1/6 Hot Toys - MMS195D1 - Iron Man 3: Iron Patriot Diecast Series Official Specs/Pics

[Royce12]

Congrats Royce, it's a great figure indeed

Oh you have the Cap shield! I think I'm doing that as well.

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Oh you have the Cap shield! I think I'm doing that as well.

Yup, adding the Cap shield was the first thing I thought of when news of this figure hit.

 

[quicksilver1082]

I didn't add the shield but I had this for a minute

 

[koolop]

Unfortunately, my shield is flaking.

 

[Royce12]

Lol.. Looks awesome with the Cap head as well. I don't own a Cap so I'm going to wait until the shields from the new figure hit eBay. Hopefully that way I will avoid the flaking issue. I can't imagine them putting the new figure out with the same issue.

 

[rocbolt]

I was going to add a different set of magnets to the faceplate when I decided to look more closely at the Mk2 AU head and duh, it just has strips of ferrous metal in its faceplate, not other magnets. Putting magnets with magnets will stick really well but only from one direction, that's why the IP faceplate is so fiddly, the stock magnets have the poles along the edge, so it attracts well when closed but not open on top of the head, where it repels.

Stock magnet on the right

I tried it both ways, first I put some more standard magnets that are magnetized through the thickness and not along the edges in the faceplate, it sticks like a champ on top of the head but it wont stay in place when in the closed position (there is a gap on the top as the magnet is repelling from that angle). Since there are two faceplates and one is considered the "open" one this is a workable mod, you just have to keep the other one handy and swap them out if you want the closed look.

I also tried it with some metal instead (used pieces of one of those break off box cutter blades), so it sticks both ways just not as strongly. Way waaay easier to get it to stay in a proper open position though, and it still works in the down position.

I can only assume Hot Toys felt the metal option wasn't holding as strongly as the faceplate is much smaller and not as much room for a nice big piece of metal like on other figures, but the repelling magnet issue is worse IMO. I would have just used the different polarity magnets so it stayed open properly (and doesn't work closed) or just went with the smaller metal. Both work better than what was shipped...

 

[Royce12]

My closed faceplate attaches fairly well. It doesn't take me more than a moment or two to get it into position and it stays. The other faceplate is all over the place so it's back in the box.

 

[Brainiac]

Hmmmm are these Faceplate problems common?

 

[dw316]

Seems to be with every figure.

 

[Royce12]

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I would not say that its a deal breaker though. I think most everyone has been able to make it work but it takes a little patience.

Question: Is it supposed to sit high like this

Or lower like this?

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

I think it's supposed to sit lower not higher.

I'm done editing. I'll try and get the video review posted tonight.

 

[Brainiac]

I think it's supposed to sit lower not higher.

I'm done editing. I'll try and get the video review posted tonight.

so excited!

 

[e30ernest]

+1 on lower.

It seems the lower edge of the visor should be about eye-level when open:

 

[Royce12]

Great reference photo. Thanks

 

[dw316]

Interesting. That shot wasn't in the movie was it? I don't recall seeing Rhodey in the suit with the face plate lifted

 

[e30ernest]

Interesting. That shot wasn't in the movie was it? I don't recall seeing Rhodey in the suit with the face plate lifted

It could be from a deleted scene but you are right, I don't remember seeing it either. I just found it on a Google search while looking for President Ellis in the suit as a reference photo for positioning the visor on this model.

 

[Waste Time Continuum]

Enjoy!

 

[Royce12]

I actually just watched it before I saw the link here! Very professional... Great job!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Great review! Really like the layout of the review and the articulation portion was one of the best I've seen of any figure.

 

[dw316]

Sean Long who??