"Iron Man: The rest"

Here are the other characters gathered along the way:


Fury of Combat value pack. This went on a super-clearance... only RM29.90 (original RM129.90!) hahha.. here we get the Mark VI Iron Man, 2 Army Drones and Nick Fury!


Armored Assault value pack with Ivan Vanko aka Whiplash, the Mark V Iron Man and a Navy Drone. This one cost RM89.90, though I think there's sure to be a clearance soon! :D


Nick Fury... I say they nailed the likeness of Samuel Jackson pretty well!


In the movie, there are actually 4 types of Hammer Drones: Air Force; Marine, Army and Navy. Here we only have the Army and Navy ones...

Whiplash! His face is like a kid... and they put the wrong color on his whips :-S



Some characters are sorely missing from the list like Black Widow and the final armored version of Whiplash. From the poor sales of the Iron Man line, it looks like we won't be getting them anytime soon!

"Iron Man collection"

After writing the last post on Iron Man, I was curious to actually see the difference between the Mark III and Mark IV armor, so I went to buy the Hall of Armor Collection version of Mark III. Thankfully there was still one left and at a slashed price of RM39.90 (from RM69.90)~~

This version has a stand, just like how Tony displayed it in his house.


...with a blue LED!


Ok, at first glance, the colors deceive... but look closer and we will find that they are almost completely different! The Mark IV armor is far sleeker and streamlined.


In fact, Mark III is more closely related to Mark II, as it's sort of a repainted version.


Mark IV and Mark VI share the most similarity; only the change of the chest-piece and some additional silver markings.


Finally the completed Mark I to VI collection, with Iron Monger and War Machine thrown in...

"War Machine!"

Iron Man 2 was launched in the summer of 2010, and although the movie was underwhelming, there's one character which many agree was uber cool -- War Machine!

But War Machine proved to be a very elusive figure to purchase, particularly the 3.75 inch version- everyone just wanted one! Finally, it's Summer of 2011 and I still couldn't find it in retail... sigh, give up dy la... just go to eBay and purchase an overpriced one at RM50... :-S

Here he is!




So cool ^_^



Back to back!



This is the Mark VI armor with the triangular chest piece

Here's a little trip down the Hall of Armor:



Mark I - created in the caves in IM1



Mark II - also seen in IM1, but it has the freezing problem at high altitude; this is also the suit which Rhodey took to be made into War Machine

Mark III - oops, I don't have it! They were flooded in the market, so I was waiting for it to go on clearance :P



Mark IV - seen in IM2, modified from the battle-damaged Mark III. At a glance, Mark III and IV look more or less the same; personally I couldn't tell the difference!



Mark V - the portable suit, which can be carried from the suitcase



Iron Monger from IM1 - the big bad guy at the end



Family pic. These are neat to collect, but some of them are just so damn hard to find!

"Hot Toys: 1/6 Black Widow from Iron Man 2!"

yummy~~~~ Hot Toys unveiled Black Widow figure... time to get your very own Scarlett Johansson!!! :D





Hmm.. I think it's 90% accurate, but there's just a little bit off somewhere...?



"I want one!" :P

Preorder price at RM418, coming early Q4 2010.

"Hasbro Iron Man 2 figures"

Ok, the movie was bad, but how are the toys? These 3 that I got are pretty wicked!!



Mark 1 suit, Iron Monger and Mark 2 suit. Eh, all 3 from the first Iron Man movie... Haha... not to worry, plan to get:

Mark 3 :


From Iron Man 1, no hurry since there's alot on the shelves.

Mark 4:


Rebuilt from the Mark 3 armor damaged at the end of the first movie. No hurry as well, plenty available.

Mark 5:


This is the portable briefcase armor that Tony uses to battle Whiplash. Haven't seen any yet.

Mark 6:


This is the one with the triangular chest light. Plenty available.

War Machine:


This one is legendary hard to find. Must be patient!

Hmm.. I wonder if they'll have Whiplash and Black Widow figures.... :D

"Iron Man 2"

Managed to get tickets on Friday night for Iron Man 2... and wish I hadn't! The movie just simply SUCKS. There's just so much talking and talking and more talking, I wish Robert Downey Jr. would just stop mumbling.

It's not without its high points though. First off.. what a cool poster:

The highlight is at the F1 race where Whiplash trashed Tony Stark's car. That was intense and certainly lived up to the trailer. In fact, I found myself rooting for Whiplash (played by Mickey Rourke) as he seemed the more intriguing character. Of course, although her character was one dimensional, Scarlett Johansson is always a pleasure to watch :)

That's it! All the fun from the first movie were not present. Jokes were not funny. It's no spoiler, but when the time came for the final battle, it was over in less than 1 minute. WTF. Really, WTF... we were made to drag through 1.5 hours of non stop... talking... gosh...

Another sign of milking a franchise for quick money?

"Hasbro Iron Man 2 figures..."

Planning to watch Iron Man 2 this weekend :D In the mean time, here we go again... !



Mark 1, Mark 2 and Iron Monger, all from the first movie. These are 3.75 inch figures, RM39.90 each. I plan to get Mark 3, 4, 5, 6 and the ultimate must-have.... WAR MACHINE!!