Quick-Shot: Ben 10 Ultimate Spider-Monkey

 

What I Love: This guy looks awesome! The sculpt is great- especially the face- and the matte black and deep purple work so well with the vibrant greens to make this figure really stand out on the shelf. He's got such a unique look, what with the giant purple spider legs and potbellied gorilla body and all...

What's Not to Love: My only major problem with Ultimate Spider Monkey is the heavily restricted articulation. The large rear spider legs plug in right below his gorilla armpits, making it impossible for him to lower his arms past about 45 degrees.

I can fiddle with the spider legs a little to give the spider arms a tiny bit more mobility, but he doesn't really look right with the spider legs splayed out too far. His tiny gorilla legs are articulated with swivels at the torso, but they don't really do much. So his arms are the only things that give the figure any "life".

 So, in short, he looks terrific but there's not much range in how Ultimate Spider Monkey will be posed. He's built pretty solidly (even the spider legs), so I'm pretty sure he could be well played-with, and his look is really accurate to the show. At the Wal-mart price of $7, he's about right, while the Toys R Us option at $9 is enough to be irritating...