REVIEW: Marvel Legends Into the Spider-Verse Prowler Figure (2021)

Having already covered my favorite character (the anthropomorphic amphibian one) in the 2021 Marvel Legends Into the Spider-Verse Stilt-Man Series, let’s move on now to the character in the wave that I was least excited about. After getting a classic comics-based Prowler Legends figure in Lizard Build-A-Figure Series in 2018, I wasn’t really sure I needed an Uncle Aaron Prowler Version from the Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse animated film. Now that he’s arrived from Amazon, have I changed my mind?

2021 Marvel Legends Prowler Review Into the Spider-Verse

Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie actually being a blockbuster hit with fans came as so much of a surprise in 2018 that we’re just now getting proper Hasbro 6” figures from the film—in 2021.

While it was basically a given that we’d get animated versions of Miles Morales Spider-Man, Peter B. Parker and Ghost Spider (Spider-Gwen) in this wave, Spider-Verse Prowler is at least a minor curveball. As a secondary villain in the film and also the doomed uncle of Miles Morales, I wouldn’t have given Uncle Aaron the best odds of getting an action figure. But here it is! How is it?

Hasbro Spider-Man Legends Prowler Spider-Verse Figure Packaged

Prowler comes in the Into the Spider-Verse branded packaging with the Miles graffiti Spider-Man logo on the front of the packaging, which I dig. We’ve come a long way the last few years with Hasbro now offering so many packaging variations within waves of figures!

Marvel Legends Spider-Man Spider-Verse Prowler Action Figure Box Back

Illustration of Prowler on the box back is actually pretty cool-looking, and I totally dig seeing a Stilt-Man figure on the back of packaging that hundreds of thousands of fans are going to see.

Unboxing Marvel Legends 2021 Into the Spider-Verse Prowler Figure

The packaging art on the spine is the same, which is fine—looks great.

Hasbro Marvel Legends Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse Prowler Figure and Accessories

After unboxing, we can clearly see everything included: a 6” Prowler action figure with a whopping zero accessories of his own—along with the Stilt-Man Build-A-Figure right arm and interchangeable fist, as well as Stilt-Man’s briefcase full of money accessory.

Spider-Verse Prowler Uncle Aaron Davis Figure Holding Briefcase

I’ll talk about the briefcase more when I review the Stilt-Man BAF, but it kind of, sort of functions as an accessory for Prowler in a pinch. His hands aren’t really sculpted ideally to hold it by the handle (at all), but if you want to give Aaron something to hold for posing, it’s close-ish.

Prowler Into the Spider-Verse Marvel Legends Six Inch Figure Review

The lack of accessories for this figure really bugs me, honestly. An unmasked Aaron Davis head seems like it should have been a sure-thing for an inclusion, and not getting it stings. In addition, the hands aren’t really posed in a clawing attack motion at all—alt hands would have greatly increased the logical poses for this toy. We don’t even get cool “boot blast” effects pieces like the Hasbro kiddie figure a few years back came with. Lame.

Hasbro Marvel Legends Stilt-Man Series Prowler Figure Holding Briefcase

On the bright side, what we do get here is a wonderfully faithful Into the Spider-Verse costume for the Prowler, which looks a lot more modern and enticing than the classic comic book version. Don’t get me wrong—the comics version is my Prowler and my preference, but I think–objectively speaking–this is a cooler costume.

Close-Up of Pink Paint Details on Marvel Legends Prowler Movie Figure Boots

The paint quality on mine is overall nice, although mine has a weird tiny defect on the mask that I’ll be correcting myself after my review. I especially love the hot pink “energy” coursing through Prowler’s boots and gauntlets. This really pops and draws the eye, and is a color we very rarely see on a Marvel Legends figure.

Cape on Marvel Legends Prowler 2021 Figure Animated Movie

Prowler’s belt fits nice and snug, but I straight-up dislike the add-on cape he’s wearing. The peg is of the ultra-rubbery variety that won’t stay in place and pops out constantly for me, and the cape is sculpted going straight down, so it’s not really suitable for dynamic/crouching poses. This further limits what you can do with this guy easily for display, alas.

Spider-Man Legends Prowler Uncle Aaron vs Miles Morales Spider-Man Hasbro 2021 Stilt-Man Series

Finally, on the articulation front we’ve got standard levels of Hasbro Marvel Legends super-articulation:

  • Ball-Hinge Neck and Shoulders
  • Ab Crunch
  • Swivel Waist, Biceps, Thighs and Boots
  • Double-Hinge Knees and Elbows
  • Swivel-Hinge Wrists
  • Hinged Feet with Ankle Rockers

In short, there’s loads of usable articulation built into this action figure—he just doesn’t have any real effects or accessories to make for interesting poses when paired with his static cape.

Prowler Spider-Verse 6" Figure Fights Miles Morales Spider-Man

Overall: I’m glad that Hasbro dove deep enough to give us a super-articulated action figure of the Aaron Davis Prowler iteration, but this figure really fails to have enough features to get my attention. An Uncle Aaron interchangeable head, alternate hands actually posed to claw offensively, boot blast effects pieces… anything would have been appreciated to spice things up for this Spider-Verse Marvel Legends Prowler figure.

The sculpt and paints are nice (paint defect on the mask of mine notwithstanding), but with the static cape and grasping hands and no accessories of his own, what you can do with this Prowler Marvel Legends figure is really limited. Overall, this is a pretty average Hasbro ML figure—if I didn’t need the arm and briefcase for my Stilt-Man BAF, it really might have ended up being a pass.

GRADE: C+

Comments

REVIEW: Marvel Legends Into the Spider-Verse Prowler Figure (2021) — 5 Comments

  1. I agree an unmasked would have been nice, but being surprised they made a figure of someone so important to the main character in the movie who also wears a costume is pretty surprising. Miles’s relationship with his uncle is one of the defining elements of the story.

  2. Prowler turned into a surprise fan favorite in that movie I think. That being said not having some open claw hands is a big bummer, specially since that was his go to move in the film. And maybe chunkier boots too. Other than that it’s a solid toy, this review might have pushed me to picking it up!

  3. I definitely agree that the one thing that’s really missing is a pair of extra “claw” hands. I don’t know that I personally would want or need an unmasked Uncle Aaron head, but the hands would have been a nice addition. Still, I think it’s a really well made figure, in arguably my favorite wave in years. Shame about the paint on yours, I can definitely see it in the photos, hopefully that’s an easy fix.

  4. I’d have given it more a B – something. Even better with open claw hands. I probably wouldn’t have gotten it without the Stilt-Man BAF part either though. Or really any of this wave other than the Fabulous Frog Man. They really hit me hard with Stilt-Man being the BAF. Made the entire wave irresistible (plus I’m getting three of the Hand Ninjas for extra leg length).

  5. This is a great article if you want to see your kids happy specially since that was his go to move in the film. And maybe chunkier boots too. Other than that it’s a solid toy, this review might have pushed me to picking it up!