Cardiac Comments

Not many here in Orlando, mostly just empty pegs. But those MCU re-releases ain’t goin nowhere. 

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I’m seeing that black spider-man with the chain pegwarming in my area. Haven’t seen any cardiacs, not that I don’t believe you.&nbsp;

If you would have told me before its release that Cardiac would be the pegwarmer of the wave, I would have shepherd-hooked you off the stage. Well, that's EXACTLY what I'm seeing at the stores in my recent in-the-wild outings. While it's a little confusing in that I thought Cardiac would be the white elephant of the wave, I actually think the figure's availability is awesome for fellow collectors. Maybe it's a case of scalpers' whiff...

<span style="font-size: 14px;">The interesting thing about Cardiac is…he’s perhaps more relevant now than he was when he first debuted. Yet, unfortunately, he’s kind of all but disappeared, to my knowledge, from comics. His MO bears a striking similarity to a certain controversial and recently topical real-world vigilante, one who sought out revenge on a greed-stricken Big Pharma CEO. Truth be told, I’d be on Cardiac’s side. He’s sort of less villain and more antihero when you look into him. Who could ever hate a guy who’s fighting crime for, effectively, free health care? But what’s perhaps all the more interesting about this guy is…apparently he can be made in plastic form. Perhaps it was a myth, one of those old wives’ tales that circulates first through just word of mouth, and yet, somehow, everyone ends up hearing…but if it just so happens that you didn’t, I recall quite a bit of discussion on how this guy couldn’t be made into a figure. Long-time rumors made the rounds on how he was supposedly off-limits. Obviously that either wasn’t true or, in the end, someone cut a deal because, by my recollection, it had something to do with creator rights and not wanting to sign something or other. Who knows? All I know is…whatever it was, or if it was even true to begin with…it’s not now because I'm literally holding him in my hand. And we’re all the better for it. He’s a great figure of a relatively obscure 90s Spidey frienemy. He’s got a great design that really does stand out and a pretty snazzy "zap" effect for the staff. If only he’d come with his bird-like hang glider too, but alas, beggars can’t be choosers. Considering two years ago people were saying he was an impossible figure, it feels like a miracle we got him at all. If there’s a downside, it’s that he’s lacking boot swivels, which Hasbro seems to just divvy out willy-nilly instead of making it the standard. Frustrating! But otherwise, a solid new entry into the ever-growing obscurities of the Spider-Man rogues gallery. Keep it up! ...and they sure are now that Grizzly has been announced. Keep the oddballs that make the normies go "Who?" coming!</span>

Not at all! Plus it’s just nice to see a character I really liked as a kid get some recognition or something like that….its nice to see he wasn’t forgotten lol

Yeah, and I got it earlier than anticipated. This is a great figure and character and I hope it sends some sparks through Hasbro's chute to get them to do more like Cardiac sooner rather than later but I do understand the long game approach when it comes to their business.&nbsp; I know I've been sharking about the ComicVine list ad nauseum for a while but with Mephisto and Grizzly on the horizon and Owl, Hypno-Hustler, and Cardiac already in circulation, that's 5 figures from said list in 2026 notched off out of a 200+ list... not too bad in my opinion!

I’m happy to see you got yours! He’s a really nice figure and he will have a spot on the fire escape shelf for quite a while.&nbsp;

A few years back, if you would have told me that Hasbro would release a Cardiac figure before Carrion or Vermin I would have dismissed the notion as utter gibberish. Well, that's exactly what happened and Cardiac is absolutely wonderful.&nbsp; THIS is how you release an obscure Spider-Man villain! Great figure with great accessories and already my favorite (so far) character of 2026. Notches off another Spidey villain from the ComicVine list and gives me hope for more coming soon.

I hope you don’t have to wait too much longer!

Still waiting on mine to arrive and I'm sure I'll be just as impressed.

This guy is such a cool action figure. I loved the character when I first saw him debut in Spider-Man and have thought he was cool ever since. It’s so awesome that he got his own Legend. It’s a well done figure. The paint is well done and the dents and scuffs on the armored parts of his suit are well done. He poses pretty well and the included accessories are pretty good. Really digging this guy and he will be part of the fire escape shelf rotation for a long time.&nbsp;

The crown jewel of this wave in my opinion. Can't wait to score Cardiac and I hope the sales will justify Hasbro doing more obscure Spider-Man villains.