PROP GET: Marvel Legends Black Widow Motorcycle

MEATERCYCLE!

So, I’ve been thinking about getting a proper 6” scale motorcycle for a while now. I got the idea in my head when some were on clearance at the Red Bastards around the holidays, but I wanted a very specific type of motorcycle and all the ones I could find were more of a Harley / lots of exposed metal and engine and tubes and such. Not what I wanted. I wanted what, in my youth, was colloquially referred to as a “crotch rocket” along with a number of more racist names.

And weirdly, when I poked around for one, the one that most fit the bill was an old Marvel Legends bike. A Black Widow motorcycle from a two-pack. I didn’t want to spend a ton and I certainly didn’t need a Black Widow from years ago when I have the good updated one, so I was glad to find a cheap one in perfect condition on eBay without the figure. Does it smell like perfume? Yes it does. That’s the risk of buying loose plastic off the internet. But it’s the right set of shapes and good colors and the wheels spin and are rubber and are on springs and it’s just a solid… crotch rocket. 

It does have the Black Widow symbol on the… part of the motorcycle in front of where you sit on it, but I might try removing it physically. It’s easy enough to remove digitally but I don’t know if I want to do that every time.

I used Meat Man for the pic for two reasons. First, and most importantly, so I could say MEATERCYCLE. But second, he’s just a well proportioned, well-articulated figure who fit on it nicely.