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Civilization In Shambles As Marvel Publishes Silly Comic

Like I mentioned when Origins Iron Man was revealed, the dark grey spots on the gold limbs really made those parts look way too busy (making the whole figure way too busy), when they should've been relatively simple and less detailed to provide resting areas for the eye, to contrast with the more detailed red parts. So, with those spots now colored the same as the areas they intrude on with this War Machine release, they're significantly less distracting and muddling of the design. Them being there as lines is still a bit much, but still, way better than Origins Iron Man in that respect.

Oooh, that's actually a pretty novel superpower. Sounds like this comic might be fun.

Is this the first non-Legends Doctor Doom toy in years? Neat.

Wait... How is it supposed to be annual both in and out of comics, when the comics move at a much faster timescale?? If this is one year later our time, it's only been a handful of months in-universe since they held the last Gala.

I think part of the problem is they made the eyes too big (specifically too large vertically) and emphasized the jaw a little too much compared to how it is in most of the art. The helmet looks great in art, but this was not the ideal realization of it in physical form.

I feel like one could almost see it as a mistake for them to have gotten his Civil War/Homecoming costume so spot-on to his main classic costume, so that every subsequent attempt to change it up so that kids have to buy the new toy just feels unnecessary, questionable, and somewhat underwhelming and disappointing.

...Why does it seem to be Silver Centurion armor pieces laid over Mark 41 Bones? I'm just went back and checked this suit-up in the movie and Silver Centurion's underbits didn't really look like Bones, and definitely weren't colored like it.

To me, the colors are not at all the problem. While it's blue, it's a much darker blue than pretty much any other Stealth Iron Man figure, and I think it captures the effect of the colors in the comic really nicely. My complaint is pretty much purely the complaint about the sculpt that others have. I think just retooling the forearms, shins, and chest to give those slanted ring elements rather than the straight ones of the Classic armor would'be been sufficient.

Honestly, I think the problem is less the arms and more the torso. The lower torso, specifically, is too long, and it's making the arms look too short. A hypothetical "fixed" release would then only have to mold one new part, rather than like... 6-8?

I think the costume design and especially articulation aren't ideal on this release.... but man, those friggin facial expressions are outstanding!

Is it just me, or are the arms on this figure a tad short in comparison to the torso?

Looks like it's more capable of standing in a good neutral pose than the first one, like most of the recent Revoltech figs.

Hope it doesn't take too long to get a more accurate version.

...how exactly are Mephisto and Surtur anywhere near as undoable as that certain German historical figure? They're fictional versions of a devil, not a real someone who committed real actual atrocities.