Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (cont'd)
- Part 1: Introduction
- Part 2: Box Art and Contents
- Part 3: Accessories & Lighting-up
- Part 4: Armor Details
- Part 5: Articulation & Option Parts
- Part 6: Poseability & Final Words
- Part 7: Photo Gallery
Part 4: Armor Details
Hot Toys War Machine Mark II, unlike War Machine Mark I and some other Iron Man MMS, has a fresh from the factory look. It doesn't have any scratches, worn-out parts or semi-battle damaged look. They made it to look like as if it's the first time Stark handed this suit to Rhodey. It has a highly accurate overall proportion. Each part has been given a lot of attention.
Without the base, it stands about 315 mm (not including the folded up shoulder cannon), just a few millimeters shorter than Hot Toys Man of Steel (check out my review here), which is known to be a tall figure. With this, you can have an idea on how it towers over an average height sixth scale figure. On it's display stand, it stands 345 mm tall. Better take a note of that when planning on displaying it on your shelves.
War Machine Mark II alone, including the mounted shoulder cannon, weighs as heavy as 900 grams. About twice the weight of an average sixth scale Hot Toys MMS. You really can feel that you're holding a high-end and expensive collectible.
Well what can I say. The details of this figure looks really sharp. I've seen a prototype of this displayed at STGCC 2013 last year and it's doesn't seem to have as sharp details as this release. It's probably just made of plastic just for display purposes. This one has all the bells and whistles.
Not all parts of the armor are diecast metal by the way. Some parts here and there are are still plastic. In the case of the head, there aren't any metal parts. Doesn't really matter since Hot Toys didn't slack off with detailing of the head. It's in the right proportion with the rest of the body. Those fine crevices and panel lines are really brings up the details. It could be thinner though but I guess it's ok. The metallic finish on the faceplate armor is absolutely an eye-catcher.
One thing you may have noticed is that the metallic paints that were used has not-so-fine glistening metallic specks. It lessens the scaling realism. It may be a bit obvious in photos but it isn't so bad in person. You'll never really gonna notice actually, unless you're staring at a very close distance. It's not really a issue, just wanted to point it out. It's not like you're gonna use this as a live action movie prop anyway.
Showing the details of the upper body here. The monotone color scheme works well in the overall body armor. That huge part of the chest is made of metal. The raised panels on the shoulder armor are metal. The silver and the gunmetal colored armor on the front of the upper arms are metal. The joints on the elbow are metal and the upper part of the abdomen armor are also made of metal.
If you want to know exactly which parts are metal and which are plastic, you can check out the detailed photo posted by OMG on Sideshow Freaks. (forum post linked here, the particular photo here). He gave us a very nice image that guides us on which are the metal parts of the figure.
Anyway, you can easily tell if the part is metal just by touching it. The metal parts are usually colder than the plastic. But by visual inspection alone, you can't really tell apart the metal and plastic parts. Every part of the armor looks metallic.
One thing that separates War Machine from any other Iron Man armors are the markings. It got a lot of markings and labels that are usually found in a fighter jet. That's because Lt. Col. James Rhodes himself is a combat pilot.
In this armor, you can see his name printed in it making it his personal battlesuit. So if someone found this armor, they would know who to return it to. I believe that 002 marking in the arm stands for War Machine Mark II, as there's a 001 marking in War Machine Mark I as well. That "FF AF 04 445" is something about US Air Force codes that are usually found on tails of a fighter jet. There's even a US military aircraft insignia. The War Machine is indeed being treated like some sort of a fighter jet and that Rhodey is the pilot.
The panties (as everyone calls it), are made out of plastic, as well as the armor on front of the thighs, but the back thigh armor are metal. There's a lot of details going on here. Simply outstanding. And you are looking a the part where there's a lot of moving parts, I'll show you guys later.
A sideview shot of the head. By the way, aside from the top panel where the battery compartment is situated, there's no other detachable part on the head. It's one solid piece of art.
A quick view at the left side of back...
The markings aren't symmetric. Most of the markings are on the left side. There's a few on the right side though.
There's some kind of an air vent on sides of the torso area. Those are made of plastics, but a nice touch to the overall design.
Check out these very intricate details on the legs. The elbow joints are made of metal as well as the lower leg armors, front and back.
Again, a lot of attention to details. There's a lot of flapping panels on the feet and a number of points of articulation. I'll discuss that in details later.
I'll just take this chance to show you how the foot clamps on the base works. Here, it is on the open position
Just a little push inwards to those outer parts of the clamp, it will clamp secure the feet. Don't worry, it's not tight enough to make marks on the feet. It's not like you can't remove the figure when it's closed you know. It's just some additional gimmick and its a very welcomed one.
A shot on the feet from the sides. Absolutely awesome details.
Just a good look at the left arm and the side of the torso. Should I say more?
Now that we have a good look of the overall armor details. Let's loosen a bit and get away from that boring standing pose. Next, we'll talk about about the whole new level of articulation. Click the link below to jump in.
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