MarvelBlack Panther Legends Series Iron Man, 6-inch

This is an average Iron Man figure that has a great aesthetic and real shelf appeal let down massively by stiff joints and QC issues. It is based on the armour seen in Brian Michael Bendis’ Invincible Iron Man run.Out of the box you get the figure, two blast effects, two fisted hands, two repulsor blast hands and a wrist mounted cannon. The blast effects can port into the repulsor blast hands, the feet or the cannon. The figure should have come with more blast effects to add further possibilities for posing. I did manage to get him in a decent hovering/firing pose using an off-brand stand and an extra blast effect from another Iron Man figure I had lying around. The cannon is a bit of a nothing accessory but it’s hard to complain about extra accessories.There is very little paint on this figure but what is there is reasonably well applied for the most part, I particularly like the grey parts between the plates around the neck and shoulders. I have some paint issues on the repulsor hands, where the gold just isn’t where it’s supposed to be. I also have some gold on the grey parts of the shoulder joints that isn’t supposed to be there. The arc reactors on the hands and chest are spot on though.The figure is mostly red plastic and mine is unfortunately very marbled, more so than is really acceptable in a modern figure but at a distance it’s not too noticeable. I would also say that the shade of red is perfect, exactly the kind of bright shade I want my Iron Man figures to be, its not at all dull like some of the MCU based figures.The real showpiece for this figure is the Tony Stark head sculpt, Hasbro has nailed it with this one, giving us a near perfect likeness of the Tony seen in the comic upon which it is based. I haven’t actually displayed the figure with the Iron Man helmet on since purchase and only swapped it out for the photos in this review. In fact, the sculpt work is all generally very good; the figure is not at all overdesigned.The other major selling point comes (for me) with a caveat. The figure is incredibly well articulated, only butterfly joints in the shoulders and a better spaced ab crunch could improve on the body Hasbro has used, but to get him posed prepare to have to fight him; his joints are very stiff! Once posed though, he is very stable on his feet for a Marvel Legends figure, this is mostly due to an excellent ankle-rocker combined with wide feet.In the end though, the QC issues and difficulty posing make this an average Marvel Legend instead of a good one. Had I spent the £20 RRP instead of £11 including postage, I’d have been left feeling shortchanged.Buy it if you want an Iron Man that really pops on the shelf, you might be lucky and get one with looser joints and fewer QC issues.

It ought to be 5 stars but the figures joints are VERY stiff. Took a lot of careful heating to get moving. The arms and abdomen squeak horrifically. It's a real shame, it should be better!

Loose leg, hole widened (leg) box ripped, all right but wouldn’t buy again