1/6 1/6 Hot Toys - MMS - Avengers: AoU - Iron Man Mark 45

[Mike86]

The more I see this I'm getting tempted. I was going to just wait for the Mark XLVI but I might just get both.

 

[TimothyR]

Definitely. I'm looking forward the most to Nightclub and Blue Steel, but as far as mix-and-match suits are concerned I'm eager to see Tiger, Jack, Piston, and Romeo.

I'd fanboy so hard if the Mark 50 were a weaponized, red-and-gold version of Starboost.

oh man, me too. i really can't wait to see what we get.

the house party armors i still want most are.. the mark XIV, blue steel, disco, and piston. i'd probably pick up jack as well.

The head on the Mk 45 was small on screen anyway, but I think it adds to the character of the suit. It's probably why they never showed an unmasked Tony in this armor.

@Motuxmen would you happen to have photos of the ground pose from other angles? Just to see how it is achieved with this figure.

yeah, it did look pretty small on screen. good point.

The 45 is easier. It's much easier then most actually. And the heads not that small.

that's good to hear that it's easier. does the new waist/abdomen play a roll in that? or is it the hips? or both?

 

[Motuxmen]

It's both the hips and the waist. Just the overall design really. This figure has the most articulation of all the standard Mk figures, at least from my view.
Edit-here's the other angles

The upper torso and lower torso are both independently articulated and the connecting mid section has that adjustable part to allow better movement. Then the legs have top notch articulation as well. Throw in the pop out shoulders and having the shoulder pads independent and attract he'd to the upper arm with a bit more of a gap (which is something many have said looks bad, but it's the best way to increase that articulation) and you have a very easy to pose figure

 

[e30ernest]

Awesome! Thanks @Motuxmen!

 

[SoGS]

Looks great Motux. Thanks for the pictures. I'm really liking the battle damaged chest piece too.

 

[TimothyR]

It's both the hips and the waist. Just the overall design really. This figure has the most articulation of all the standard Mk figures, at least from my view.
Edit-here's the other angles

The upper torso and lower torso are both independently articulated and the connecting mid section has that adjustable part to allow better movement. Then the legs have top notch articulation as well. Throw in the pop out shoulders and having the shoulder pads independent and attract he'd to the upper arm with a bit more of a gap (which is something many have said looks bad, but it's the best way to increase that articulation) and you have a very easy to pose figure

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thanks, that's absolutely beautiful.

i really can't wait for this. hopefully the wait isn't much longer than 4 weeks.

looks l like the best armor yet. i'm really excited to be able to display this and the 46 together in the future... hell, i'm excited to display it with all of the armors.. i think it's really going to stand out with that paint job.

 

[kiwiatlarge]

I'm struggling to imagine the sixth scale looking quite as good as the quarter, going on the results of the Mark 43. It's not just bigger, and it's not also because it has more posing options. Visually the quarter 43 looks more like a scale suit against the sixth which looks like a scale toy.

 

[Motuxmen]

And a big part of that is size. It's perception. If you look at it expecting it to not look as good there's a bias. You can use the same material, the same dimensions just in scale and people will perceive it to be different. I've done scale maqs for films and they will be perfectly scaled down 3D printed and people will say one is better scaled then the other when they are identical. Just the way it is.

 

[e30ernest]

@Motuxmen one more if you have the time...

Can you post photos of this alongside another armor for color comparison? Really liking the color so far from what I am seeing.

 

[Motuxmen]

I'd watch the end of budget Starks video. It has a full comp of the 45 and 43. This is a screen grab from Budget Starks video. It's hard to tell from a photo.

The Reds a bit deeper. But the gold is where you can really see a difference.



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[Malgus]

That God awful shoulder gap! That's it. The i am going for the 46 instead. Worst looking shoulder gap on a Iron Man armor I think.

 

[Starscream Soundwave]

I assume that the shoulders move in and out, same as every other sixth scale Iron Man. You'll only have a gap if you leave the shoulders pulled out.

 

[link2195]

What a beautiful armor this is, cant wait to get it, another month I assume.

 

[Motuxmen]

They do move in and out. However there is still a gap. The above pic is with the shoulders in. It was done this way to increase articulation

 

[Starscream Soundwave]

The above pic is with the shoulders in.

Oh. Well that's not good.

 

[TimothyR]

Oh. Well that's not good.

But the screenshot right below that one isn't nearly as bad.

 

[Starscream Soundwave]

But the screenshot right below that one isn't nearly as bad.

My point. I'm sure it'll cover fine.

 

[zackhigh1226]

The pictures that Motux posted a few pages back (Post #5832) showed the shoulder pads positioned in such a way to eliminate the gap, at least as seen from the front.





Looks like the arms are bent more inward, so the shoulder pads are angled further forward and the gap is covered. I don't think it looks any worse than the Mark 3, 42, or 43. As with those figures, covering the gap just requires futzing and limits your posing options a bit, that's all.

 

[Motuxmen]

Yeah you can adjust it so they don't look like that. But when it's arms straight down with a straight on shot with the shoulders at about eye level you can see the gap. It doesn't take a lot to futz it so they cover. But if that gap wasn't built in, and you can tell when you have it in hand, then the shoulder wouldn't even lift up much. Due to th design of the pads (in the film). So they moved it out a bit. Just takes an extra ten seconds to get it posed so they gap is covered

 

[Starscream Soundwave]

Yeah you can adjust it so they don't look like that. But when it's arms straight down with a straight on shot with the shoulders at about eye level you can see the gap. It doesn't take a lot to futz it so they cover. But if that gap wasn't built in, and you can tell when you have it in hand, then the shoulder wouldn't even lift up much. Due to th design of the pads (in the film). So they moved it out a bit. Just takes an extra ten seconds to get it posed so they gap is covered

Could you take a photo?