Quoted from RJW:I understand preferring one version of the games art over another, it's a matter of taste.
But the VE art is not timeless, it represents a specific era of art for Spiderman (Ultimate Spiderman). And to me when I think of Spiderman I think of the art on the orginal, not the bug eyed, malnourished version on the VE.
And like previously mentioned the only real movie tie-ins are on the plastics.
To answer the ops question, yes, it's a great game.
All Spider-man comics, movies, tv shows & pinball machines represent and reflect specific periods of time.
The movies and the Stern SM are a derivative of the original comics.
In addition to the plastics, the Stern SM toys also reflect the likeness of the actors in the movies.
Both versions are great. The VE has fixed the weak spots from the original - magnets & additional armor.
Would have loved an original SM. When I could get one, the VE had been released and really nice versions of SM i could find were about $1k less, with the black suit well above a new SMVE.
Once I started adding up the costs to reinforce a SM & add LEDs, a new SMVE didn’t look so bad.
Lombard, IL
