Posted 4-22-17
This is going to be in the movie for 5 minutes, give it a rest. If you can find one or several armors you like in the 46 canon variants there already are, then one more isn't going to help you. Reality of design and costs in movies is a factor, they cannot commit resources to designing and rendering assets that will barely (or in most of the HPP), never appear on screen. This isn't even an iron man movie.
In the end this suit filled its purpose just fine, something new to see without breaking the bank, its in two scenes for a total of a scant few minutes just like I figured. If you need narrative justification instead of movie making reality, if Tony's going to fab a new suit after 46 gets thrashed its not insane to imagine its the same basic suit with a few tweaks and a new color scheme, why not. Mark 2-3 did it, 4-6 did it, 42-43 did it. I like the look too, 46 had too much red anyway so its an improvement. If it was plastic I might even buy it, but diecast prices have put 1/6 in crazytown territory for me, so nah.
Great flick though, most enjoyable MCU film in a few years. Excellent villain, funny, great cameos. I'll actually see this one again in theaters