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yea, I agree, HT did a terrible job.
Iron Man 2: 1/6th scale Mark II (Armor Unleashed Version)
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This is great news, I got into the figures only recently with War Machine. I was more into props, Mjolnir, Stormbreaker, 40's and 60's Cap shields, I also have the life size IM bust and love it but I don't know why the figures didn't interest me.
I bought the War Machine one on a whim and was floored by how good it was when I opened the box. Since then I've been grabbing the Iron Man ones I see available, just got a MK VI off the wait list delivered yesterday, have the MK V on order, and just grabbed this. I've got a Thor ordered, but passed on the Odin, and I'm really hoping to see a Captain America soon.
I bought the War Machine one on a whim and was floored by how good it was when I opened the box. Since then I've been grabbing the Iron Man ones I see available, just got a MK VI off the wait list delivered yesterday, have the MK V on order, and just grabbed this. I've got a Thor ordered, but passed on the Odin, and I'm really hoping to see a Captain America soon.
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I know for sure that it's just a matter of; different lighting, different camera, different angle, and different pose but this pic to me looks noticeably better, especially in the shoulders in these photos:
The shoulder armor looks smaller, the armor around the neck looks higher and at a steeper angle, and the neck itself looks shorter.
Than in either of these (the only other two straight on shots):
I agree. There's always going to be some inaccuracies and Hot Toys figures are also always going to be amazing in hand. I think we forget now that the Mark IV and VI and War Machine all have all sorts of issues. Most notably they're all too proportionally tall. I have no worried about loving this figure in hand.
That said it's worth noting issues because Hot Toys does listen and if they agree with the criticism and can actually fix it without loosing money they will. I think something like the neck being fixed is fairly likely but probably them totally re-doing the arms not so much.
The shoulder armor looks smaller, the armor around the neck looks higher and at a steeper angle, and the neck itself looks shorter.
Than in either of these (the only other two straight on shots):
I agree. There's always going to be some inaccuracies and Hot Toys figures are also always going to be amazing in hand. I think we forget now that the Mark IV and VI and War Machine all have all sorts of issues. Most notably they're all too proportionally tall. I have no worried about loving this figure in hand.
That said it's worth noting issues because Hot Toys does listen and if they agree with the criticism and can actually fix it without loosing money they will. I think something like the neck being fixed is fairly likely but probably them totally re-doing the arms not so much.
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mikejap
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yeah u right men.
mikejap
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I know for sure that it's just a matter of; different lighting, different camera, different angle, and different pose but this pic to me looks noticeably better, especially in the shoulders in these photos:
Than in either of these (the only other two straight on shots):
I agree. There's always going to be some inaccuracies and Hot Toys figures are also always going to be amazing in hand. I think we forget now that the Mark IV and VI and War Machine all have all sorts of issues. Most notably they're all too proportionally tall. I have no worried about loving this figure in hand.
That said it's worth noting issues because Hot Toys does listen and if they agree with the criticism and can actually fix it without loosing money they will. I think something like the neck being fixed is fairly likely but probably them totally re-doing the arms not so much.
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mark II into is a def buy.my hall of armors is getting there.better late then never
It is. Its most glaring flaw is that it isn't either the battledamaged T2 T-800 or CR Superman or Keaton Batman or Kyle Reese.
ebor
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....still a pretty big gap in the left shoulder. What's with HTs and left shoulders, first the Barney gap and now this. HMMM
its still just a proto so I would imagine it will be damn near perfect like the IV and VI by the times its in-hand
jayveeeusebio
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....still a pretty big gap in the left shoulder. What's with HTs and left shoulders, first the Barney gap and now this. HMMM
Oh, after reading your post..yeah, he does have a gap on his left shoulder.
TheVictor11
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So does this come with the light up base that the Mark IV came with or are they just using it to display at the show?
Oh, after reading your post..yeah, he does have a gap on his left shoulder.
Could just be they didn't get the shoulder pad back in place after messing with it. The other pics don't show any gap. Wouldn't be the first time a HT display didn't get set up just right.
jayveeeusebio
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Hmm I'm not sure cause I really didn't notice this gap, just now. Well, whatever it is hopefully the final product will be alright.
Glad they finally got around to this fig. 
Lots of typical whinery and knashing of teeth in this thread , but I think it looks great!
Hope we get a new Rhodey sculpt. The face reveal looks blurred out in these pics. Considering how complete the IM2 armor lineup is, I have to wonder if a Whiplash mark 2 is also in the works?
Lots of typical whinery and knashing of teeth in this thread , but I think it looks great!
Hope we get a new Rhodey sculpt. The face reveal looks blurred out in these pics. Considering how complete the IM2 armor lineup is, I have to wonder if a Whiplash mark 2 is also in the works?
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I think it's worthwhile to complain about things, even if a lot of the complaints might be wrong or simply too small to really matter. Out of that though you can get some good critique which Hot Toys often takes to heart. It's basically crowd sourced R&D. And I don't know about you guys but I find it fun. I enjoy picking over a design I really love and finding inconstancies and difference between multiple versions.
EXOTICLEX
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specially when they show something completely wrong....like the T2 T-800 figure with the wrong color shirt....they gave us the black shirt when the figure shipped.
Kibishii
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Or missing something very important like the Jill Valentine mask and cloak that they added after fan comments.
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