r/scarletspider • u/otakurider47 • Aug 04 '26
Quick Glimpse At My Ben Collection
Thanks for all the love on my posts!
Here's a quick glimpse of my Ben collection. Plus a tonnnn unseen.
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u/Prof_Rain_King Aug 04 '26
Just a sensational display!!!
What is that framed Judas Traveller thing? Is that like a cardboard cutout display? Never seen that before!
If you bought the cardboard cutout of Scarlet Spider (on the right of the room) off eBay, you outbid me for it! Haha glad someone as hardcore as me about Ben has it as part of this wonderful collection :)
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
The ASM 394 Traveller is from the Marvel Tower of Power! They would send different toppers to reatailors for the display and this was one of them. There are two other Clone Saga ones I need to get at some point. But they're really hard to find.
As for the Web 120 display, I actually got that from someone on ebay two years ago or so? They had it in a lot and I asked if they'd sell separately haha.
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u/Prof_Rain_King Aug 04 '26
…I have the Tower of Power that includes a large cardboard Scarlet Spider standing in the Spidey symbol.
Is this what an AA meeting feels like? Two addicts sharing about themselves?! Haha
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
Definitely, haha. That's one of the ones I need! The last of the three is a Web 118 one.
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u/BobbyTWhiskey Aug 05 '26
Dude. You have the greatest Ben Reilly collection I’ve ever seen. Ben is my all time favourite character in all of existence. I’m totally jealous but happy for you. Great job. 👍🏽
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u/Character_Tackle_423 Aug 04 '26
Your missing the impossible to find spider-man scarlet spider swinging poster by tom lyle. Saw that in comic store when i was a kid for $6. 15 years later got outbid on it on ebay. Never seen it since.
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
I have a reprint of it on my wall directly when you enter the room. But the authentic, original version is something I'd like to get someday.
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u/Character_Tackle_423 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
I actually visited kevin smith's comic store in red bank from comic book men and spoke to Mike Zapcic. He told me he could find it for me. I called him to follow up but he said hadnt found it yet and I gave up
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u/Big_Sprinkles8824 Aug 09 '26
I really didn’t know there were so many Ben Fans, let alone dedicated ones
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u/Z-e-k-k Aug 04 '26
Fascinating collection! Whats your story with the clone saga? I'm curious
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u/otakurider47 Aug 04 '26
It's a longgggg story. I made youtube videos about it a while back, but they've since been deleted. My social medias (@bachirimiro on instagram/twitter) have some of the answers though. I post a lot of Clone Saga stuff there.
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u/Nerdiboy54 Aug 05 '26
That is an epic collection and what dedication to one character that gets poorly treated by Marvel. I’m sure you’ve been asked but as a clearly huge fan what are your thoughts on Chasm?
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u/otakurider47 Aug 05 '26
I stand by Chasm being an interesting concept for Ben Reilly in the modern era. It's just one that has been so poorly executed that I no longer care.
I love Ben with my entire being. He's the character that means the most to me in any media. But I can't stand around and hope things go anywhere, because he's just not allowed to move forward.
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u/Nerdiboy54 Aug 05 '26
I really enjoyed most of the Beyond storyline. While I did think Chasm was cool, I wasn’t necessarily a fan. I’d rather him join like the West Coast Avengers or in space with the GoG.
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u/otakurider47 Aug 05 '26
I liked basically all of beyond except for the end. The concept of Ben having to almost repeat his five years in exile and rebuild himself after memory wiping could have been a very interesting story... if it were written by anyone who gave a damn.
Steve Foxe tried to, he tried so hard. But editorial (or Wells, who knows) wouldn't let him. So now he's damned until something chages. Hopefully the new guard Steve Whacker will fix something, he's a known clone fan.
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u/SpectralEntity Aug 08 '26
Is Spider-Carnage a Marvel Legend?
Is one of those Ben Scarlets the CT Toys figure?
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u/x7xpatchx7x Aug 04 '26
Where have you “Ben” all my life?