Iron Man 2 Figures Unboxing: First Appearance and Hypervelocity

March 20, 2010

First Appearance

The most iconic armor of all gets a reboot and is perfectly captured in 3.75″ form.

Straight out of the box, the figure already looks like it’d be a favorite in the armory. Look at how ominous that thing is - it embodies the intro of Black Sabbath’s Iron Man. It feels a little lighter than the Mark I, but it’s much heavier than the other figures. For some reason, weight on my figs has always been a good thing.

It comes with a weird orange dildo, which is probably a repulsor blast or fire, the base, the cards and the figure. From the toy to its accessories, everything is minimalistic. Rightfully so, because it is the very first armor of Tony Stark. Or is it? Some folks over a forum I frequent thought the figure was inaccurate. They’re right, of course, if the figure was a direct copy of the armor used in Tales of Suspense #38. 

It isn’t. This is a figure more of Adi Granov’s redesign. Click here to see Adi’s redesign. It’s pracitcally the same, except that it has more joints and more plates that make it look more flexible. It’s an updated version that retains the FA Iron Man’s clunkiness and antiquity. 

Deceptively simple, the sculpt has a lot of small details that might get overlooked. Did you notice there was a dent in his left knee cap? Yeah, it’s there. It’s in all the figures. There are rivets all over his arms, legs and body, too.

The paint is, like the Mark I, impossible to fuck up. Amputated monkies can paint this figure well. Thankfully, mine was done skillfully. It’s rusty and dirty. The mixture of some orange tint/wash and gray bits make it look like worn iron.

Joints are great - tight where they should be but not too tight. It’s got ball neck, shoulders, single joint elbow, wrist swivel, arm swivel, chest, ball joint hips, double knees, and foot swivel. His foot is too big for anything, so the foot swivel may just be for aesthetics.

“C’mon, let me poke you with my large orange repulsor.”

Even with all those joints, its bulkiness doesn’t make it such a good figure for dynamic poses, but the beauty of this figure is that it doesn’t need them. It is a bulky, clumsy machine made of pure power. It doesn’t do earth-smash poses. It just blows shit up.

“Hey! Nothing you can say! Nothin’s gonna change what you’ve done to me! Now it’s time to shine! I’m gonna take what’s mine while you’re burning inside my light!”

Imagine that thing, coming out of a cave, gunning for your ass. I would think you’d need new shorts.
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