Megagalvatron1
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I was compairing this to the civil war armor and it's not a straight repaint. The body is clearly different (very noticible in the abs). Helmet looks the same though.
I was compairing this to the civil war armor and it's not a straight repaint. The body is clearly different (very noticible in the abs). Helmet looks the same though.
About damn time!
You know, as a "nod" to "the Ultimate armor" it just seems kind of lazy on the filmmakers part, though maybe Marvel didn't want investment made in a totally new armor for a Sony film. That paint scheme is so linked to the Ultimate armor it's a shame they didn't actually include some of the actual design elements beyond just the paint for the armor in the film.
To clarify, I don't think it's lazy just to repaint an existing armor design; half step upgrades are a reality in real life where internal aspects and functionality is upgraded and the only cosmetic change is a new paint job. We see this between the 42 and 43 and I am fine with it. But I do think it is lazy to miss an opportunity to honor a comic armor by just repainting an existing one. The 46 design is a true nod to the Bleeding Edge armor; repainting it as a supposed "nod" to the Ultimate armor just seems cheap.
Do these power pose figures usually have less switches for the lights? I understand in a fully posable figure it's more cost effective to have lots of switches in case you need to replace one part, but being basically a statue hopefully that means it will be easier to switch on and off? Is one thing that annoys me about normal hot toys when there are multiple switches AND they're all underneath fiddly flaps you have to remove
..The only issue I have with your statement is you seem to imply that the Mk. 46 was a "true nod" to the bleeding edge armor. Yeah it's true that even in the concept book they acknowledge they pulled ques from the design of the comic armor but absolutely none of the functionality.
I get that you're talking aesthetics regarding the 46 & 47 but the comic design of the Bleeding Edge armor has plenty of differences to the Mk. 46; they basically share multiple arc reactors (most are larger and in different locations) and a paint scheme which isn't even that accurate.
I definitely agree that Marvel Studios should have at least designed a new helmet if they really wanted to pay homage to the Ultimate Armor but I don't think that's their intent. After AoU, the visual department was tasked to keep the progression of his armors to be somewhat "organic" so that going from Mk. to Mk. made logical sense of newer being better by the progression of his tech.
It's funny in a sense because the Mk. 45 looks like it should come after the Mk. 46 and there are some statements by the designers who acknowledge the "misstep".
Honestly, the Mk. 5 was as realistic of an interpretation of his suitcase armor he had before upgrading to his Extremis Armor, aside from the silver instead of gold, it was a great interpretation.
As for Silver Centurion, the comic vs movie look nothing alike In my opinion. I've been reading IM for over 30 years so I guess I just don't see the similarities that you see.
I agree that if the 46 had the functionality of the Bleeding Edge then it would have practically been the Bleeding Edge but they never went far enough with the Extremis and subsequent upgrades to go down that path.
And where you see a "nod" I see lazy designs and story telling.
I'm going to wait, hoping, expecting a MMS release. None of the other 3 power pose figures sell for more than retail now so I'll pick this up after the fact if an MMS never gets made
Just FYI, SSC doesn't collect deposits for items less than $199.99. I POed the PP Mk. 46 and noticed no deposit needed so cancelling for the MMS was No problem.
I don't think the paint is enough for the 47 to pass as an interpretation of Ultimate Iron Man. That would be like saying the MK 5 could pass as the Silver Centurion just because it was inspired by the same color scheme. The Ultimate armor has too many unique design elements that could have been incorporated on some level, even if subtly, for the design of the 47 to really be considered an interpretation of the Ultimate Iron Man design.
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