Be@rbricks are a 2001 spin-off of Medicom Toy's popular Kubrick line. The standard Be@rbrick figures are 7cm tall and feature a generic anthropomorphic bear sculpt with a potbelly and ears in a block-figure style. I find the combination of this default sculpt overlayed with recognizable character designs to be fun and quirky. The concept has been duplicated often, notably with Disney's 2008 Vinylmation line, but I find the original Be@rbricks to be the most appealing. Twenty-five years into the line, and the character selection is predictably daunting. Luckily I always narrow my focus my to superheroes which makes the hunt a lot more reasonable. Recently I discovered that a Spider-Man wave was released in 2022 with a variety of Spider-Ladies. They were pretty easy and inexpensive to pick up on eBay, but now I'm inspired to pick up others like DC and MCU. I suspect I will have a large assortment of these odd little bears by this time next year. But in the meantime, let's check out the Spider-Ladies below!
Be@rbrick Happy Kuji Spider-Man
Spider-Woman #9 (Classic Jessica Drew)
Medicom 2022
Be@rbrick Happy Kuji Spider-Man
Spider-Gwen #8 (Comic Style)
Medicom 2022
Be@rbrick Happy Kuji Spider-Man
Scarlet Spider and Spider-Girl (Prize D) - Mayday Parker
Medicom 2022
Here is Ben Reilly Spider-Man on the Left and May Parker Spider-Girl on the Right. They are extremely similar, but May has larger wristbands, a thinner spider logo, and subtle lines representing a female chest.
Be@rbrick Happy Kuji Spider-Man
Scarlet Spider (Kane Parker) and Spider-Woman (Black Costume) (Prize A)
Medicom 2022
All of these figures are keychains with a metal eye-hook screwed into the top of their heads attached to a thin metal chain loop. I removed these for all the photos above, but here they are in their natural state.
There were two additional Spider-Ladies released for 2023's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie;
Spider-Woman and a redesigned Spider-Gwen. (I will eventually get these).
And here is a pic I swiped from an eBay auction showing all 20 of the single-packed figures from this 2022 Spider-Man wave.
There are also several two-packs featuring additional characters.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here are all four of the ladies from the 2022 Spider-Man Be@rbrick line together.
And for size comparison, here is the Jessica Drew Spider-Woman with a Vinylmation Junior Spider-Woman and a standard Vinylmation Spider-Woman figure.
Cheers!
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