Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 7)

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 7: Photo Gallery

No words, just photos. Enjoy!

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 6)

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 6: Poseability & Final Words

Now it's time to see how kick-ass War Machine Mark II looks in various poses. Be it on it's display stand or off it. I'm not very creative in posing action figures and I tend to copy poses that I have seen before. So please don't get mad at me when you saw a familiar looking pose.

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 5)

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 5: Articulation & Option Parts

War Machine Mark II MMS is said to have over 36 points of articulations. I never count the number of articulations myself, so I couldn't confirm this number. Owner of other previously released Iron Man MMS might say, "what so special about this? It has the same number of articulation as before." No, it's not just about the count, but also the flexibility of each joint. You'll understand what I'm saying?

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 4)

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. 

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 3)

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 3: Accessories & Lighting-up

Before anything else, let's talk about the included accessories an option parts.

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 2)

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 2: Box Art and Contents

The box is unlike any other Hot Toys packaging we've seen before, or at least not like what I've seen before. It was handed over to me in a brown outer carton that is used for shipping, protecting the actual box which is quite prone to scratches due to its material and design. 

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast Review (Part 1)

Hey guys! Here's another Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece review. This time I'll be featuring my 1st Diecast MMS, The Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - War Machine Mark II MMS Diecast. This is just my 5th Hot Toys Sixth Scale collectible and I still consider myself as a beginner in sixth scale figure collecting. In fact this is my first Iron Man armor figure. So please forgive me if I talk about things that you probably knew already like the back of your hands, and please forgive my ignorance on other Iron Man MMS that was previously released.

Hot Toys: Man Of Steel - Superman Movie Masterpiece Review

No, this isn't a light-up effect version as seen in the photo above (that's only a lamely photoshopped heat vision effect), just my personal review of my Hot Toys: Man Of Steel - Superman Movie Masterpiece. Its been a long time since I did a figure review of a figure from my own collection. This is probably the best way to get back into play. I am still new to collecting Hot Toys and this is my first attempt to review a sixth scale Hot Toys MMS, so please forgive my beginner's mistakes and my ignorance on some matters. May I present to you, the Hot Toys treatment of Henry Cavill as the Man Of Steel.

Really Can't Bring Myself To Like This

Hot Toys revealed their next MMS offering last Friday and it is a non-surprising Loki based on Thor The Dark World movie. Given the popularity of Tom Hiddleston for his portrayal of the character, this figure release is already in the list of Hot Toys MMS line even if the new costume design doesn't have any significant difference in comparison to the one in the Avengers.

What's should be interesting and something look forward to in this release is the improved headsculpt. But looking on these photos, it turns out to be a total disappointment for us who have high expectations on it. Look, is that Tom Hiddleston to you? Looks like somebody cosplaying Loki. It really doesn't even  look close. I would even say that the previously released Avengers Loki headsculpt is much better. That one is a bit closer to Tom's likeness. Sure this new one got that nice realistic wrinkles and texture details, but you can't really say that it supposed to be the actor.

Iron Man Is Now Ready for Deep Space

About a week ago, Hot Toys officially announced the release of Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XXXIX Starboost MMS. I've been waiting for this one since it was shown in various exhibits and toy convention. What's not to like about it? It is one cool Iron Man armor with an unusual color scheme. Not the usual red-gold-silver but a gold-white-grey/black color scheme. Really an eye catcher if you display it next to the rest of the Iron Man armors.

This armor is said to be incorporating a powerful booster pack that allows Iron Man to achieve orbit in a matter of minutes. From there, he can observe the entire world, enjoying the view - or descending on bad guys anywhere on the planet as a flaming blast from the sky! Rumours said that this armor ia supposed to appear in the the mid or end-credit scene of the Iron Man 3 movie being used by Tony Stark to meet-up with the Guardians of the Galaxy. I guess that idea was scrapped since they decided to blow-up all the armors and just put Bruce Banner in the end-credit scene.

The Wait For The 38th Is Over

"Jarvis, get Igor to steady this thing!" "...then take the money of those Hot Toys collectors". Yeah, just a mere few seconds of screentime and wasn't even seen fighting against the extremists. It just did some heavy lifting, but it became one of the most anticipated Hot Toys MMS.

The 1/6th scale Mark XXXVIII Igor is now officially being announced as a part of Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece. It had been in a number of convention and exhibits this year so this announcement wasn't really a big surprise. What's surprising now is that we're seeing it in lots of different poses. I have seen a prototype of Igor myself during the STGCC and it's looks amazingly detailed and it's totally huge, even bigger that the Iron Monger MMS.

No Need for a Yellow Spandex to be The Wolverine

I'm a huge fan of the Wolverine but I prefer the comics/animation design with him wearing his iconic yellow-black (orange-black in comics) costume, something that wasn't used in the movies. That costume design was even referred to as a joke by Cyclops when he said "Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?" on the first X-men movie. I'm not saying that I don't like the movie costumes, it's just that I'm not diggin it that much, so I'm not into collecting Wolverine figures based on the movie.

All of that was changed by this really nice looking Hot Toys announcement, the 1/6th Scale Wolverine Movie Masterpiece form the movie The Wolverine. I haven't seen the movie yet and I don't care if I would like the movie or not. This Hugh Jackman headsculpt alone is too impressive not to leave you in awe. Before this, I wasn't really looking forward to any The Wolverine collectibles. Heck I don't even watched the movie on big screen, just waiting for it to be released on Blu-ray.

Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist and Mechanic.... Wait, What?

Hot Toys added another collectible to their Iron Man 3 line-up. For the second time around, it's not about the armors, it's just Tony Stark as a Mechanic. This is Hot Toys Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Tony Stark (The Mechanic) Movie Masterpiece. I don't know about you guys but the title "The Mechanic" doesn't really makes sense to me.

Initially, this was announced as "Mandarin Mansion Assault Version", but for some licensor's comment, it was renamed lamely to "The Mechanic". Why not give it some more appealing title, like "One Man Army", or "Against the Extremis", or "Rescue and Revenge", or "With Dora Limited Edition Watch", something that rings a bell whenever fans read it.

A Classic Suit Design to Touch a Fanboy's Heart

Iron Man 3 maybe a slap to the face of fanboys by messing up with the Mandarin's character (spoiler?... duh!). But there is one suit in the film that pays tribute to a classic Iron Man armor - The Silver Centurion. I'm not your usual follower of Iron Man comics, but I do know that the Silver Centurion has a place on every Iron Man fanboy's heart. So giving the Hot Toys treatment to this armor just makes sense. Presenting, the Hot Toys Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XXXIII Silver Centurion MMS.

This was one of the armor that Tony actually used during the final battle against the extremists in the film, probably why it includes a Tony Stark headsculpt unlike the Heartbreaker and Red Snapper. The design is based on the classic Silver Centurion on the comics which is a departure from the traditional red and gold color scheme. It has a triangular chest beam and a pointed shoulder pads which pays homage to the original design. Another thing that makes this suit unique is that it has hidden blades on both arms, making it a close combat armor. It is also commonly referred to as an enhanced energy suit, though it's abilities wasn't made obvious in the film.

Heartbreaker? Or Walletbreaker?

Hot Toys finally announced the famous Iron Man Mark XVII armor under their 1/6th Scale Movie Masterpiece product line - the Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XVII Heartbreaker MMS. It looks pretty awesome but as usual, haters gonna hate.

So it's just another Iron Man armor they say... They're sick of seeing more of these armors they say... It only have a few seconds of screen time they say. Well there are a lot of haters for every Hot Toys release, but I can assure you, Hot Toys won't release something they didn't find bankable. And for Iron Man armors, there's whole lot of fans waiting for this, and that includes me.

Hot Toys: Man Of Steel - 1/6th Scale Superman Movie Masterpiece

Hot Toys has presented us with another one of their movie masterpieces. This time it's from the movie Man Of Steel with none other than.. well you guessed it, the man of steel himself - Superman. It's under their 1/6th scale Movie Masterpiece product line, and yes not Diecast. It's clear that those Diecast treatment are meant for armored figures like Iron Man and Robocop.

The face closely resembles Henry Cavill, it isn't 100% accurate like but close enough. For me this is one of the best Hot Toys headsculpt so far. The face maybe Henry Cavill-ish but not his body built. It seems that Hot Toys recycled the body of their Avengers - Thor and dressed it as Superman. His body is so bulky. It's more of a muscleman's body like Arnold Schwarzenegger's which make Superman look short. Biceps and thighs are too huge as compared to the actual movie character. No abs details and the chest is overly huge as well.

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale War Machine Mark II Movie Masterpiece

I guess everyone have seen this coming. Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale War Machine Mark II Movie Masterpiece "Diecast" has been announced by Hot Toys via their official website and Facebook Page. While it is launched as a completely new product, it is actually a recolored Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Iron Patriot Movie Masterpiece "Diecast", or perhaps the other way around as it is in the movie.

Iron Man 3 Hot Toys Collectible Figurines Exhibit by Action City

It's almost time for Iron Man 3 and there's a total craze of Iron Man 3 everywhere. Adding to the hype are these Iron Man Hot Toys merchandise. From 29th of April until 5th of May, Hot Toys and Action City are bringing every Iron Man 1/6th scaled figures released to date (and some upcoming releases) to Singapore, in an exhibit at Action City Bugis Junction.

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XLII Movie Masterpiece

The armor that I've been waiting for. The Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XLII Movie Masterpiece from Hot Toys has been announced via their official Facebook page and website. This is a follow up to their 1/6th Scale Iron Patriot of the same product line.

Yeah, they've introduced the Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Mark XLII Poser Pose earlier but that one is a fixed posed collectible which isn't what I like about Hot Toys. This new one is under the Movie Master Piece Diecast series and is fully articulated. But just as the Power Pose version, it totally resembles the how the armor looks like in the Iron Man 3 promo pictures, posters and trailers. It even comes with battle damaged swap-able parts and bruised Robert Downey Jr. face. Just thinking how it'll look next to the Iron Patriot gets me really excited.

Hot Toys: Iron Man 3 - 1/6th Scale Iron Patriot Movie Masterpiece

Less than two months to go and we'll be seeing Iron Man 3 in theaters. As expected, product merchandise based on the film has been flooding the internet already. And what's better to see those Iron Man Armors than in Hot Toys 1/6th scale Movie Masterpiece format. The first Iron Man 3 armor to get that treatment is the Iron Patriot, an upgraded version of the War Machine.

Earlier announced is the Iron Man 3 Mark XLII 1/6th Scale under Power Pose series which isn't too exciting since it is just a semi-fixed pose figure. It's still good though, but Hot Toys are known to produce great articulated movie-accurate action figures, so why not get it in it's full glory. There's also a non-armored Robert Downey Jr. announced earlier, but I ain't interested in that. What I want are armors.