Avengers: Endgame Marvel Legends Iron Man Mark LXXXV 1:1 Scale Wearable Electronic Helmet Video Review And Images

On 9/17/2024 at 9:47 AM, AndyL said:

Okay, I'm really having trouble understanding who these things are for. Sure some people will buy it. I see some kids and a few hardcore collectors. But it's fairly expensive and even though it has a few nice details and it looks kind of cool it's just cheap and plastic-ey. There in some strange middle area. Too expensive for some parents to get for their kids to destroy and just too cheesy for the more discerning collector. If you're going to spend bigger dollars on replicas there are certainly way better options. This is like the bargain version of a replica. Sure sure I know there are some people that get these. Just like the silly Captain America shield and the Thor hammer but these things always sit on the bottom shelf and take up valuable shelf space and inevitably end up at bargain outlets. I can't recall any of these role play products that I haven't seen on sale.

I think these are meant for lazy-cosplay, because the higher-end stuff takes a lot of work and accordingly a lot more scratch to acquire. Drop a helmet on your head, wear an "Iron Man" t-shirt and you are considered to be "in-costume" ( albeit a really cheezy costume) but also the items are "nice" enough to display as they are. It's like a weird grey-zone product.

Okay, I'm really having trouble understanding who these things are for. Sure some people will buy it. I see some kids and a few hardcore collectors. But it's fairly expensive and even though it has a few nice details and it looks kind of cool it's just cheap and plastic-ey. There in some strange middle area. Too expensive for some parents to get for their kids to destroy and just too cheesy for the more discerning collector. If you're going to spend bigger dollars on replicas there are certainly way better options. This is like the bargain version of a replica. Sure sure I know there are some people that get these. Just like the silly Captain America shield and the Thor hammer but these things always sit on the bottom shelf and take up valuable shelf space and inevitably end up at bargain outlets. I can't recall any of these role play products that I haven't seen on sale. Sure some people will like them and if you do no shade. But as a whole this entire sub line of ML just seems like a big waste of resources for other lines that actually sell well. If anything would benefit from this new On-Demand pre-order set up it would be stuff like this. Not big enough or detailed enough to be a Haslab but just big enough in enough demand by a certain collector corner that they can order and have it if they want it. No need in mass producing this stuff jus to sit on the shelf and eventually go on clearance. And most of all harming the healthier lines of the brand.