If you’re going to have a Marvel collection of pretty much any sort, you’re going to need a Spider-Man in that collection. That’s a fact. And so it seems very odd that among the most integral characters missing from the Gentle Giant Marvel Mini Bust line has been a Spider-Man bust in his classic red and blue costume. Luckily, Gentle Giant Ltd. is about to rectify that, as their all-new red & blue Spider-Man mini-bust has just been fully revealed and put up for order!

My favorite Spider-Man costumes are (in order): Sensational Spider-Man Ben Reilly costume, Future Foundation Spider-Man costume, Scarlet Spider (Classic) costume, Scarlet Spider (Modern) costume, and Black Costume Spider-Man. Classic Red and Blue Spider-Man doesn’t even crack my Top 5. That said, I fully understand the importance of and iconic nature of the traditional Spider-Man red & blue costume, and this is an absolute must in the Gentle Giant Marvel busts line.

I have a couple of Spider-Man Bowen busts already, so I wasn’t exactly sitting on the edge of my seat praying for a Gentle Giant Spider-Man bust. But you know what? This red and blue Spider-Man Gentle Giant mini bust looks pretty great, and the masterful use of paint wash on the bust just may make it the best Spider-Man mini-bust that’s been produced by any company.

This will actually be the second Spider-Man mini bust released by Gentle Giant. A Black Costume Spider-Man bust was previously produced, but was available only to Gentle Giant Premium Guild Members. That particular Spider-Man Black Costume mini bust will set collectors back well over $100 on ebay these days, leaving a Spidey-sized hole in the collections of many Gentle Giant bust collectors.

Like all of Gentle Giant’s Marvel Mini-Busts, this Spider-Man Mini-Bust is in the 1:6 scale (sixth-scale), which means it’s sized perfectly to fit in with the Marvel Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece Series figures. It might look a little weird, but it might be a suitable stand-in while collectors wait for the seemingly never-coming Amazing Spider-Man Hot Toys figure.

The Gentle Giant Spider-Man (Red and Blue) Mini Bust is scheduled to be released in Q1 2014 with a retail price of $79.99. BigBadToyStore has the Spider-Man bust up for pre-order now, discounted to $71.99. The edition size of Spider-Man is still TBD (To Be Determined), but considering that only 850 Wolverine Mini Busts were produced, we can expect the edition size to be pretty low.