Imaginarium-Art 1/4 Iron Man Mark 43 Battle Damage

[laudel7]

Where can you order from?

 

[Collectorcol]

Where can you order from?

https://darksidetoy.com/Iron-Man-Ma...-Statue-by-Imaginarium-Art?search=Iron man 43

 

[laudel7]

Cheers!

 

[kkchan]

1/4 Iron Man Mark 43 BD ver finally released in China
- by Lei____

 

[kkchan]

 

[gagaliya]

Man this statue is on another level - the sculpt/pose, paint app, battle damage (best i have seen), realistic snow effect, overall quality (fittings, packaging, lightup) etc.. are all perfection.

By far my favorite 1/4 iron man out of the top 4 - xm, iron studio, old ss maquette.

IA really knows how to do iron man. So happy how it turned out!

 

[epitaph04]

IA and HT got the juice when it comes to Iron Man.

 

[lucifixion]

Looks great. I don't know how I feel about the snow booties, though. They look so uniform, and wouldn't heat melt it off somewhat.

 

[azurepred]

lol, yea they overdid the snow for sure. It looks cool though, the snow is at least something unique. I'm already tired of seeing IM figures, but now I'm getting tired of the statues. Just way too many of the same damn armors. Nobody doing Mark 3 or 5

 

[Collectorcol]

I think the MKIII & V's have been blocked by the licensor, hense why Sideshow never moved on their teased Maquettes.

This looks great. First proper application of BD I've seen.
Snowy feet, not so good.

 

[kkchan]

U can slightly remove some snow from feet as it is glued on only.

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[Centurion]

LOL! They really got lazy with the snow. It's like the final stage was to dunk both boots into a bucket of glue and then immediately into a bucket of snow.

Proto pics show a much better application:

 

[aa909]

really liking this IA version but how do you guys rank this vs the Iron Studios Mark VLIII

 

[ambasah]

The IS iron man is my favourite of all time.

 

[kkchan]

in term of pose, IS better
in term of painting, weathering, lining, IA is better
choose which u like. I like both!! But I only owned IA, as IA one out of my budget
enjoy

 

[gagaliya]

I have both as well.

In term of pose it's a personal choice - IS is more unique while IA is museum, i honestly like both equally. The pose i really do not like is the XM version, i know a lot of people love it, but to me it just looks very awkward with 1 shoulder hunched up. IA does come with 2 sets of arms for 2 different poses, IS does not.

In term of detail and paint, IA hands down. Both are top notch, but if you look at it closely IA's weathering, paint app and the way they layered the armor to create that 3d effect is the best i have seen in any iron man. And the helmet/chin/arc reactor is perfect (always a pet peeve of mine, very annoying when the head doesn't come out perfectly with aligned chin, clean black lines, or eye socket/arc reactor doesn't fit 100% with little gaps, IA doesn't have any of those issues).

 

[aa909]

I have both as well.

In term of pose it's a personal choice - IS is more unique while IA is museum, i honestly like both equally. The pose i really do not like is the XM version, i know a lot of people love it, but to me it just looks very awkward with 1 shoulder hunched up. IA does come with 2 sets of arms for 2 different poses, IS does not.

In term of detail and paint, IA hands down. Both are top notch, but if you look at it closely IA's weathering, paint app and the way they layered the armor to create that 3d effect is the best i have seen in any iron man. And the helmet/chin/arc reactor is perfect (always a pet peeve of mine, very annoying when the head doesn't come out perfectly with aligned chin, clean black lines, or eye socket/arc reactor doesn't fit 100% with little gaps, IA doesn't have any of those issues).

Thank you for a great and detailed post. I struggled with this a bit, and I agree the IA is more polished, but in the end the pose on the IS version is just killer, and the quality is still probably the best out there after IA. So I just bought one from a fellow collector and it should arrive Friday. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh

 

[gagaliya]

Thank you for a great and detailed post. I struggled with this a bit, and I agree the IA is more polished, but in the end the pose on the IS version is just killer, and the quality is still probably the best out there after IA. So I just bought one from a fellow collector and it should arrive Friday. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh

congrats you will not be disappointed with either one! i am just happy we now have different ironman choices to pick and choose from, it used to be only the ss version with the bad chin or the tight jean version.

 

[aa909]

congrats you will not be disappointed with either one! i am just happy we now have different ironman choices to pick and choose from, it used to be only the ss version with the bad chin or the tight jean version.

agree with your assessment. While the SS versions are nice, and I almost bought the MK42 on eBay because I liked the pose, after doing some diligence I realized the paint apps were a serious QC issue. Plus the IS and IA versions have far superior paint with a nice shine to the finish vs the matte finish on the SS version. In any case, all this competition is great for collectors, forces all the manufacturers to step up their game!

 

[Centurion]

agree with your assessment. While the SS versions are nice, and I almost bought the MK42 on eBay because I liked the pose, after doing some diligence I realized the paint apps were a serious QC issue. Plus the IS and IA versions have far superior paint with a nice shine to the finish vs the matte finish on the SS version. In any case, all this competition is great for collectors, forces all the manufacturers to step up their game!

Yup, I like having options. It forces the manufacturers to compete and deliver a quality product. I won't pay less just to save and be left with garbage.