Hot Toys 1/6th scale Tony Stark The Mechanic
Released: December 2014
Manufactured by: Hot Toys
Price: $224.99
The Mechanic is
finally in town! Hot Toys brings another great addition to their Iron Man 3
line of figures. In a surprise move, this figure was actually released like
three or four months ahead of its expected release date. Lets hope this trend
will continue in the future.
This version of
Tony Stark is based on Tony’s appearance in the second half of the film. Now
bloodied and going through a nervous breakdown, Tony scrambles to build home
made weapons and take on the Mandarin in his mansion.
This Tony is
essentially the armor testing Tony that was released several months ago only
with different clothes and battle damage on his face. The same body was even
used and uses the same switch out system for the limbs that the armor testing
Tony used.
Accessories wise
Tony comes with all the homemade weapons he made as well as accessories that
can be used to represent Tony in the third act of the film, which comprises of
one armored hand, one armored leg, a machine gun, a heads up display with
headset and the ex exclusive homemade repulsor.
All of the
accessories are great as usual with lots of attention to detail. The homemade
repulsor is a great touch and a fun prop to have. The armor has great paint
apps and is given a great battle damaged look.
Another great
accessory is his special edition Dora the Explorer watch. It doesn’t come with
Dora on it, but it does come with a decal that you can put on the face of the
watch that suffices the look of Dora. It also comes with three extra just in
case you loose one or it falls off over time.
The only problem I
had with this figure is the foot armor switch out. I could not put the foot on
after I had put on the leg armor. Not being able to put the pants in without
scrunching is one thing, but the foot would not go on after putting on the leg
armor. The leg armor was actually blocking and stopping the foot from being put
on the ball joint. I somehow managed to get a little bit of it on, but I think
I broke the knee cap off.
I like this figure,
and this will go great with the other Iron Man armors that Hot Toys plans to
release. I hope in the future Hot Toys can address this issue of switching out
armor pieces on a Tony Stark figure…maybe just include an entire arm or leg
that replaces the limb like the Mark VII did with battle damaged arms?
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