Revoltech Sci-Fi #049 Iron Man Mark XLII

Mark 42 was another Iron Man suit which was design by Tony Stark while he was suffering from severe anxiety after the Chitauri invasion.

Out-of-box content. This is standard issue for Revoltech.

Mark 42 in it's full glory.

Close up front view of the figure. There are lots of detail and panel line on this figure.

Back view of the figure.

Close up back view of the figure. Similar to the front, there are tons of detail here.

This figure comes with 2 different type of Repulsor effect part.

The one on the right is longer than the one on the left.

Pepper is in danger! I need to get to her as soon as possible!

Up! Up! And away???

Help is on the way!!!

HONK!!! HONK!!!

Apparently this suit is still in the testing phase so it falls apart easily.

There is nothing much to say regarding this figure. It was more or less similar to the previous release with some minor changes to the design and paint scheme. Mark 42 comes in the inverted gold-red scheme which looks great. The finishing was just your average Revoltech standard. Articulation was good thanks to the Revoltech joints but there were still space for improvement. After producing more than half a dozen Iron Man figures and Kaiyodo have yet to figure out a way to conceal those joints. Not sure if stupid or lazy. That aside, the earlier Iron Man releases have one or two extra gimmicks such as the concealed missiles, LED arc reactor, booster flaps and etc. This release have non of those! Once again, not sure if lazy of being cheap. The only redeeming feature on this figure was the detail. There were detail all over the figure from panel lines to the different layers of armour. Fans like me will be sucked into getting this figure for the look and design of the Mark 42 suit. I expect this trend to continue on for another 3-5 figures before the Iron Man fever dies off. Let us all hope that Kaiyodo does not plan to release the other remaining 34 suits from the third Iron Man movies.

Figma #133 Samus Aran

Way before Lara Craft became the mainstream sweetheart of the gaming world, there was Samus Aran. As a tribute to that, Figma has produced a figure of our lady in her power suit.

Out-of-box content.

Front view of Samus. The suit was painted in a red, gold and bronze.

Close up on the front. There were a lot of panel lines which adds up to the detail of the figure.

Back view of the figure.

Close up on the back. Is that a jetpack?

Unlike most female protagonist which wear very skimpy and revealing armour. Samus wears a full body armour.

Articulation was great for this figure. Here are some action pose.

Hip hip hooray!!! I have no idea what am i thinking when I took this shot.

Jump shot!

The figure came with a blaster effect. It was one of the best effect part I have ever see so far.

Samus can kneel without much issue.

Let us play some football. This figure came with a morph ball.

Every wonder how Samus can just conveniently roll into a morph ball?

Figma did a great job with this figure to the point that they have to reissue it due to the high demand. The sculpt was detail and sharp, the paint application was good and it came with great articulation. I am not a die hard fan of Samus or the Metroid series but I have to admit that this was an overall great figure. My only complaint regarding this figure was the lack of a head for Samus which we can swap with the current head. It would definitely make this release complete if Figma ever produced it. That would really be the icing on the cake.