1/6 Hot Toys - MMS664-D48 - Iron Man - Iron Man Mark 3 (2.0 For Real This Time!)

dominishin said:

If you look at the back panel there is a screw right at the battery cover on his upper back.

There are screws at the inner knee area also.

Exposed black phillips screws. This was a problem with the old Mark III. Which had even more exposed screws.

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I see it in the pics now. I have been back and forth on upgrading to this but this post has maybe swayed me back to no. If I order it I do want that damn crunched helmet so I need to decide.

Hasnt there been a crushed helmet before? I think there may have even been a 3rd party recast of it? I want to say it was the battle damaged mk 3 from maybe 10 years ago?

medicomsucks said:

Hasnt there been a crushed helmet before? I think there may have even been a 3rd party recast of it? I want to say it was the battle damaged mk 3 from maybe 10 years ago?

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Yup it was an exclusive item then too, I believe. Something that I liked about the original Battle Damaged MK3 is that it also came with a regular left hand since he actually took off the armor on that hand right before Iron Monger caught up to him. It could probably be done with a current regular hand with some modding though I guess, but I thought it was a cool item. That figure also came with the cool diorama base of the roof top.

https://news.toyark.com/2010/06/07/new-pics-mms-iron-man-mark-iii-battle-damage-with-bonus-2841
Was a separate extra limited edition, no? I don't remember that was a bit before my time

If they had made this a battle damaged mk3, I would have already preordered.

I still have the OG mk3 and a goofy as that looks compared to the figures made in the last 8 or so years, I still like it, even with the mexican scott baio headsculpt.

It would have been cool to see a clean version and BD version or a clean version with BD interchangeable parts like their Robocop figure.

I ended up POing. The way things are going I'm trimming, so I have very specific needs now, and a MK. III next to the EG suit are all I need for my Iron Man display armour-wise. If in 8 years InArt gets the license and releases their 1K$ MK III, I'll think about it again. But for now this is good enough for me. I'm not looking forward to HT/s MK III V3 at 800$ in 6 years in any case. They're content with remaining as "toys" and not going the extra mile.

Hologram AI said:

Gonna be funny for those to get the Mark 1 and display it with any other recent diecast IM figure. He's gonna look even more of a shrimp now that they raised the height on this Mark 3.

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IronBoy Mk1

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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I’ve owned plenty and due to limited space I’ve sold them all. This however is the one I’ve been waiting for. I think it’s the best choice for a one and only IM in the collection.

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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Definitely. If a person were to have just one Iron Man, I think it’s between this or the battle-damaged Mark 85.

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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This or the Diecast Mark 7.

It's the best Mark suit they've done in figure format imo. Great proportions and that satin/matte finish is better than the cheap glossy coat they usually do with these IM figures.

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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I've owned a ton of diecast Iron Man, and this is actually the one I thought would never get made (they botched the orginal). I'd call this the one to own.

• Iconic, clean design
• Origin of the MCU

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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I agree this would be the one to get.

I'm partial to the mark vi because of the arc reactor.

I really want a comic style power suit silver centurion to be made but after the comic iron man debacle that we just got I find it unlikely.

I'm really torn on getting this. I've had the first diecast Mark III since it was released, and the 2.0 has everything I want in a Mark III figure- BD armor pieces, BD unhelmeted head, crushed helmet (with the exclusive), and the forearm shield fans. Plus it has ab crunch and what looks like the satin-y finish that was on the diecast Mark VII, both of which are improvements over the first diecast release. The only thing it's missing that I'd want is ungloved left hands for the final fight scene.

However, for all its faults, I really like the proportions of the first diecast release more. It is definitely too short, but the head looks more proportional to the rest of the body (and putting it in a dynamic flight pose hides the height). Straight on, the 2.0 looks fine. But at an angle, it looks like it has similar proportions to the diecast Marks VII and 85 (both of which I dislike)- they're too tall and bulky in the torso (too barrel-chested or shoulders are too broad). With the 2.0, the head (helmeted and unhelmeted) looks undersized compared to the torso/rest of the figure, and I can't unsee that. Maybe it'll look better in person and can be hidden with some angles/posing, but neither the Mark VII or 85 looked better to me in person, so I'm not very hopeful.

I still have some time but may end up preordering this just to lock in the exclusive helmet, then decide to keep/cancel it later. I know it will discount heavily like all current IM armors do, but the Mark III is my favorite IM armor and the crushed helmet is a must if I get this. It's also crazy that this will cost me almost as much as the deluxe 1/4 scale version of this did (and both coincidentally have an Iron Monger base I don't really need).

Vader0706 said:

For someone who's never had an IM figure and only 1 to get for a display, do you think this can be considered a good choice?

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As the first main IM armor in the MCU, it's not a bad choice for your only IM figure. But I think the general advice is get the figure for the look you like the most. All current IM figures are engineered really well, so it mainly comes down to aesthetics (and maybe also source material if there's a movie that means more to you).

I have taken the plunge and getting the exclusive. Consider the fact that my Hot Toys journey began because I missed out on the BD Mark III, only to get the BD Mark VI, then on to Mark VII, then Mark XXX The Silver Centurion. Got my first DC Mark XLV, followed by DC Mark VI and DC Mark VII, ended with DC LXXXV. I think I will end my Iron Man collection with the starting point that I missed. I was debating getting the Mark V reissue, but when this DC Mark III 2.0 was announced, I knew I have to get this. My only gripe is that there is no ungloved right open hand?

I have slowly acquired a few iron men but glad I didnt get the house party armors.

OG mark 3, mark 1 1.0, mark 1 2.0, mark 6 plastic, mark 6 die cast, mark 7 die cast, mark 50, mark 85, hulkbuster, and black/brown stealth mark 7.

I have went back and forth on the mark 5, it just wasnt in the movie enough. I felt that way about both whiplashes as well.

I almost picked up the zombie iron man, I still may, but not at MSRP. I'm sure I'll get this dc mark 3 2.0, but also not at full price. I figure if they cant sell out the mark 85, they wont sell out the mark 3 either.

skizzoid said:

However, for all its faults, I really like the proportions of the first diecast release more. It is definitely too short, but the head looks more proportional to the rest of the body (and putting it in a dynamic flight pose hides the height). Straight on, the 2.0 looks fine. But at an angle, it looks like it has similar proportions to the diecast Marks VII and 85 (both of which I dislike)- they're too tall and bulky in the torso (too barrel-chested or shoulders are too broad). With the 2.0, the head (helmeted and unhelmeted) looks undersized compared to the torso/rest of the figure, and I can't unsee that.

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While I get it, looking too closely at proportions on an Iron Man armour is a slippery slope, given that the movie makers never intended for the proportions to be realistic. There are places it's more painfully obvious than others though, especially on a static display rather than a moving piece of movie magic on a screen.

The very attenuated, elegant knees on the DC Mark VII really give it an animé, robotic look at certain angles but the cinema version was pretty bad for that if I recall ... I'll have to go back and take a look at the photos for this new Mark III again but for the most part nothing is jumping out at me, just the usual CG lies and tomfoolery that insist there's an A-List actor inside a suit of power armour.

ZE_501 said:

While I get it, looking too closely at proportions on an Iron Man armour is a slippery slope, given that the movie makers never intended for the proportions to be realistic. There are places it's more painfully obvious than others though, especially on a static display rather than a moving piece of movie magic on a screen.

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I can't display my Mark VII with the exposed Tony Stark face for this reason. It draws attention to how impossible it is that a mini-RDJ is in that suit.

Hologram AI said:

This or the Diecast Mark 7.

It's the best Mark suit they've done in figure format imo. Great proportions and that satin/matte finish is better than the cheap glossy coat they usually do with these IM figures.

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Yeah the VII is also kind of the complete package and a good option, although if a person were to have just one figure I think either his last suit or his first red/gold suit are the most iconic. The VII is a really well executed figure but it was kind of the start of Tony just burning through suits left and right and it doesn't have the more classic stylings of the III and the 85 in my opinion.