Mondo recently announced a pair of new Spider-Man-inspired figures that are being released as part of its Marvel Mecha line of collectibles.
Designed by Remy Paul and sculpted by Jay Kushwara, the figures depict Spider-Man in his traditional red-and-blue suit and in a black costume variant.
"The Marvel Mecha line of collectibles began with a question, 'how cool would it be to see Peter Parker pilot a 100-foot robot and fight giant monsters?!" Mondo Creative Directors Toys & Collectibles Hector Arce and Michael Bonanno said in an official release announcing the figures. "We were able to let our imaginations run wild building a mythology around a world where our favorite Marvel heroes could exist as mecha."
Each of the Spider-Man Mecha figures measures 10 inches in height and includes more than 30 points of articulation, as well as a variety of accessories -- including a web shield, web attacks and two swords. The red-and-blue Spider-Man Mecha retails for $160 and the Spider-Man Mecha Symbiote -- Limited Edition retails for $170 at MondoShop.com.
Mondo's Tim Wiesch, who developed the story behind the Marvel Mecha, also wrote original Mangas to accompany each of the figures in the new toy line. The synopsis for Wiesch's Spider-Man Mangas reads,
Late in the early 23rd Century mankind took its first real steps onto the galactic stage. A new Plasma Engine technology had made the exploration of the furthermost limits of the Milky Way achievable within an incredibly short amount of time. And explore they did. Within the span of just two generations humankind would call hundreds of planets home. To protect all of these new expeditions, the Governments of Earth created an elite space fighting force known as MECHA where only the best of the best are given the opportunity to pilot the most incredible force in the galaxy. But in those outer reaches of space, an unknown terror was emerging. Merchant vessels and military ships alike were found abandoned or, even worse, with no survivors throughout the galaxy in a rapidly accelerating pattern. Across all known space the Mecha are on high alert but without concrete evidence of what they should be looking for very little has been done to protect the space travelers. That is about to change…
While Spider-Man is the first Marvel character to get the Mondo Mecha treatment, it was previously confirmed that Black Panther and Captain America are next in line to get the Mondo Mecha treatment.