Super Poseable Green Goblin (Spider-Man: The Movie)

by Toy Biz

With the huge success of the Spider-man film, it was inevitable that there would be a great mass of action figures filling the toy shelves. The franchise has brought us not one, but two versions of the film's villain, the Green Goblin, each with a different upside; either supporting great articulation and a normal Glider (Series 1), or average articulation with a souped-up Glider (Series 2 - There is also a third "Battle Ravaged" version in the making). Today we'll look at the Super-Poseable Green Goblin.

Green Goblin comes with an excellent sculpt showing lots of details dead-on with the film counterpart. The costume's metallic green is highlighted with bright gold and silver wires on the upper arms and legs, with good paint application all over. The signature mask has a wonderfully evil likeness to the creepy mask donned by Willem Dafoe, and is removable (the pained face of Norman Osborne underneath). The likeness to Dafoe here is ok, not spectacular - the negative comes from the strange expression he has. Though reminiscent of the final Green Goblin scene in the film, it doesn't look threatening or insane and isn't fitting of the Green Goblin character.

Like the Super-Poseable Spider-Man, Green Goblin is heavily articulated: with over 30 points of articulation, including ball-jointed shoulders and legs, and at least 5 joints on each limb, the Green Goblin can fight, mambo, pole-vault, pose, model, or throw mock Pumpkin Bombs 

at your other toys. I really like the articulation on Goblin, allowing him to do so much other toys can't, and he retains excellent detail (like the Spider-Man Classics and the recent Marvel Legends). Setting this guy apart from the Super-Poseable Spidey is the articulated hands, which can be closed into fists. This articulation allows the Green Goblin to hold other toy's accessories, adding to his play value.

The Green Goblin comes with two accessories; his signature mask as mentioned, and the awesome glider. Straight from the film, the glider is wonderfully detailed with 

purple and silver metallics, and includes pegged footholds (to keep the Green Goblin on the glider) and non-removable pumpkin bombs. Its "wings" are articulated with nicely sculpted hydraulic details, and are even removable. Kids will like this accessory to fly the Green Goblin after Spidey, causing all kinds of playful terror, and collectors will like displaying the Green Goblin on the glider. To aid with display, the glider has a clear plastic stand to hold it a couple of inches above the display surface -- a nice addition. Green Goblin also stands up to play – both the figure and glider are durable.

Overall, this Green Goblin figure is a great toy to own. Both versions of the Green Goblin come with a replica of the glider, but the other version has removable, fireable pumpkin bombs and is more detailed – though the figure sacrifices all of its great articulation. I prefer this version, though collectors with deep pockets may want to buy both to get the nicely articulated figure on the souped-up glider. But for the kids and collectors who like the Green Goblin film character or collect Spidey toys, this is a great purchase.

- Shocka

(July 7, 2002)