. They know what they're doing with Venom. Okay
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Looking pretty good. And then the top part even moves, just the top of his head where the top jaw moves a little
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which is pretty cool. And then the teeth come. Whoa. Interesting. And he's got some pretty crazy delts
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Let's see here. Here's his back. Yeah, he is crazy muscular. He seems to move an entire shoulder blade. Wow
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The paint job is really good. He's got some crazy veins in the buttocks and the legs
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Here, you can see right here. And the shoulders. That's different. I don't know if he usually has veins
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unless that's supposed to be like the symbiote that's moving about. All right
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Let's see. Let's take this plastic off. So as you can see, there's this extra stomach chunk here
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So he has an extra bendability. Let's stick that back in
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All right. Before we look at that a little closer, there's an extra plastic piece here
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and that's just the stand. And it comes with an additional, I think this is for his middle torso
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so that in case you lose it maybe or something breaks, you have an extra, which is a nice touch
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As far as accessories go, we've only got the four different symbiote spiky parts
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and this head piece here. Let's look at this for a second
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How does this work? Aha. So it looks like you could take off his top jaw here
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So here's Venom without his top jaw. Here's his head. So you take this top jaw part
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if you look at it closely actually before we do that, got some pretty good detail on those teeth
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They're not super long teeth, but pretty good detail, and a nice paint job too
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And then the top of his jaw isn't got a lot of detail
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All right. This is the different head piece. Looks like there's a part you just stick this piece right into
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It's a different look. It's sort of like a sly look compared to this one
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All right. And then that looks freaky without that. You simply plug this guy in here
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All right. Boom. It's got a little attitude. All right. So looking at his bendability
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he's got a lot. So it looks like you can move his arms up and down like so
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He's got these shoulders that can completely turn his arm. So it goes from here all the way to here
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Not a lot, but it's more of a shift. And we've got the usual joint here
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and then he's got the wrist, which is another ball joint. So it goes all the way around just like this one
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And it can bend like this, bend like this. And then he's got a thumb that points
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Can't straighten that thumb. But he's got fingers in each one. You can bend the last two together, the middle
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and then the pointer. So you can feasibly have him give you the finger
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which I'm sure a lot of kids will do when they first get it, just like me
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Anyway, so second arm is the same. He's got some pretty cool detail on the back here
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He's got these little flanges of symbiote coming off. The legs, very beefy legs here
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Let's see here. It looks like this wants to turn, but it's all one piece here
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This is all one piece right here. But there's a part here in the groin that can turn
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So maybe the, oh, okay. That lets you split his legs a little
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And he's got a knee joint. This is different from the other Yamagachis because it only goes one way
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which is really different for them. So you can't bend it this way
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And then he's got one hinge on the feet. Toes don't move separately
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It's all the one ball part of the foot. All right, and then the torso, he's got this
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He can move down here too. And then he can crunch really good, as you can see
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And crunch back, straight. This piece is a little loose, but it's more there to cover the middle
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so that he can bend. And then finally we've got the head here, which is a lot of movement
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He can go really straight down, but also back up. And then this piece can turn like this
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This piece can turn a little, like so, up and down mostly
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The head can turn a pretty good amount, not a lot
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And then the jaw itself has a hinge so that it can close a pretty good amount
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The tongue gets in the way, though. Let's take the tongue out
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When he has his mouth closed, he's got a crazy front jaw
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And then when it's open, that peg hole in the mouth there is a little obvious, isn't it
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When he's opening his mouth. As close as you can tell. Okay
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All right. So this is the stand. It's exactly the same as the Spider-Man and Deadpool stand
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It's super simple to put together. You simply stick the bottom end to the base
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And then you've got the part that you will wrap around the character
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and you stick it right into this peg hole. It's pretty sturdy
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The only question is, how does this little guy fit on this huge guy
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Because if you look at this, it doesn't really wrap around him that well. It needs to be longer
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And he is pretty heavy. But it will hold him. So one other thing
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You can actually stick the stand right into his back. And that way, you don't have to worry about going around his waist
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So that's one way around that, and it makes the stand actually valuable
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You can actually stick these symbiote tendrils into these holes here, which is going to be one of the bigger draws of this toy
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which I will do now. I'm going to make it a little more chaotic
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And so obviously you can bend them any which way. It certainly changes his look
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Aside from putting them on his back, you can also make him have
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a smaller crazy arm to shoot out at Spider-Man, which is kind of cool
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Comparing him to Deadpool, he is about the same height. Clearly a little thicker on the top
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And then, more importantly, compared to Spider-Man, it's like they're doing a selfie or something
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Now, I've seen people complain that he's not big enough compared to Spider-Man
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Now, I would say the height is definitely not bigger, but look how huge he is in comparison
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Spider-Man is definitely thinner and outmatched muscularly, which is kind of Venom's thing
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And you just saw him fall over because he's so top-heavy. It's kind of crazy
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Review-wise, I have to say, right now, he was a little bit more money than Spider-Man was
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So, is it more value? Well, let's see. Here's some cons. It's kind of hard to see, but the joint on this jaw right here
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you can actually see it's a little red. The paint job's a little messed up there
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It should be all black. That said, the paint job everywhere else is perfect
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All these lines are defined well, and the actual color of his blackness is a little blue
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It's shiny, but a little blue, so that's a nice, definitely a nice color for him
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He's not jet black, which isn't bad, but this is a different type
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Movement-wise, arms and fingers are great. Clearly, when they made this, they were thinking
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Venom's biggest strength is his muscular, top-heavy body, where he could just crush a spider
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And I have to say, his arms are pretty cool. And then he can definitely move these arms pretty well
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There's a lot of muscle to fight with back here, so they can't move all that much
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But that said, you can get him in pretty good positions. The wrist also can move forward pretty good, like so
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but not back that great, because it gets in the way. And then the legs
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Little surprised there's only one joint like this. When all other Revoltech toys have the circular hinge
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and then the torso is like all other Revoltech toys, it can bend like crazy, like crazy
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This is where all the crazy action bending moves go. And it's pretty sturdy, although he kind of wants to move a little
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It clicks, so that means it's locked in, and look how, if you look at this
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I mean there's a lot of weight there being held by this little circular joint
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and that's probably why it's dangling. It's got so much weight. Maybe they should have made a bigger circular joint
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so that it wouldn't be like that. It's going to make posing a little harder
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because you think he's in the right position, and maybe there's a little give to it, and he falls over
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In summary, paint job, really nice. Colors are really nice. Movement of the head
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and the fact that you get two different looks on the eyes, is a nice touch
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Arms and shoulders, really cool. This is a different sort of Venom for sure. If you have a huge Venom collection, you do not have a Venom like this
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especially with this top heavy, super muscular looking dude. I think that's particularly cool, because compared to Spider-Man
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he looks like he's way stronger. Then also the tongue is a really nice touch
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especially because it has a joint, so you can get that tongue in a lot of different positions
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and make him crazy looking. Then I like the toes, and I like the fingers
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There's a lot of movement going on here. This giant shoulder blade is pretty crazy too
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It allows you to put him in some crazy positions. That said, he's so top heavy
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I don't know what kind of positions he can get into and stay
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I'm sure you can make it work. This joint in the center of his body, in the chest here
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it's a little unnerving that it's already wiggling. What's going to happen after six months of posing him and playing with him
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That might get looser and looser, who knows. I'm pretty disappointed that this knee joint is just one hinge
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That means you can't make this leg twist like Spider-Man's here, and go like this
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Obviously he just broke his leg, but you catch my drift. This is the first Yamagashi with a one direction hinge here
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which is interesting. Overall, I think this is a cool toy, but it's more of a statue-y kind of toy
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It is nice that they have Venom to go with Spider-Man though
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because now he has somebody to fight in the same kind of style
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One of my biggest complaints with these is that you can see the hinge here
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but with Venom you can't. It's pretty much covered up with this huge shoulder
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As you can see, I have quite a Venom collection, and also Anti-Venom, there he is saying hi
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and Spider-Man symbiote in the back there. Overall, I think it's a really good addition to the Venom collection
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particularly because he's so different. We've got the classic Tom McFarlane-looking Venom that's the original
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He's not huge, he's kind of just a dude in a suit. You've got the Flash Thompson Venom that's more cop than out-of-control symbiote
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You've got the Square Enix Venom that is just crazy big but also out-of-this-world
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He also has a hinge on his tongue. So that's two Venoms now that I have that have a hinging tongue
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He's just a different beast entirely. Then you've got the Movie Venom and Space Knight Venom
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and then obviously Spider-Man's Venoms over here. If you look at the whole collection, he is a lot different
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He's about as hulking as Space Venom here, which was a baff
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but he's got these bendable tendrils, he's got the tongue, but also he's just huge in the upper body, which is pretty cool
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The paint and the detail in the muscles and whatnot and the veins
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are all different than most other Venom action figures. So overall, pretty sweet toy
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I think I would recommend it. I don't think it should be your first Venom
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because I think there are some others in this collection that are maybe nicer
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maybe a little bit more your speed, especially since he is a lot different than the typical Venom you see in the comic book
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But yeah, if you're going to add him to the collection, you've got a different Venom entirely
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