[OFFICIAL] Iron Man 2 movie/toy thread
Posted by Sanjeev
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These crystal clear rulers with red and black markings look awesome! (the articulated armor prototypes for the 3 3/4" Iron Man and War Machine toys are only provided for scale reference).
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I want YOU for Moé Sucks Army
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2011 10:57PM by Scopedog.
[www.toyark.com]
These crystal clear rulers with red and black markings look awesome! (the articulated armor prototypes for the 3 3/4" Iron Man and War Machine toys are only provided for scale reference).
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I want YOU for Moé Sucks Army
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2011 10:57PM by Scopedog.
hillsy Wrote:
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> C'mon G....you can't compare Vader to Whiplash in
> that throwaway armor design from the end of that
> movie. It just looks like another Iron Man suit.
> The drones at least looked different enough to
> warrant a toy.
Yeah, I wasn't very clear in that comparison. I meant that the absence of villains in some contemporary toy lines strikes me as a huge oversight. Most of the toy lines I remember as a kid had some kind of hero-villain parity that made conflict possible. If I'd had a box of Star Wars doods without Vader in it I'd have felt the injustice.
(True story - that actually happened to a friend of mine. His parents would not buy him "bad guy" toys or let his "good guys" keep their guns. His play room looked like an adult collector's - just rows of guys standing at attention. His concept of play was odd and his sense of narrative largely absent. It was all about conflict avoidance as opposed to conflict resolution. "No, we can't make them shoot each other. I'll get in trouble. Here, just put them like this." "What are they doing?" "What do you mean? They're just there." "Lame.")
Seeing variation after variation of Iron Man with no one to fight just sucks since his suit of armor is basically made for fighting. It's like the people in marketing are stuck in a zero-sum analysis. Somehow "Heroes Sell" equals "Villains Don't Sell". What the fuck? Anyway.
I know nothing about the final suit of armor Whiplash was wearing. I thought it was a simple reworking of the basic drone. I was wrong.
Maybe we will see if after all - just years after it would have been timely.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2011 09:32AM by Gcrush.
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> C'mon G....you can't compare Vader to Whiplash in
> that throwaway armor design from the end of that
> movie. It just looks like another Iron Man suit.
> The drones at least looked different enough to
> warrant a toy.
Yeah, I wasn't very clear in that comparison. I meant that the absence of villains in some contemporary toy lines strikes me as a huge oversight. Most of the toy lines I remember as a kid had some kind of hero-villain parity that made conflict possible. If I'd had a box of Star Wars doods without Vader in it I'd have felt the injustice.
(True story - that actually happened to a friend of mine. His parents would not buy him "bad guy" toys or let his "good guys" keep their guns. His play room looked like an adult collector's - just rows of guys standing at attention. His concept of play was odd and his sense of narrative largely absent. It was all about conflict avoidance as opposed to conflict resolution. "No, we can't make them shoot each other. I'll get in trouble. Here, just put them like this." "What are they doing?" "What do you mean? They're just there." "Lame.")
Seeing variation after variation of Iron Man with no one to fight just sucks since his suit of armor is basically made for fighting. It's like the people in marketing are stuck in a zero-sum analysis. Somehow "Heroes Sell" equals "Villains Don't Sell". What the fuck? Anyway.
I know nothing about the final suit of armor Whiplash was wearing. I thought it was a simple reworking of the basic drone. I was wrong.
Maybe we will see if after all - just years after it would have been timely.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/01/2011 09:32AM by Gcrush.
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