Hot Toys Reveals the Mandarin from Iron Man 3

Hot Toys Iron Man 3 the Mandarin 1

On the off chance that someone is reading this post who hasn’t seen Iron Man 3 yet (it’s not you, is it?), I’ll try to be spoiler-free. Ben Kingsley’s portrayal of the Mandarin is probably the strongest performance in the movie. It’s also arguably the worst thing in the Iron Man trilogy, and yes, I’m including Tony Stark urinating in his armor in Iron Man 2. Sorry if the armor-wetting was a spoiler too.

That said, if you’re not a fan of the Mandarin from the movies, you can still enjoy this figure. He looks like a bad-ass, just like he did in the movie. And he’s got the chair, the sunglasses, the ten rings, and the attitude. That’s ACTING!

You should find him for pre-order soon at places like Sideshow and BigBadToyStore.

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Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon Wave Instapics

One of these days, I’ll give up my big camera and just take pictures with my phone. Here’s some quick pics of Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon wave.

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To get you the pics you want as fast as I can, I’m hooking you into my Instagram feed – there’s already a few more ML pics there than what I’ve included in this quick post. If you’re on Instagram, follow me at afpron – that’s for AFP Ron, not AF Pron :). Stay tuned for better pictures soon.

Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon Wave Group Shot and Packaged Pics

Hasbro Marvel Legends Rocket Raccoon Wave - Group Shot

The Rocket Raccoon wave of Marvel Legends is here! It feels like a long time since we’ve had new MLs in our hands, but if you count Iron Man Legends along with the Hit Monkey wave, then we’re back up to the number of Marvel Legends waves we had in 2012. The real question is whether the market can bear more than this. We’ve still got the Wolverine Legends wave incoming, but even with a Wolverine movie performing well in theaters (the cumulative box office is already estimated to exceed the $120MM production costs), what would be the 4th wave this year is at present a Previews Exclusive.

But back to this wave. I’ll have a closer look at some of the figures in the coming days, but here’s some quick thoughts.
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Speaking of Hot Toys and Iron Man, Can I Borrow a Couple Grand?

Current Hot Toys Iron Man 3 Line-Up (minus Midas and the Tony Stark figures)

If you wanted to own all the Hot Toys Iron Man 3 armors in this shot from the Hot Toys Facebook page, it would set you back a cool $1,659.94 (if I did the math right). And that’s not counting the Mark 38 Igor and the Mark 39 sub-orbital Gemini armors, because while those two Iron Man armors were shown at San Diego Comic-Con, they haven’t been officially made available for pre-order.

On top of that, there’s an exclusive Mark 21 Midas that was just announced. And then of course, we’ve yet to see Hot Toys versions of the Mark 40 Shotgun or the Mark 16 Sneaky. (Yes, I’ve been Googling Iron Man armors.)

So I think I’m going to need a little more than that.

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Hot Toys Reveals Iron Man Mark XXI Midas

Hot Toys Iron Man 3 Midas (Mark XXI) 1

The Iron Man franchise is the Arc Reactor powering Hot Toys. For some reason I thought that the Silver Centurion was the last of the armors from Iron Man 3 to make it to figure form – but there’s more. The Mark XXI Midas may just look like a repainted Mark VII, but folks claim that it’s a legit armor from the “Why didn’t Tony Stark do this against the Chitauri in the Avengers?” scene from Iron Man 3. I honestly couldn’t tell you – between the 3D and my old eyes, that fight was just a big metal blur.

According to Hot Toys, Midas will first be available in Asia, with other geographies TBD. Since it bears the “Summer Exclusive” tag, I think if it does get offered in the States, Sideshow is the likely outlet for this limited Hot Toys Midas release.

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