Iron Man Marvel Legends Iron Man Model 70 Armor (Marvel's Controller BAF) Video Review And Images

Yeah, I know they can do it. I have that modern Doom. Iron Man 2020 and retro Doom weren't handled that way, though, and--if it were me--I'd rather have no visible eyes than have it painted through the eyeslits. I don't have a horse in this particular race, though.

On 2/25/2022 at 2:29 PM, ADour said:

The visible eyes look great on the modern Doom headsculpt though. The process doesn't require to paint through the eye slits. Rather, the headsculpt has a framework where the eyes are sculpted and painted, and then the external layer of the face is added on top, with no need to make the faceplate removable. Hasbro also applied the same principle in a slightly different way on the Rage figure.

Those look freaky

On 2/25/2022 at 1:23 AM, Benn said:

I hear you on showing the eyes under the mask, but Iron Man 2020 and retro Doom efforts looked really, really bad in that department. If this figure had a removable face-plate, so they could face-print, it would look incredible, but sticking a paint brush through the eye slits to smear some white paint with slightly less black paint on top of it probably isn't worth continuing to do.

The visible eyes look great on the modern Doom headsculpt though. The process doesn't require to paint through the eye slits. Rather, the headsculpt has a framework where the eyes are sculpted and painted, and then the external layer of the face is added on top, with no need to make the faceplate removable. Hasbro also applied the same principle in a slightly different way on the Rage figure.

I hear you on showing the eyes under the mask, but Iron Man 2020 and retro Doom efforts looked really, really bad in that department. If this figure had a removable face-plate, so they could face-print, it would look incredible, but sticking a paint brush through the eye slits to smear some white paint with slightly less black paint on top of it probably isn't worth continuing to do.

On 2/23/2022 at 7:47 AM, ADour said:

Ijust wish this is how the armor looked like:

Damn! This looks fire! This would have made this figure 100 times better and more comic book accurate too.

Never a fan of the armour, so it's an easy pass for me.

On 2/22/2022 at 10:47 PM, ADour said:

The figure's decent, but I think the biggest misfires are the eyes and the color. The suit is supposed to be dark chrome, so it should've used a dark red and a paler gold. And if they wanted to go the extra mile, Hasbro could've applied thatcarbonized technique they have for Star Wars figures. I mean, Alex Ross' design notes on this figure literally say a key distinction is a reflective mirror finish.

The eye slits should be thinner. And another extra-mile effort would've been to include the eyes under the mask, another distinct feature of this armor. Hasbro did it for Iron Man 2020 and they do it for Doctor Doom figures, so it would've been doable.

I'm still happy that this figure got made. It's rare for Hasbro to make modern figures for a new look while the character is still sporting it. Alongside this wave's Thor and the House of X stuff, Hasbro seems to really be picking up the pace when it comes to making topical figures, and I'm happy for it.

Ijust wish this is how the armor looked like:

And I would have bought that in a heartbeat instead of passing.

The figure's decent, but I think the biggest misfires are the eyes and the color. The suit is supposed to be dark chrome, so it should've used a dark red and a paler gold. And if they wanted to go the extra mile, Hasbro could've applied thatcarbonized technique they have for Star Wars figures. I mean, Alex Ross' design notes on this figure literally say a key distinction is a reflective mirror finish.

The eye slits should be thinner. And another extra-mile effort would've been to include the eyes under the mask, another distinct feature of this armor. Hasbro did it for Iron Man 2020 and they do it for Doctor Doom figures, so it would've been doable.

I'm still happy that this figure got made. It's rare for Hasbro to make modern figures for a new look while the character is still sporting it. Alongside this wave's Thor and the House of X stuff, Hasbro seems to really be picking up the pace when it comes to making topical figures, and I'm happy for it.

Ijust wish this is how the armor looked like: