The Official Mark 3 Iron Man 1:2 Scale Maquette with Pics

[jye4ever]

figured Jye had the other 2 Marvel pieces and would want to round out his collection

 

[chris rankin]

Averone, are the dimensions of the box on SS website correct or are they different as I need to know if this thing will fit in my car. Thanks

 

[Blackthornone]

What can make this statue perfect would be to fine tune the sanding process before the paint is applied and the smoothing process after the paint dries. The area's that are more difficult to smooth out, I understand are hit with grease marks to cover them up, which is done to speed up the process for an assembly line in China to be more efficient and less costly. I get that part of the business. However if sideshow simply adds ten more minutes of buffing to the lineup, it would mean we have a chance of having a better statue, then that is what should be done. The next thing to correct is the shipping box. One had an arm broken, the other had paint being rubbed off in the toe area from rubbing against the Styrofoam during shipping. Make a better fitting foam and that problem is solved. These two little steps added in place and I believe this statue would have a great run with minimal complaints. Just my two cents.

Even with a power buffer, it would probably be ten minutes of buffing just for one shin piece. Buffing takes longer than you think. What they need are better painters. They better you shoot the paint, the less you have to buff. Working with fiberglass can be tricky. Things often don't fit right right out of the mold, and they need to be individually fitted, needing sanding, and maybe some filler. The problem I see here is that the prep work before paint isn't being done, in the sense that they aren't sanding the joints to get them smooth, and such. After that, the paint isn't being shot properly. Knowing what I know about this sort of work, I can tell you that it would take at least 12-15 hours of sanding and paintwork to get these statues done to the level of quality we want. I suspect that they are only spending maybe 6 hours.
On the other hand, if everything fit right, and it just glued together, then the prep and paint could be done in 5 hours. It's all of the rough spots which I believe are due to incompletely sanded filler and resin, that is the cause of this roughness. It is possible that they could hone their technique as the line goes on, and these could get a lot better as the workers gain experience with building these. However, I admit that I thought that the workers would have experience to begin with. Frankly, I suspect that the profit margin on these is REALLY high, and that far better quality could be had and SS could still make a fairly nice profit.

 

[Bubbles]

I'd be weary of buffing the paint too much incase its not on very thick and you go through. It's look a case of bad prep work causing the problems which was certainly the problem on the busts.
I think things like grease marks are put there to cover problem spots that Sideshow have identified will /could have paint adhesion issues.

 

[jbinny]

Something tells me that good paint jobs will be hard to come by and they'll shut down production before too long...

 

[Skiman]

I have this on order....but I hope I dont see areas on this like I did on my 1:1 bust when I got that. The neck area better be perfect same with all the joints. Pictures and reviews are all we need to see to get an idea of where this piece is heading in the next few months. If the next 30 pieces that go out all have paint issues again....this will be canceled and SS will hear about.
paint runs?????? are you kidding?????....on a $2000 piece you get paint runs??? That wasnt even a problem on the 1:1....this is a WHOLE new problem. I have $3000 1/12 model cars with paint finishes as good as the real car. Why cant these freaken chinese people paint consistently? This piece should be the EASIEST statue to paint...EVER! Its ONLY 2 colors and it has smooth surfaces....
But the part that still bugs me the most about this is that its not numbered. I dont know if I will ever get over that..

Chris

I believe from your statement above this is NOT the piece for you.

 

[abnpredator]

Something tells me that good paint jobs will be hard to come by and they'll shut down production before too long...

If so, I'm glad I got my order already in.

 

[Bubbles]

Gibson went through this with poor quality, badly finished guitars and they are still struggling to lose that image.
You can forgive paint issues on $200 guitars but not on $2000 guitars same with statues in my eyes.

 

[w00tw00t]

funny how they stated they had a different factory manufacture these/paint/build whatever the case is and still having these issues as well as stating these pieces were individually inspected.

fail!

 

[Blackthornone]

Something tells me that good paint jobs will be hard to come by and they'll shut down production before too long...

Great paint jobs will DEFINITELY be hard to come by on this piece, however, these pieces are made by people, and since people can be moody, I think there will be a few of these that turn out really really nice, because that person took pride in their work. Dr. Deming said that the only thing that gets people to perform better is pride in work. Money is not a motivator. As to them shutting down, I think they will make as many as they can, and I predict that production will continue for 6 months to a year. There is a chance it will go two years, but that is a small chance.

 

[averone]

Just imagine if this thing was solid! So many people would be so happy!!


I think not!
It already weighs 50lb you would have to at least double that weight! Would you like to double or maybe triple your shipping costs?

It just doesnt make sense for such pieces to NOT be Hollow!

Joe from Eruope is already paying $400.00 for shipping, imagine him pay $700-800 just to get this statue!

Just wouldn't work!


Yes quality of paint well vary from statue to statue but what we have to ask for from Sideshow is consistency.

Still I am not sure why everyone here is so negative, I mean its much much better than the prototype paint job I saw!

Would you rather get the prototype?

 

[Skiman]

I honestly would not be bothered if it were solid and of course the shipping would be horrendous but you know what you got yourself into once you know it weighs 100-150lbs+

SS wouldn't be able to make that many, lower edition sizes and also if you can't afford the freight then this piece is not meant for you.

Just my two cents on solidness vs hollow.

 

[fuzzylojiks]

Great paint jobs will DEFINITELY be hard to come by on this piece, however, these pieces are made by people, and since people can be moody, I think there will be a few of these that turn out really really nice, because that person took pride in their work. Dr. Deming said that the only thing that gets people to perform better is pride in work. Money is not a motivator. As to them shutting down, I think they will make as many as they can, and I predict that production will continue for 6 months to a year. There is a chance it will go two years, but that is a small chance.

It may actually go up if the IM movie is a huge success or they may start making warmachine! .... hmm I can dream...


Making it solid will effectively shut out any international customers except the ones willing to pay a premium. Even the terra cotta warriors were hollow and took a long as time to transport. IM's suit like any other standing display of knight's armor would be hollow irl anyways, so I don't see the problem.

 

[POWER1010]

I honestly would not be bothered if it were solid and of course the shipping would be horrendous but you know what you got yourself into once you know it weighs 100-150lbs+

SS wouldn't be able to make that many, lower edition sizes and also if you can't afford the freight then this piece is not meant for you.

Just my two cents on solidness vs hollow.

Totally agree, don't B$&ch about Shipping costs when you know the thing weighs a Tonne!!

 

[w00tw00t]

Totally agree, don't B$&ch about Shipping costs when you know the thing weighs a Tonne!!

agree

 

[jbinny]

agree

that poor horse...

 

[w00tw00t]

that poor horse...

it's ok already dead. just spanking it!

 

[abnpredator]

Dr. Deming said that the only thing that gets people to perform better is pride in work.

Took an HRD class I see. I'm taking OLS 475 right now and that's one of the things we just went over.

 

[Blackthornone]

IM's suit like any other standing display of knight's armor would be hollow irl anyways, so I don't see the problem.

EXACTLY! People are totally missing the point here. I think it's just supposed to be a replica of Iron Man's ARMOR, and not necessarily Iron Man himself.

 

[abnpredator]

EXACTLY! People are totally missing the point here. I think it's just supposed to be a replica of Iron Man's ARMOR, and not necessarily Iron Man himself.

There will ALWAYS be something for people to bitc h about. Let them b itch. Can't wait to get mine!!!