Very cool set Wish lego still had spider man. Doc oct has great mechanics and functions well. The details on the rest on the minifigs is solid. This is a real cool set to have . It adds something differant to any collection.

this is an awesome set! i love the spiderman web, thankong lego for bringing back a classic ninja piece.plus, this is the first set i have seen so far that has closely-human colored people! i think that the flesh/peach is much better than the old yellow. this set just combines a lot of old lego elements, and spins a marvel twist onto it.

The Minifigures

The minifigs included are undoubtedly the highlight of this set.

Spider-Man, in his Spider-Man 2 movie costume, looks wonderful with plenty of silver lines on his suit. The figure comes with great back printing for the head and torso, which is quite surprising in minifigures dating back from the mid 2000s. The muscular details are achieved through subtle color changes on the suit, instead of the obnoxious, cartoony black lines we've gotten in newer iterations of comic-based characters from the Superheroes theme. There's plenty of details to look at in this figure! As per usual, Spidey includes a white vine piece to work as his web for some fun swinging action.

Harry Osborne comes with a dark gray suit, with a few vertical white lines printed on for detailing. Sadly, the lack of leg printing does hurt the look of this minifigure. Interestingly, LEGO decided to recycle the 2002 Studios Actor's face for Harry, as this had previously been used as Norman Osorn/Green Goblin's face, although this time it is printed on a flesh headpiece, instead of a yellow one. The minifig's hairpiece was, in fact, also borrowed from Norman's previous minifigure outings in the Studios/Spider-Man theme.

The Ambulance Driver, despite being a generic City mnifigure, includes some great details as well. The figure's blue jacket is printed with a zipper and a Star of Life badge, and includes white gloves. The most notable thing about this figure, though, may be the skin tone, as it is what we the community like to call Metru Brown. Reddish Brown is the color used for the great majority of dark-skinned minifigures, so this makes up for an incredibly useful and exclusive headpiece. A nice bonus comes in the shape of a white briefcase piece, here used as a first aid kit.

Doc Ock (or Otto Octavius, as he should be called in this set's context) is perhaps the main draw, given he is exclusive and very hard to find nowadays. He's in his light gray lab jumpsuit, though we get some superb silver details across his waist to simulate the harnesses that attach him to his cybernetic tentacles. The headpiece has exclusive printing, depicting lab goggles with green lenses. The tentacles themselves, although very impressive looking, are somewhat tricky to pose and extremely space-consuming for a minifig, not to mention, also not exclusive to this set, but still pretty nice to get and obligatory for Octavius's character.

The Build

The two builds included here are a small 4-wide ambulance, and a build for the Fusion Lab.

The ambulance, as other reviewers have pointed out, is fairly reminiscent of the older Town and System sets from the 90s, as most of the vehicles in such sets also made use of the 4-wide style. Up front is a nice printed 3x4 slope; this is unusual as printed slopes are usually the small 2x2 type. The sides are presented with some nice details, although sadly STAMPs (stickers across multiple parts) are used, thus making that part of the model undissassembleable (?) after applying the stickers. A stretcher for an unconscious Doc Ock is also included.

The Fusion Lab can, perhaps, be divided in two parts: the facade and the interior, both build on large 6x14 plates joined by hinge bricks.

The former section of the building, as its name suggests, consists of a large red wall to cover up the interior. It is detailed with profile bricks, and uses older-style pieces for the door and windows, which are delightful to get in a more modern set. There is also a stickered glass pane piece, with an ''Otto Octavius Enterprise'' logo on it. It is rather inaccurate, as Otto's project is actually funded by Oscorp in the film; it would have also been wonderful to get an Oscorp decorated piece too, but sadly we don't.

The interior is build on a higher level, making it look rather wonky when placed next to the facade section. It includes a small brick-built rendition of Otto's Fusion Reactor. The reactor is a very small build, but remains quite screen-accurate. There is also a small spot for the operator (in this case, Doc Ock) to stand on, nicely decorated with a small computer keyboard.

The Play Features

The set includes a small but rather ingenious play feature, which makes the ''Operator's Spot'' bust open when the ''Sun'' orb on the reactor is pressed down. It is simple in concept but putting it together is such a fun experience thanks to the clever way in which it is designed, which is, basically, a contraption made from gears and tiles. It's great to see such builds and techniques in a small, $20 set.

Conclusion

Overall, the value within this set is stunning. There are 4 minifigures (3 of which are exclusive, and 2 of which are quite desirable), plus two builds with a good parts selection. The issue, though, is that the builds are rather weak, being horribly scaled (the ambulance is almost as tall as the Fusion Lab's facade), and rather simplistic. Being realistic, though, having to stick a vehicle and a building into a small $20 set very much restricts what you can actually do, anyways. The original $20 RRP presents some wonderful value, but the current average asking price for a used, complete copy of this set is about $50, which might not seem a very good deal. However, the minifigures included are mostly cheap and can be easily bought online separately.

Final rating: 8.5/10

This set I think is the last time I saw Lego make a 4 wide vehicle. Lego did well on the ambulance which I praise for doing so. Lego needs to go back to the 4 wide vehicles and the ambulance is a good example of that.
Besides that, the building seems to be a little weak. The front looks nice, but where are the walls? It doesn't seem right. The minifigs are nice also with Spidey and Doc Ock.
Overall, this isn't bad, but I give it a 4 out of 5.

the highlight of this set are, as the other reviews stated, the ambulance in 4-wide - although the huge stickers are not favourable - and the blue droid arms on that fusion machine. the design and mechanism of the latter are, well, ok, but as a consolation you get the unique ambulance driver, which looks quite cool.
the wall piece with the stickered window is also a nice idea to complete a full building.