They wanted to distinguish it from the first film series's. That way parents don't look at the toys and say they're identical to the regular Spidey ones a few feet to the left. Gotta pad out those Happy Meals.
See also: Iron Man 2 vs Iron Man 1, the three different versions of the Hulk in the past ten years as of avengers, etc.
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Date: 2011-12-12 05:13 pm (UTC)They wanted to distinguish it from the first film series's. That way parents don't look at the toys and say they're identical to the regular Spidey ones a few feet to the left. Gotta pad out those Happy Meals.
See also: Iron Man 2 vs Iron Man 1, the three different versions of the Hulk in the past ten years as of avengers, etc.