1/6 Hot Toys - Infinity War - Iron Man

[subzro]

I honestly cannot see HT passing up on a concept Iron Dr Strange exclusive. Only new part would be the time stone chest piece. The rest would be a mix of stuff already made.

 

[GreenRanger-Kush]

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I honestly cannot see HT passing up on a concept Iron Dr Strange exclusive. Only new part would be the time stone chest piece. The rest would be a mix of stuff already made.

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[subzro]

Exactly but with a higher price tag

 

[Zurdo95D]

That DS IM chest piece looks so good! It would've been awesome to have seen that in the film.

 

[Zurdo95D]

THERE'S A THIGH GAP SOLUTION!!!

After my last post about the thigh gaps, the engineer in me couldn't resist having a look at the issue more closely to see if something could be done about it. It turns out there IS a way to significantly reduce the gaps, and it's remarkably simple (but not for the faint of heart, lol)! I popped the legs off their ball joints (I removed the armor covering the leg batteries first), whereupon I discovered that the leg ball joint posts are ratcheted and move independently. They're quite stiff, but they DO ratchet. Unfortunately, they only ratcheted downward, as there was no clearance above them in the plastic pelvic wall. I carefully (& SLOWLY) drilled very small holes above the posts to determine what was in that area. Upon discovering nothing critical, I gradually enlarged the holes & cleaned out enough plastic to allow the posts to ratchet upward. Now I can pull the legs down as desired when poses require more clearance, but I can close up those gaps for museum poses. And because the posts are ratcheted, the legs stay in whatever position you pick. The first 4 pics below show what I did & the last 2 demonstrate the results.

Ball joint posts in their lowest positions & showing added clearance:

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Ball joint posts in their new highest positions:

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Here are the legs in their lowest positions:

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Here they are in their highest positions:

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Woah!!!!!! Ingenious work!!! I laud your curiosity and results

Though I could not imagine doing any type of heavy modifications such as yours on my figs

 

[The Buffinator]

Woah!!!!!! Ingenious work!!! I laud your curiosity and results

Though I could not imagine doing any type of heavy modifications such as yours on my figs

Thanks! But as indicated, it's an easy mod and now I know it can be done more cleanly with an electric or pneumatic pencil grinder, which would allow one to remove the minimum amount of plastic necessary to replicate the lower clearance arcs. When I started I wasn't quite sure what I was dealing with relative to the mounting of the ball joint posts, so I started further away and gradually worked my way toward them.

 

[Zurdo95D]

 

[gmoney5000]

THERE'S A THIGH GAP SOLUTION!!!

After my last post about the thigh gaps, the engineer in me couldn't resist having a look at the issue more closely to see if something could be done about it. It turns out there IS a way to significantly reduce the gaps, and it's remarkably simple (but not for the faint of heart, lol)! I popped the legs off their ball joints (I removed the armor covering the leg batteries first), whereupon I discovered that the leg ball joint posts are ratcheted and move independently. They're quite stiff, but they DO ratchet. Unfortunately, they only ratcheted downward, as there was no clearance above them in the plastic pelvic wall. I carefully (& SLOWLY) drilled very small holes above the posts to determine what was in that area. Upon discovering nothing critical, I gradually enlarged the holes & cleaned out enough plastic to allow the posts to ratchet upward. Now I can pull the legs down as desired when poses require more clearance, but I can close up those gaps for museum poses. And because the posts are ratcheted, the legs stay in whatever position you pick. The first 4 pics below show what I did & the last 2 demonstrate the results.

Ball joint posts in their lowest positions & showing added clearance:

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Ball joint posts in their new highest positions:

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Here are the legs in their lowest positions:

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Here they are in their highest positions:

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You da real MVP Buff! Still wouldn't buy this fig though...far too much hassle to make it look acceptable. For the price point, that's def not acceptable. But I tip my hat to you for your ingenuity!

 

[The Buffinator]

You da real MVP Buff! Still wouldn't buy this fig though...far too much hassle to make it look acceptable. For the price point, that's def not acceptable. But I tip my hat to you for your ingenuity!

Thanks G. Somehow I knew that would be your reaction. Once I was done I thought to myself, "I know one person who will definitely never do this" - especially since you never bought it! But now when I look at him on the shelf my eyes aren't immediately drawn to the top of his legs, so I'm happy I took the time to figure it out.

 

[Centrocal]

How tall is he next to other figures now?

 

[gmoney5000]

Thanks G. Somehow I knew that would be your reaction. Once I was done I thought to myself, "I know one person who will definitely never do this" - especially since you never bought it! But now when I look at him on the shelf my eyes aren't immediately drawn to the top of his legs, so I'm happy I took the time to figure it out.

Change Stark to Buff.

 

[daverb82]

THERE'S A THIGH GAP SOLUTION!!!

After my last post about the thigh gaps, the engineer in me couldn't resist having a look at the issue more closely to see if something could be done about it. It turns out there IS a way to significantly reduce the gaps, and it's remarkably simple (but not for the faint of heart, lol)! I popped the legs off their ball joints (I removed the armor covering the leg batteries first), whereupon I discovered that the leg ball joint posts are ratcheted and move independently. They're quite stiff, but they DO ratchet. Unfortunately, they only ratcheted downward, as there was no clearance above them in the plastic pelvic wall. I carefully (& SLOWLY) drilled very small holes above the posts to determine what was in that area. Upon discovering nothing critical, I gradually enlarged the holes & cleaned out enough plastic to allow the posts to ratchet upward. Now I can pull the legs down as desired when poses require more clearance, but I can close up those gaps for museum poses. And because the posts are ratcheted, the legs stay in whatever position you pick. The first 4 pics below show what I did & the last 2 demonstrate the results.

Ball joint posts in their lowest positions & showing added clearance:

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Ball joint posts in their new highest positions:

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Here are the legs in their lowest positions:

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Here they are in their highest positions:

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OMG!!! I wanna do it too! Thank you for this excellent post!

How tall is he next to other figures now?

I imagine it would be more in line with the other figures or at least the oversized scale wouldn't be as obvious and I'd be more than happy with that. Now just to decide if I'm gonna do it.. hmm...

 

[The Buffinator]

How tall is he next to other figures now?

Sorry, didn't see this yesterday. I just got this guy set up again in a flying pose (not easy with those wings), so I'm not going to take him down anytime soon and put him in a lineup. But if you look at this comparison (not mine) to the Mk VII and imagine shortening the Mk L by the hip gaps you'll get a good idea. He's still plenty tall - with the hip gaps minimized he's now @ 1/8" shorter than the diecast VII, on par with the 46 & 47 and still taller than the 42, 43 and 45.

 

[The Buffinator]

 

[red360]

This figure is amazing

 

[Razorwing]

That set is pretty inaccurate. Especially the Hand blaster parts. Wish someone did an accurate version of it.

 

[The Buffinator]

That set is pretty inaccurate. Especially the Hand blaster parts. Wish someone did an accurate version of it.

How so? They weren't on screen for very long, and there were no side views that I can recall.

 

[Razorwing]

How so? They weren't on screen for very long, and there were no side views that I can recall.

The Rear Floaties are larger, the middle section doesn't light up but only the tiny top bit lights up. As for the Hand Blasters, tons of missing detail and the hands slot through them more.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Sorry, didn't see this yesterday. I just got this guy set up again in a flying pose (not easy with those wings), so I'm not going to take him down anytime soon and put him in a lineup. But if you look at this comparison (not mine) to the Mk VII and imagine shortening the Mk L by the hip gaps you'll get a good idea. He's still plenty tall - with the hip gaps minimized he's now @ 1/8" shorter than the diecast VII, on par with the 46 & 47 and still taller than the 42, 43 and 45.

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I owned this guy when he first came out but kept falling lower and lower my list as I acquired other armors and the dislike for this figure in other IM threads didn’t help either. With that said, I’m really starting to really like this figure again and I’m glad I was able to get one from the Zavii sale for $300 shipped again. I should have him back in-hand in another day or two. Can’t wait.

 

[Rbeato]

The Rear Floaties are larger, the middle section doesn't light up but only the tiny top bit lights up. As for the Hand Blasters, tons of missing detail and the hands slot through them more.

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Always loved Banners reaction during this scene. Standing there ?what in hell???