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William Baker was born in a rough neighborhood in New York. He soon became very successful in the New York criminal underworld, but was arrested, convicted, and forced to spend many years in solitary confinement. After a prison break while running from the FBI, he hid near an experimental reactor’s steam system, it exploded, bombarding him with a massive dose of radiation and apparently bonding his body with the sand. Awakening after a brief period of unconsciousness, he discovered his newly acquired ability to transform into a sand-like substance he could manipulate and reshape at will. Now easily able to elude authorities, the Sandman was born.

Check out over 15 high res images and our quick thoughts after the break, courtesy of Entertainment Earth.com!

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Marvel Infinite Series Sandman

Pros
Good articulation

Cons
Limited poses

Overall
The Sandman figure is a really well put together figure. It has solid articulation and nice transforming sand hands and arms. The figure looks very accurate and should be a welcome addition into any Marvel Universe collection.

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  2. Kernel's Avatar Kernel says

    Great pics! I agree, diaphragm/ torso articulation and a ball hinge on the neck would have went a long way on beast.

  3. Dragasses's Avatar Dragasses says

    wrist articulation...for the love of pete. as it stands, pete is lonely.

    regardless, those are some bad-tacular photos. you guys have really come into your own.

  4. ukmu's Avatar ukmu says

    A torso swivel would have done wonders! I am sticking with my SuperHeroShowdown version.

  5. hayabusa has no avatar! hayabusa says

    Almost complete my x men 3.75 line just need white storm beast looks great but needs movable neck looks great next to proffesser x

  8. Nitelife's Avatar Nitelife says

    Under articulated and over priced. Mi has officially become crap.

  9. ultraman zoffy has no avatar! ultraman zoffy says

    Wow... they took away the wrist articulation on Spidey AND molded his hand in the same direction as his elbow bend? Super fail. Thwip handshakes are not the bizness, Hasbro.

  10. donmeca2020's Avatar donmeca2020 says

    i might consider getting this spidey, while i absolutely hate the 3.75 inch toy size, i do however like that this looks better then the big time spidey legends version.... If i do buy it, this will definitely be another one to stay in the package.

  11. Zend's Avatar Zend says

    Jesus christ, it's 2015 and they're still releasing MU/MI figures with no ankle pivot? I can stand the removal of torso articulation, but not including ankle pivot is a crime against humanity at this point. This is almost as bad as 5 POA Marvel figures, but twice the cost.

  12. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

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    Originally Posted by Zend View Post
    Jesus christ, it's 2015 and they're still releasing MU/MI figures with no ankle pivot? I can stand the removal of torso articulation, but not including ankle pivot is a crime against humanity at this point. This is almost as bad as 5 POA Marvel figures, but twice the cost.
    I thought Beast has ankle pivots. For what it's worth Daredevil is a repack so he'll have the full Jim Lee buck package.

  13. ultraman zoffy has no avatar! ultraman zoffy says

    I think almost all of the 2015 MI figures has rocker ankles; looks like whoever shot the Spidey photos didn't bother to use them though.

  15. Ninjinister's Avatar Ninjinister says

    Seeing names like William Baker make me cringe. What possessed Marvel writers to at some point say "Oh that "real name" you've known for decades isn't his real name, it's something else"? Sandman's not even the only victim. Off the top of my head I can also think of Rhino, Punisher, and Magneto.

  16. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ninjinister View Post
    Seeing names like William Baker make me cringe. What possessed Marvel writers to at some point say "Oh that "real name" you've known for decades isn't his real name, it's something else"? Sandman's not even the only victim. Off the top of my head I can also think of Rhino, Punisher, and Magneto.
    Rhino's real name being Aleksei Sytsevich is much more fitting for a Russian than Alex O'hirn. O'hirn is awfully close to O'Hearn which is Irish, Rhino is most certainly Russian not Irish.

  18. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

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    Originally Posted by snake5289 View Post
    Wait when did his name stop being Flint Marko?
    In 2007 it was retconned/revealed that his real name is William Baker and that as a high school student he called himself Flint Baker, then later when he first went to prison he used the alias Flint Marko to prevent his father from finding out that his son was a criminal and then he stuck with the alias throughout his super-villain career for the same reason.

  20. kylactus's Avatar kylactus says

    retconns suck... can anyone say "clone saga" or Cyclops's forgotten brother... or the first, second team of X-men. Lazy writing that's all it is. Who the hell goes to prison without proper ID? Did they just believe Sandman when he said his name was Flint Marko? seriously I need three forms of ID to get a bank account, but Sandman gets into a SHEILD supermax with a fake ID?

  21. Iceman's Avatar Iceman says

    These days. It wasnt too long ago that all you needed to make a fake identity was a guy good at arts and crafts. Think about all the Nazi's that lived their lives as different people and we never knew. Even today I suppose it's possible. Even just a legal name change could be something. That said, i dont see the point of renaming unless the original name was extremely lame or on the nose like calling a bank robber Jack Robber or something.

  22. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Iceman View Post
    These days. It wasnt too long ago that all you needed to make a fake identity was a guy good at arts and crafts. Think about all the Nazi's that lived their lives as different people and we never knew. Even today I suppose it's possible. Even just a legal name change could be something. That said, i dont see the point of renaming unless the original name was extremely lame or on the nose like calling a bank robber Jack Robber or something.
    Like I said, O'hirn is a terrible name to give a Russian character. Sytsevich sounds hokey but it is a real last name that fits the Rhino's story.
    In defense of the whole Punisher name deal, he legally changed his name to reenter the war so I get that. It was just an Americanization of his original last name, Castiglione (real Italian name) to Castle makes some sense.

  23. TheLongestDay's Avatar TheLongestDay says

    Punisher and Rhino make sense to me - Bill Baker does not.

    Anyway I have this figure on the way, hope he arrives soon along with Black cat! My Spidey-verse is ALMOST complete (just need that new Doc Ock and Vulture :P)

  24. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

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    Originally Posted by TheLongestDay View Post
    Punisher and Rhino make sense to me - Bill Baker does not.
    Only his friends can call him Bill, he's William to every one else. Flint Marko was better though, William Baker makes it sound like his power is rolling out dough and expanding yeast products. Flint Marko worked because there's nothing really cheesy about it, not like how in DC Victor Fries is the identity of Mr Freeze and his specialty is freezing stuff or any of the other numerous characters with real names built around their masked identities almost like their parents named them to be so.

  25. Ninjinister's Avatar Ninjinister says

    Maybe I was a young idiot back when I read older Spidey but I don't remember Rhino being Russian until after the retcon.

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