Spider-Man 2: Doc Ock's Hide-Out (4856) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Spider-Man 2: Doc Ock's Hide-Out" represents the climax of the blockbuster film from the summer 2004 that is about to make it to the Top 10 list of all time money makers. Doctor Octopus has kidnapped Mary Jane and taken her back to his secret hideout at a crumbling, abandoned pier. Not only is Spider-Man on his way to rescue the woman he loves but so is Harry Osborn who is heading towards the scene in his speedboat. Yes, you are right, Harry never had a speedboat in the movie and he was too busy talking with his dead father Norman about becoming the next Green Goblin in "Spider-Man 3" to do anything about saving MJ. But his is a toy and while Harry has a speedboat there is also a catapult you can use to get Spidey to the rescue a lot faster by sending him flying towards the hideout, although he also has "webbing" to swing on. Doctor Octopus has his new and improve fusion reactor to play with, which leaves only MJ just to hang around as the requisite damsel in distress with nothing special as an accessory.

This 480-piece LEGO set includes the figures of Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus, Mary Jane and Harry Osborn, along with the aforementioned items, and obviously you want to be careful with Doc Ock's multiple arms, which are more helpful than you would think for securing him in strange places. The hideout ends up with one side being open so you can see the rescue you are staging, and, of course, you can use your other LEGO blocks to expand what you have here into something even bigger. Other LEGO sets in the "Spider-Man 2" collection are "Spider-Man's Street Chase," "Doc Ock's Bank Robbery," "Spider-Man's Train Rescue," "Doc Ock's Fusion Lab," "Doc Ock's Crime Spree," and "Doc Ock's Cafe Attack." You look at these titles and you are inclined to think that LEGO is siding with the super villain instead of the hero in this one. If you arrange these LEGO sets in the right order you can create a nice little series of tableau's representing the blockbuster film. However, I have to admit that I was a bit surprised that "Doc Ock's Hideout" is the big set in this series, but then it does represent the big finish.


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