WHICH MODEL 09 IRON MAN IS BEST? Hasbro Epic Heroes v Marvel Legends Retro Card Action Figure Review
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
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In one corner, the 2012 Hasbro Marvel Legends Marvel Universe Epic Heroes Iron Man, and in the other the all-new 2024 Marvel Legends Retro Card version! Which Model 09 action figure is the best Iron Man for your display? Place your bets; it's time for my first Iron Man VERSUS!
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Important distinction on the new figure's articulation: The configuration of the shoulder pad makes it so it can move sideways alongside the arm as you move it forwards, whereas the old figure's shoulder pad only hinges up and down, so it gets in the way of the forward/backward movement. That's a big upgrade. (Also, in case you want to point this out in the upcoming review, that Model 20 figure is actually a mislabelled Model 24 figure, matching its design 1:1 to how it appeared in its debut in Iron Man v3 #73).
The chunkier boots come from John Romita Jr's second run on Iron Man, making the new one artist specific, but I prefer the original smaller boots.
Me too. It would also make posing easier.
The pinless arms belong to the War Machine Deluxe. I missed that detail in my review too by the way 😊
You know, of all the Iron Man figures I went through looking for those arms, it never even dawned on me to check Rhody. Good catch!
Those Epic Heroes cards are soooo gorgeous! I miss we could go back to that style with those vivid colors and comic typefaces.
Yeah, those paintings were stunning
I dont get why hasbro doesnt release 2 versions of each iron man figure as variants. One with yellow paint and the other with gold. That way both paintjob fans can get their preferred paint job iron man
If you mean like a running variant within the same wave hasbro doesnt really do that, which im glad for. Id rather the metalic version be its own figure so i can easily preorder it and dont get stuck with a situation where i order the standard version online and end up with a variant i didnt want like with mcfarlane
@@zachseatdriver9671 I meant more like what Mafex did with their Batman figure wich they released both black and blue versions along the same time instead of having to wait 2-3 years for a release with different paint
Thank you on catching up on some great Marvel Legends.
More Iron Man Retro Wave and Zabu Wave videos coming, along with more X-Men. Lots of catching up to do!
missed opportunity to ask if he gets his boots design from Dr Light
True, but I had a Spawn figure so that visual gag worked well enough for me
@@5POAFigureReviews you would be doing yourself a favor picking up the jada toys megaman. it'll make you hate the feet articulation on this even more that by how much better they do it
It basically comes down to Epic Heroes' superior paint job to Retro-carded's better scaling and extras. The new one's probably gonna get a lot of custom paint jobs shown off soon.
Perfectly said
This was the armor I grew up with and I was ecstatic to see them releasing an updated version. I'm bummed the articulation doesn't vary that much from the previous figure, but scaling wise it'll look much better in the collection. I agree that every IM figure should have a deep red/gold paint variation at least and will gladly rebuy the figure in that paint scheme as long as the unibeam/arc reactor is painted yellow/gold to match (I am not a fan of the blue at all).
That retro packaging reminds me of toy hunting at toy's R us getting a glad bag of toybiz crap for the $ of one marvel legends figure 😂❤
For me it was the 3 for $15 sales at Kay Bee that really got me addicted
@@5POAFigureReviews hell yeah 💯👍
I remeber getting the older epic heros. repack version, they repacked him in the retro card with smaller feet, i found it at ross for about 10 bucks in 2020
I almost got that one back in the day over at a walgreens. In hindsight I really do wish I had got them so I could have included him here too
I'm with you in liking the metallic paint of the Epic Heroes version better than the brighter yellow and red plastic look, but the small size of the EH figure makes it incompatible with other Marvel Legends, which basically disqualifies it in my book. So the Retro Card version is the automatic winner for me just based on scale alone.
The Mo.09 is my 2nd favorite armor (1st is the Modular armor aka Model 13 - because it's the suit from MvC and the 90s cartoon).
But I prefer Version 2 over Version 1, because the slimmer boots are how he looked in most of the comics that featured the suit AND it's how he looked in the Captain America and The Avengers game.
I'm currently working on getting Marvel Legends Figures of all of the characters that appear in that game.
I really hope Hasbro releases Version 2 with the game-accurate boots.
I also hope they release a marbleized metallic version, because I prefer it over the ketchup/mustard color scheme.
I know this is dumb but I’m definitely repainting my Model 9, idk but Iron Man looks weird in yellow and red, he’s called the Golden Avenger, it’s yellow in the comics because it would have been near impossible to do gold in comics at the time.
Not dumb at all. I hope it turns out well!
The reason why the newer Iron Man has those boots is because it’s model nine version two
Im not even an iron man fan, but the retro designs are really sweet.
They really are
Epic heroes still has the best paint of any hasbro iron man, wish they’d bring it back
Agreed!
I always hated how small the older one's head was. Glad to have the upgrade
I have that original Epic Heroes Iron Man and I really want the update. I love how nice the old figure looks but the possibility is so bad I don't like to actually mess with it. I really hate Y jointed hips and the shoulder pads are very in the way of articulation. Great video 👍
The new figure looks like a much needed improvement.
I would love a Mandarin
Love to see more iron man's armor face off videos
At least three more Iron Man Versus planned!
I think the model 9 showed up for the last few episodes of the iron man cartoon. still dont get why they didnt go for the red from the ai armor. hasbro really needs to set a rule that all iron mans use the same paint/ plastic from the modular or mark 3 movie figure.
I watched the cartoon back in the day, but don't remember well enough to know.
1:16 on the list of figures hasbro will probably never touch the mandarin is pretty high. If say its only slightly more likely than us getting armless tiger man.
Of all iterations of him, I feel like the Animated Series is the safest bet just because he was an alien. They could also always do the business suit version, which is pretty non offensive, so I agree either is a long shot.
@5POAFigureReviews if they ever did him im willing to bet hed be a haslab tier or theyd give him a different name
It looks cool but I got the one with the hologram head so that’s my standard iron man.
Hey, it's a good one! I prefer the metallic, but the bright colors are right off the comic page.
I had the the vintage mold, is nice but the soulders pats limits so much the posability. I love the jokes with the names
I hoped you can review the deluxe Sam wilson Captain America figure soon and in junction with the mcu baf somehow
I don't have the MCU bath, but I will be reviewing sam. The video is planned to go live on July 3rd in time for 4th of July :-)
@@5POAFigureReviews Alright compare him next to the og and buck cap
Where did you get your hall of armors display?
That was a place that's offered through a website Shop Disney and is under a line called Marvel Toy Box. I have a full video on it here on the channel if you look it up. I don't think that there are any available anymore unfortunately, but boy is this thing a treasure.
Why are there pins on the legs of the new one?
They chose to reuse the 80 Years legs instead of update them
I agree. The metallic paint makes the other one look like a kid's toy.
Yep!
I cant wait for the next Iron man review, i actually know what that evil dark blue red eyed iron man is! Tony of earth 18264940087 lost Pepper because she saved captain America from the bullet intended for him during civil war. Tony snapped and realized what he had done and designed this more menacing dark suit, inspired by spider-mans symbiote suit. He then dismantled the avengers 1 by 1 leaving cap for last and chaining him up to an arc reactor, slowly tearing the flesh from caps bones. Tony then proceeded to then take over America and the surrounding countries. Doom then waged war on Tony and the fight ended with Tony becoming the sole victory left horribly scared by battle, he then took the moniker Iron Doom.
The 2012 version is WAY too SHORT!
Btw ive heard that Mandarin is allegedly considered too "RACIST" by Marvel these days.. hopefully im wrong about that..
Lastly the 80th Anniversary Iron Man is also my favorite!👑
An Iron Man face off YES!, you should checkout my Top 5 Iron Man
Alright
The metallic finish is nice, but my mind’s eye is based on the comics, which did use just yellow and red. Modern comics are able to use gold ink and that fits with the more modern armors for me. Yes, I do know the yellow in comics was supposed to represent gold, but I prefer the figures to look like they did in the comics they were in.