Hot Toys MMS Iron Man Mark XXI-MIDAS - Link for waitlist in opening post

[Takaboi]

Just curious, what's with the foam in the Detolf?

Was working on a project for a lab room for Tony Stark then

 

[lotus000]

So I finally got Midas in today. Couple of things to note. I have compared my Midas weathering to other pictures here and on Facebook. It seems the marks are in the same place for most people. There are some that are getting the weathering marks in the same place, but more of them. Some are also much more deeper in brown color causing them to stand out.

For some reason the paint job reminds me when I was young and my Dad, and I painted my first car. I just wanted to spray the paint right on the car and get it over with, and he said wait we have to PRIME it first. Well back in the day we had a Primer that was a Rusty Brown color. After the whole car was primed and painted with the finish coat I accidentally bumped it while cleaning up the paint supplies. Yeah I was able to see that Darn Rust color pop through the paint. Well year later I just paid 310.00 for that darn Rust color to pop through my Shiny new gold paint job.


I'm with everyone else in saying Hot Toys should have stated this has major weathering marks all over suite in the description. I understand that GOLD is a very soft metal, and can be nicked very easily, Maybe Tony made it out of 24 Carrot Gold so it's so soft you can nick it with your finger nail. Oh well it's a "5 Footer" armor. Looks great from Five Feet away, or about 1.524M away for Metric folk.

Well all in all I'm happy. Oh and I just through in some LED's in the base.
Ok, so for those that have some of that LED flat light strip laying around cut about 4 sections of 3 LED's from the roll. I found that 12 LEDs seems to produce a decent amount of light if you place the strip in the middle of the base.

I used CAT5 Network cable. You get 4 Twisted pairs and you only need one pair for this job so here we go.

Solder on some wires to the LED strip and then you'll notice a nice FACTORY drilled hole out the back of the base. This is nice because you can just pull your wiring out the hole and you are done.


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr



Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Connect the wires to your favorite 12v wall wart power adapter and BAMM.... you have a hard wired LED base. It took me 15 minutes of time


Pic of Tony Working in the dark......


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr


Hot Toys Mark XXI Midas by matrix0fleadership, on Flickr

 

[darthflan]

Stunning! Yeah I wish they hadn't cheaped out with removing the lights from the base but this is a good workaround. I also was a bit surprised to find weathering on mine I thought it was scratched and had to do a google image search to find out thats the way its supposed to be..LOL

 

[Demondm810]

Are all the Midas battle damaged? Even the Asian market sold ones from the summer?


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[Onie]

just a snapshot of XXI with Mark VII... finally, got him today after a one-day delay! They could have just rebadged it then slap in a new name, battle-damage Midas due to mine having lots of scratches (on chest, legs, feet, etc)! Was it really meant to be like that--not clean looking?!?

Well, after Stark Mechanic and BD Mark VII slated sometime next week I'd happily close my Iron Man chapter!

Thanks, fellow freaks!

 

[fedsparkles]

got mine today with some goodies

 

[Onie]

^^^oh, aaand those look exactly what i've got from my pack-out too! LoLz! Thanks for the photos cuz i can't be bothered to take some pictures now that I am no longer that thrilled of my Midas. Anti-climatic!

 

[SurlyJ]

I am loving Midas. Having really messed with him much, but i don't mess with many of my hot toys too often anyhow. But he does catch my eye every time I pass by.

 

[fedsparkles]

I think he was over priced. It's a decent figure, that base is huge! BUT $300 I prefer the BD Mark VII.

I just started collecting this year and luckily I've been able to grab all the exclusives sideshow had to offer.

Throwing in the extra does make it a bit sweeter. I do like the Christmas Stitch I got given with the packout.

 

[GeneralZodLives]

got mine today with some goodies

That's everything I got with mine. I also got all of it again when I got my BD T-800. I love it when Sideshow throws in freebies--I just wish there was a way for them to keep track so they don't double- or triple-up on items to the same person. Not sure what I'm going to do with 2 Stitch figures but crossing my fingers the next freebie (if I'm lucky enough to get another one) is Angelica.

 

[subzro]

I think he was over priced. It's a decent figure, that base is huge! BUT $300 I prefer the BD Mark VII.

I just started collecting this year and luckily I've been able to grab all the exclusives sideshow had to offer.

Throwing in the extra does make it a bit sweeter. I do like the Christmas Stitch I got given with the packout.

I think everything HT makes is overpriced but i like how this really stands out on the shelf.

 

[SurlyJ]

I think everything HT makes is overpriced but i like how this really stands out on the shelf.

Yup. I've kind of resigned myself to the fact that these things are all expensive, but i love them, and so long as I can afford them, I will buy them. There is nothing cheap or reasonable about a $250 MK7, or even a $200 Thor.

 

[Ultra8294]

Ok, so I recieved my Hot Toys Iron Man Midas figure today and with great anticipation, I open the package, pull the figure out only to notice a paint smug on the lower left side of the helmet on the chin as if the paint was still wet and then smeared....
I hate when this kind of crap happens.
Now, I have to bother SSC, yet again (and it always seems to be with HT) about this matter only to tell me (and I'm predicting) that they have no replacement parts available.
Why can't HT QC ever get their sh** together.
Its not like its a $150.00, $200.00 , or even a $250.00 figure *inserts sarcasm here*....

$309.00 PEOPLE!!!
I guess I can live with it. It'll just add to the BD XXI theme.

 

[SurlyJ]

I bet they held back stock for replacements.

 

[Ultra8294]

I bet they held back stock for replacements.

I'm hoping your right, but I won't find out till Monday seeing how SSC will be closed tomorrow for meetings.

 

[Hexic]

I'm hoping your right, but I won't find out till Monday seeing how SSC will be closed tomorrow for meetings.

Just half the day.

 

[dotconnect]

For those who have received the figure, has anybody had any quality control issues? Was going to save it for my Nephew's birthday, which is after the 30 day return window.

i just checked mine and its fine

 

[petes2177]

So do you guys see the aftermarket value on Midas increasing anytime soon? It's went down to like the $400-$450 range from the $500-$600 before the SS release

 

[SurlyJ]

I do. I don't think it will get to 600 again, but i see it creeping back up to 500 at least. I've been offered some good stuff for mine. Debating what to do.

 

[Nintenjoe]

Got mine yesterday. Does any else's lip have a spot of black on it? It's not scratched like battle damage so it just looks the paint missed a spot.