Premium Format Iron Man Mark 42 1/4 Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles & Legacy Effects

[gorocketcat]

I hate how you can see the joint seems with Hot Toys. Makes them look like giant, well, action figures.

Otherwise their 1/4 (prototype) looks really great.

 

[epitaph04]

Depends on the character. No visible joints on their 1/4 Batman. I don't see anything obvious on the Mark XLIII...could be the same with a 1/4 cap and thor depending how they make them. If only...

I get what you mean though...argh visible joints!

 

[federico]

I'm desperate for some IM goodness after selling my MKVI.
Don't like this suit or movie so praying for a decent MKII [emoji14]ray:

I heard Prime1 will do IM line in the near future so if you can wait a little longer more surprises coming out.

 

[gorocketcat]

Depends on the character. No visible joints on their 1/4 Batman. I don't see anything obvious on the Mark XLIII...could be the same with a 1/4 cap and thor depending how they make them. If only...

I get what you mean though...argh visible joints!

I was considering getting HT's Mark 43 if this Mark 42 was bad, but the fact you can see the abdomen joint, and the arm joints, kills it for me. Sadly. He's very, very cool, but not what I collect.

 

[Phoenixblazes]

I was considering getting HT's Mark 43 if this Mark 42 was bad, but the fact you can see the abdomen joint, and the arm joints, kills it for me. Sadly. He's very, very cool, but not what I collect.

I personally think the visable joints aren't too bad at all, and in some poses, you can't see any joints at all. But I guess I do know what you mean to a certain extent. Abdomen joint?

I more recently got into statues, and I found that they look quite dynamic in appearance, and yes, you can't really mistake them for toys. But then again I just want one of these statues from the movies to have a good sculpt and paint app to compete with Hot Toys. Haven't seen one yet (imo) at least recently.

I personally don't know how anyone can call the paint app on the Mark 42 RDJ head sculpt any good. Especially in the close ups. But as long as the end owners are happy.

Love my Superman, Batman and Cap (Charge on Hydra) PF statues so much that I had custom acrylic displays made up for each of them. Cost me about half what I paid for the statues themselves. And I just got the GG Black Widow, and that's not too bad at all.

 

[RobertoBagg10]

Where are Andy's pics

Bad news not ready yet....they are still currently being photoshopped! only kidding Man, this Iron Man MK42 is impressive. I'll get a short review done soon but in my opinion the Sideshow MK42 wins the best 1/4 MK42 statue hands down for me. Not to take anything away from Iron Studios or XM but Sideshow (albeit with a sloppy black line here or there) have nailed it! Pics coming soon!

Stark Tower is under siege.

it was last night! I intended to take my Iron Patriot Maquette out the box to take some pics alongside the MK42 but just ran out of space! i'm surrounded in shippers at home and can barely move Gonna try again tonight as i still have to take pics of the custom forearm rocket i had made for IP

Thanks for making my day with that gif! OMG....so damn funny! That cat was like....biiii no you didn't??! I wouldn't be surprised if that boy never smacks a cat again.

yea, its a funny one!

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Andy is repainting it.

 

[RobertoBagg10]

Andy is repainting it.

 

[laudel7]

With a binocular

 

[-jay-]

With a binocular

To be fair this one is looking pretty good.

 

[RobertoBagg10]

Iron Man Mark 42 1/4 Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles & Legacy Effects

Here are some pics guys...happy to say that Sideshow delivered a solid Iron Man piece...at last! The paint colours are fab! Movie accurate golds and red and a pretty cool action pose too. Will try to get some shots together with Iron Patriot tonight as the two go great together (would've liked similar bases like we got for the Iron Man MKVI and War Machine Maquettes) but still a great pairing.

So is the Sideshow MK42 1/4 scale Maquette the best so far out of the three releases? Of course its a matter of opinion...but for me (having owned all 3) Sideshow take it. The Iron Studios version was a disaster in regards to paint apps...ironically, the pose is still my favourite of the 3 statues but that's where the positives end. In regards to the XM piece, i had that for about a month until i realised that i could'nt live without lights on my Iron Man statues and i know your gonna say 'but how often do you turn them on?!' i actually turn them on probably when i have friends over or when i want to geek out to myself it just brings the statue to life....something extra if you like which brings out the viewing pleasure. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but had the XM MK42 had lights then there's a strong possibility that it would still be with me

Sideshow's MK42 has nailed the colours...whilst the gold on the XM version was more metallic looking, Sideshow's isnt too bad but no way as good as XM's, which is probably the best painted Iron Man piece i've seen to date. However, Sideshow offer a cool action pose and a fairly decent base. I actually thought the weathering on the scaffolding was pretty amateur to be honest....like a quick 15 second touch up with a paint brush and the rocks, whilst sculpted well, are painted a little bland...could so with more detail i think.

Again, i wont get into which RDJ head is better cos everyone's opinions are different...i can only speak for myself and say that the XM RDJ portrait would be more suited more for a classic Tony Stark look. Sideshows RDJ portrait isn't on par with say Hot Toys (who have the best likeness to Downey Jnr period) but it certainly looks more like RDJ than XM's version.

Here's some pics

So to briefly summarise, here's how i scored the 3 Iron Man MK42 1/4 scale statues currently on the market:

Iron Studios 6/10

*Great pose and bonus .5 for light features otherwise i would have given it a 5.5/10. Sadly let down by poor paint application

XM Studios 7/10

*Solid statue with unbelievable paint apps and a great use of alternate switch out parts. Sadly missing any light features and a Pepper Potts portrait which i never removed from the box

Sideshow 7.5/10

*Movie accurate suit colours, action pose, reasonable RDJ portrait and superb light features. Sadly there are still some sloppy black lines here and there and the base is actually mega light in weight which i hate to see

 

[laudel7]

Great pics and I agree with your points
Really pleased you are happy with it

 

[sarakawa]

Pics look great Andy! I have to admit, you make any piece look better with ur photos. I think whichever one you get, XM or SSC, mark 42 looks great. If I can get a good discount coupon on the SSC one, I will strongly consider taking the plunge at some point. Turned out great and gives me hope for future IM pieces by SSC. Now they need to do a 1/4 Hulkbuster

 

[laudel7]

I love the iron studios/ssc comiquette pose though to.

 

[-jay-]

I actually thought the weathering on the scaffolding was pretty amateur to be honest....like a quick 15 second touch up with a paint brush and the rocks, whilst sculpted well, are painted a little bland...could so with more detail i think.

I was looking at the proto base yesterday because i had the same thought when i saw Laudel's pic. Other than that though he's looking good so congrats guys.

 

[Python]

That actually looks good. I'm not sure why these factories insist on using thick black line s in all the grooves though, I sure wish they would discover the art of subtle weathering which can really bring the details to life. Over all though, I like this and that ring of lights on the base really sets it off...

 

[ferrous_hominid]

Re: Iron Man Mark 42 1/4 Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles & Legacy Effects

*Solid statue with unbelievable paint apps and a great use of alternate switch out parts. Sadly missing any light features and a Pepper Potts portrait which i never removed from the box

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It's a good thing you never did! The last thing you want is Malibu Iron Man Barbie coming to life and stalking you in your sleep. Getting a strong Bride of Chucky/Annabelle feeling from those soulless eyes. Think you dodged a bullet...

Congratulations on the paint coming out well. Like I said before, I've got the MKII POed, & was pretty worried about the paint application after lurking on the forums for awhile. I don't think it will be perfect, but I love the Prototype, anything 85-90% close to that and I'll be happy. It is a weird business practice though, and I don't understand promising (and selling) a finished product that may, or may not, look like the end result.

If anyone can explain that, or send me a link I'd appreciate it.

Something interesting I just noticed looking at the new pics... I never liked this pose (no offence - I know most people hate the MKII pose) because it wasn't apparent what action IM is doing. Is he running? Readying a repulsor blast? Or mid-uppercut?

But I just realized that from 3 different poses he looks to be doing those 3 different things, which is cool. From that right it looks like he's pushing off to run or jump, from the left he's mid-swing, and from the front he looks like he's getting ready to do something with that back-left repulsor... pretty cool. I actually really like it from the left, which was probably not the intended viewing angle. Again, glad things came out well with the paint application.

 

[ferrous_hominid]

Re: Iron Man Mark 42 1/4 Maquette by Sideshow Collectibles & Legacy Effects

Good to hear some of you echo my thoughts on the Hot Toys articulated characters, as amazing as they look they still look like action figures and I don't get spending $200 for an action figure no matter how good it looks. Loved the Hot Toys Delorean, couldn't get past Marty's wrist joints, which are visible at all times with the outfit he wears in the movie. Looked great but I just cant get over that... Sorry/off topic.

 

[user 51786]

Great pictures, I love it! And I agree totally

 

[Y4NK33 PL4N3T]

Great repaint Andy!