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Give me some suggestions for the next Tiny Tony Time update and I might use them!!

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crocolate:

I got asked earlier which of the iron man revoltechs I’d recommend, and I feel like there’s a lot of different good and bad things about each! So I’m making a BIG OL’ COMPARISON POST about them!

Let’s start with the first figures to come out, the Mark IV and Mark VI

The Mark VI (left) was the first to come out, with the mark IV (right) released shortly after as a mail in exclusive in japan. There aren’t many big differences with their sculpts besides the obviously different chest piece.

One of the problems with the design of these two is that their upper arms are thick and make it impossible for them to pose in an arms down pose, they’re always kind of awkwardly splayed out to the side.

The hand design includes the gauntlet-type things on top which is a cool addition until you notice that the more posing you do, the more the paint wears off. You’d think they would make the plastic RED since BOTH toys that use this hand style are red, but whatever.

they also have REALLY WEIRD NECKS. The Mark IV less so, but mark VI is kind of awkward in some poses.

These two also come with BLASTY FIREFEET and repulsor blasts, something the newer figures don’t come with.

In comes the Mark III, the newest addition to the Revo-ironman family. Mark II and III were released a month from eachother earlier this year and use an almost identical sculpt. They feature light up arc reactors and an alternate Tony head.

Now, I don’t have this problem with my mark II figure but my mark III has a very loose hip joint, if you notice on the right hip. I didn’t realize HOW bad it was….

…Until his legged popped clean off. It went back on, but I’ve got no idea how I’m supposed to fix it!

Another problem I had with the figure was that his head was damaged when I got it, but the site I got it from got me a new head.

Now let’s compare. A big difference between the figures is the arm sculpt and shoulder pad placement. On the Mark IV and VI, the shoulder pads are attached to the body while the Mark II and III have the shoulder pads attached to the arms. It’s an improvement as the shoulder pads on the older figures frequently popped off if you posed the arms too high.

This photo was just cute

You can see a slight defect in the Mark III’s paint, that is the replacement head I recieved. I’m not too upset about it because the figure itself is so small, any defects are totally okay for the detail already put in the figure.

Here’s a leg comparison. The hip joints stayed the same, but the way the legs look changed. The Mark IV and VI had seperate kneepads that you can place differently depending on if the leg is bent or not. The Mark II and III do not, they have a sculpted-in knee cover but they DO have a kind of strange addition of a moveable boot part

Here are those joints moved. The knees on the older figures seem more useful than the boot part on the newer. I wish they had moveable toes like how S.H.Figuarts figures do sometimes!

Deeper into Arm comparison. The Mark III’s paintjob is darker than the older figures.

Mark VI on top, Mark III on bottom. The shoulder pad connects to the upper arm, which connects to this unique upper arm design which was also used in the War Machine figure. That piece in the middle fits snugly into the piece to the right of it

which makes it able to rotate and eliminates the paint wearing problem that the last design had. The problem though is that the paint can stick to the inside of the other gaunt, which is the problem I have with the mark III. One of his arms won’t rotate at all because of the paint sticking to the inside.

This is the Mark II figure. The only real difference between it and the mark III is the rivets all over its body. He’s mostly in my collection to be in my hall of armor though.

the lighting setup in the Mark II and III. Pretty simple! it has a tiny switch on the right.

And here is the alternate Tony head on the Mark III. It does NOT come with an extra joint to put the head on, so you have to pry it out of the head to switch them. I had a broken Rei revoltech, so I took her neck joint and am using it as a permanent post in the head. Sorry Rei!

That’s all I’ve got to say about them right now. If you’re considering getting one of these figures, consider what you’d be doing with them when buying. Obviously any figures you’d be taking outdoors for photos or to the beach shouldn’t have electrical components in their chests, but besides water risks they all have their good and bad things!