TOYHEM! Between Mego and Marvel Legends’ Spider-Man ’77, we’re swinging! — Welcome to TOYHEM! For the sixth straight holiday season, we’re bringing you a series of features and columns celebrating the toys of our youth, which often made for the best memories this time of year. Click here to check out the complete index of stories — and have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Chanukah and Happy Holidays! — Dan — By CHRIS FRANKLIN Man, what a week for Bronze Age Spider-Man fans! First Mego reveals its initial wave of new 8-inch Marvel figures, centering on the web-slinger and his two foes from the vintage World’s Greatest Super-Heroes toy line, the Green Goblin and the Lizard, as well as first-timer Electro. And now, via the Marvel Legends Fanstream, Hasbro has announced the upcoming release of a 6-inch figure based on the 1977 Amazing Spider-Man TV series pilot movie, which starred Nicholas Hammond! This is something Gen X fans have been hoping for, but I for one am still beyond shocked that this version of the character is finally going to see plastic, complete with his distinctive one-wrist web shooter and utility belt on display outside of his costume! When Hasbro released a Marvel Legends figure of Spider-Man (which shares many parts with this new release) based on the Toei Japanese TV series a few years ago, that seemed to tease that the concurrent American TV series might be on the table too. But the Nicholas Hammond series has long been treated like a bit of a footnote in the wallcrawler’s history, mostly due to lack of availability on home video, and less-than-enthusiastic support from those in control of it. After the initial TV pilot movie received good ratings, CBS ordered more episodes as a mid-season replacement. But they continually moved the show around the schedule and only ordered another small batch of episodes for a second season. Legend has it CBS was leery of being known as “The Comic Book Station” and despite strong ratings, canceled Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and halted plans for any further Marvel movies and series like Captain America and Doctor Strange. Only The Incredible Hulk survived the purge. Spidey co-creator Stan Lee, normally the king of hyperbole, was pretty vocal that the series didn’t live up to what he felt was its full potential, even while the show was still...