Medicom MAFEX Stealth Iron Man Figure

On 1/24/2024 at 5:25 AM, Jeddostotle7 said:

I was disappointed with the complete sculpt reuse on Hasbro's most recent Classic Stealth, but at least on that one they did a really good thing with the color choice and made it two V E R Y deep and metallic, nearly-black shades of blue (if you don't have it in person, trust me, it's even darker than the pictures can really portray, it looks quite good), so at least colorwise they kinda got it right imo. This MAFEX one is the same "navy and cyan" nonsense that's been going on since..... man, I can't even remember what started the specific "navy-to-royal blue and cyan" thing.

I was still disappointed with the color of the Marvel Legends Stealth Iron Man because the suit is supposed to be one uniform hue, with an opaque unibeam as well (instead of red). And while I understand making the Stealth Armor blue due to the common misconception caused by blue being the color of its highlights (even though it's not like we're getting Blue Panthers and Blue Suit Spider-Man figures...), I wish it had been black. At the most with the subtlest of blue tints.

But I agree with you on Hasbro's blue being at the very least very dark. This one's color palette is just flat-out too bright. Somebody at the Medicom offices looked at this and thought that's what the armor should look like:

On 1/23/2024 at 6:09 AM, ADour said:

I'm glad that the leak of this figure a few months ago saved me experiecing the disappointment now. If there's one company I would've trusted not to resort to making the Stealth Armor a lazy repaint of the Classic Armor, it would've been MAFEX:.. On top of that, they're replicating Hasbro's own latest lazy repaint of a Stealth Armor.

I could've forgiven the inaccurate colorway if at the very least they had made the sculpt accurate. Or I could've forgiven the inaccurate sculpt if they had made the colors accurate.

I was disappointed with the complete sculpt reuse on Hasbro's most recent Classic Stealth, but at least on that one they did a really good thing with the color choice and made it two V E R Y deep and metallic, nearly-black shades of blue (if you don't have it in person, trust me, it's even darker than the pictures can really portray, it looks quite good), so at least colorwise they kinda got it right imo. This MAFEX one is the same "navy and cyan" nonsense that's been going on since..... man, I can't even remember what started the specific "navy-to-royal blue and cyan" thing.

On 1/23/2024 at 12:23 PM, toynewman said:

Good for the guy who used to do Marvel Legends glam shots to see that he still has a job lol

Shown below is the new Medicom MAFEX Stealth Iron Man Figure and is available for pre-order from our sponsors BigBadToyStore.com with a suggested retail price of $99.99.Based on his appearance in the classic Marvel comics, Iron Man has returned to the MAFEX line! Suited up in his stealth armor for secret missions, this figure features mutliple repulsor effect pieces as well as alternate head pieces for dynamic posing. Don't miss out and add this action figure to your Marvel collection!Product Features6.3 inches (16cm)Made of ABS and PVCBased on the original Marvel comicsPart of the MAFEX figure lineComic book versionBox ContentsIron Man figure4 Alternate head piecesNeutral faceNeutral face with eyes showingHappy faceHappy face with eyes showing4 Repulsor effect piecesStand

I'm glad that the leak of this figure a few months ago saved me experiecing the disappointment now. If there's one company I would've trusted not to resort to making the Stealth Armor a lazy repaint of the Classic Armor, it would've been MAFEX:.. On top of that, they're replicating Hasbro's own latest lazy repaint of a Stealth Armor.

I could've forgiven the inaccurate colorway if at the very least they had made the sculpt accurate. Or I could've forgiven the inaccurate sculpt if they had made the colors accurate.