1/6 Hot Toys - Infinity War - Iron Spider

[Stephen Gentile]

Gorgeous figure! He's a real eye catcher next to my Ragnarok figures. Very Kirby-esque!

 

[Hoody999]

I agree! I got him because I like how his colors looked "shinier". It sets him apart from the classic Spider-Man look.

I'd even say classic Spidey almost looks boring next to this guy as far as 1/6 materials go.

 

[joloestrella]

Can't believe I wanted to sell this guy. This figure has so much presence in my collection! Decided to sell my IW Cap instead as I want a more classic looking Cap.

 

[db626]

Received N opened fig today. Good presence with them iron legs on. Articulates well and depending on pose, suit bunches up a bit. Doesn’t bother me since it appears best in dynamic form.

 

[JordyDrop]

Mine will be here Friday. I'm over the suit creasing and the fact that it's not diecast or plastic but after seeing the Alita figure it hurts again. This figure should have gotten that treatment. Oh well

 

[Soltari007]

What’s so special abt the Alita body?

 

[joloestrella]

Mine will be here Friday. I'm over the suit creasing and the fact that it's not diecast or plastic but after seeing the Alita figure it hurts again. This figure should have gotten that treatment. Oh well

In Hot Toys' defense, the Iron Spider suit doesn't really have shoulder or knee pads that can be used to "hide" the joints like the Iron Man and Alita figures. Besides, Alita looks more robotic anyway so they could use joints for it, whereas the Iron Spider definitely looks more like a spandex suit.

 

[jedijim3002]

I’d say it looks more like a latex or rubber suit. Spandex isn’t as shiny.


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[joloestrella]

I’d say it looks more like a latex or rubber suit. Spandex isn’t as shiny.


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Whoops, my bad! Haha but yeah, that’s the material I was referring to.

 

[JordyDrop]

What’s so special abt the Alita body?

Because I was excited to get a spidey that we could pose without worrying about damaging the suit. We could have gotten and accurate neck (more like the ironman figures with skin exposed) and it would have looked better in my opinion. Posing this figure causes it to bunch up pretty bad and its unsightly sometimes. Seems like out of all the infinity war figures, Iron Spidey got the short end of the stick. Not tryna start an argument but could you imagine a cloth MK50? That's what this figure feels like.

 

[gmoney5000]

Because I was excited to get a spidey that we could pose without worrying about damaging the suit. We could have gotten and accurate neck (more like the ironman figures with skin exposed) and it would have looked better in my opinion. Posing this figure causes it to bunch up pretty bad and its unsightly sometimes. Seems like out of all the infinity war figures, Iron Spidey got the short end of the stick. Not tryna start an argument but could you imagine a cloth MK50? That's what this figure feels like.

I agree with you. HT could have totally done a plastic/diecast version of this figure if they really invested the time into it, but instead they chose to rush the entire IW line out and as a result, we, the consumers end up getting the short end of the stick.

 

[Raikirik]

I have a feeling that a plastic or diecast Spiderman would look cheap. They can get away with it with Iron Man since he's honestly more like a robot in both range of movement and appearance. Spidey is super flexible. I imagine it wouldn't be easy to give him that much articulation while hiding the articulation points that look ugly. But I don't know much about engineering figures soooo

Also, short end of the stick? Come on G, we don't have to buy these things at all

 

[joloestrella]

I have a feeling that a plastic or diecast Spiderman would look cheap. They can get away with it with Iron Man since he's honestly more like a robot in both range of movement and appearance. Spidey is super flexible. I imagine it wouldn't be easy to give him that much articulation while hiding the articulation points that look ugly. But I don't know much about engineering figures soooo

Also, short end of the stick? Come on G, we don't have to buy these things at all

My thoughts exactly. Hot Toys can never win in this scenario regarding the material. They thought of what they could do best in order to replicate the material as seen in the film and I’m pretty happy with what we got. Do I like seeing creases in my figure? No. But then out of all the Iron Spider figures, I feel like Hot Toys produced the best one. Wouldn’t want exposed joints like the SH Figuarts version and make the paint apps shiny. Imagine how the torso would look like... Alita can get away with exposed joints cause she looks more robotic but the Iron Spider suit design makes it harder to hide exposed joints if it were to be plastic / diecast. Anyway, just my two cents.

 

[JB24]

I am just thinking out loud here.

Diecast sounds like a good idea to me in theory, but how will HT cover the gap between the shoulder and the arms to make the suit movie accurate while allowing articulation? The gaps are movie accurate for Iron Man, which I think is why the IM line can be made into diecast. However, I can see a trade-off between movie accuracy and articulation for a diecast Iron Spider. Without having any gaps, I'm not sure how HT can make a movie accurate diecast Iron Spider that can move its arms and legs.

If HT can figure out a way to address these potential issues, I'd love to have a diecast Iron Spider.

 

[GaryPool]

How on Earth would Die cast be a good idea at all? It's not malleable, it wouldn't be able to bend, he'd literally have to have so many lines and articulation points across him that he'd look like War Machine Spidey. Complainers gonna complain.

 

[jedijim3002]

I have put this guy into many dynamic poses and the material has sprung back after a few minutes. My only gripe is that when the figure is in a dynamic pose the suit bunches up making the pose quite unsightly. That’s why I’ll keep him in a more stretched out jumping pose than a crouching pose.


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[crazygmpoker]

How on Earth would Die cast be a good idea at all? It's not malleable, it wouldn't be able to bend, he'd literally have to have so many lines and articulation points across him that he'd look like War Machine Spidey. Complainers gonna complain.

 

[kp404]

A Diecast Iron Spider is a horrible idea and Hot Toys isn't foolish enough to try and fail at making one. This current release is really a great figure.

 

[The Mike]

I love the look of this one, between the homemade suit, the Stark suit, the Iron Spider and soon the Far from Home suits, the HT Spider-Man display is going to look epic.

 

[Hoody999]

When I put my normal "Spandex" suit Spiderman next to the Avengers he just doesn't work. All the others have tougher materials for their suits. bUt Iron Spider fits in perfectly. And it'S not just because of the movie. The colours work better and the bling factor and mechanical arms just finish it off.

Best last minute purchase ever for me.