Customer Reviews

Diamond Select: Iron Man 2: War Machine Action Figure

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

When I first saw the prelim sculpt months ago, I was really excited about this release. It looked highly detailed, especially the facial sculpt for Don Cheadle. I just picked it up at Borders (broke down and couldn't wait for my Amazon pre-order, which kept on getting delayed), and while it does look cool, there are some serious flaws that keep it from being exceptional. First off, the head sculpt is just as cool as the previews lead you to believe. It looks amazingly lifelike, and the mask fits snugly both on top of his head to reveal his face, and over his face, so there is no real chance of accidentally losing it in either position. Overall it does look pretty cool, but after having bought the 4 inch Hasbro figure, I did find a few things lacking. First of all, the eyes are done in red, to match the movie War Machine, but the chest and hand pieces are done in blue, like Iron Man. If you are going to go with one color, stick with it all around. Either make everything red or everything blue to match. It just looks a little strange. It also would have been nice to get additional sets of hands besides the default closed fists, just for a little variety, but no big thing. The biggest complaint I have, and this is after comparing it to the 4" War Machine, is the lack of articulation in this figure. I like the rage of motion the 4" offers in the arms, and even though the ball joint in the legs isn't my favorite, it offers more range of motion than the Diamond Select figure does. With this figure, you can't move the arms away from the sides (like if you wanted to form a "T" with the figure), and it's weird how much that hampers the range of movement of the figure, and therefore the ways you can pose it. It is also lacking all of the letterings and markings of the Hasbro figure (on the deltoids and the right oblique). All in all, a good looking figure, but it does say something when I actually think a figure half its size is done a lot better.

I was very unimpressed with this Action Figure/statue. It's very poorly made and it had numerous flaws. When I took it out of the box, the face plate had scratches that made the figure look trashy. It has extremely limited movement and when I was adjusting the legs, the right leg actually BROKE OFF COMPLETELY! I do not recommend this item at all!

I'm with the other reviewer who went into detail about the color matching, and the articulation.

This is a decent figure, and for my 7 year old fits the bill, but a few more touches would've given it 5 stars in my opinion.

As others mention, the articulation leaves something to be desired. The gun off the shoulder is in two pieces, the hinge part that actually snaps into the shoulder piece, and the gun barrel itself. The gun barrel itself is NOT an actual joint, it's simply got a male end that pushes into a female hole on the part that goes into the shoulder. So it will turn left and right, but it's not going to stay there, moving it around will eventually make it pop out of that hole again. Also, there is no way to get it to point straight up, so a child can play as if it's flying and trying to shoot the person "in front" of it.

Colors are off, and the shoulder and hip joints are just really a pain sometimes to move - can't seem to get the arms to actually go flush against the body.

Decent for someone who is getting it for their young child as I did, but if you're collecting as a collector, look elsewhere.

Another great figure by Marvel Select or Diamond Select toys, whatever they are calling themselves now. The sculpts are great and the likeness of Don Cheadle is pretty spot on! I need to comment on the Border's exclusive version of this figure. The figures are exactly the same between the exclusive and the regular edition except that on the Border's version the Arc reactor on the chest is a blueish color similar to Iron Man. However, to be movie acurate it should be a redish color glow. If you want the movie acurate version skip the Border's exclusive figure! The regular version of War Machine comes with the redish color arc reactor paint and the eyes match (they are redish also!) Don't know why the exclusive version got it wrong or why anybody would want the incorrect color arc reactor in the first place? Other than the paint mixup, great figure!

I ordered this for my 10 year old son to go along with the Iron Man II action figure I purchased from Wal-Mart...entirely too small! I will never order an action figure on-line again!

Great toy. He has Don Cheedle's face and the helmet covering his face is removable. Tight articulation but overall a cool figure. Comes with a nice stand which I believe is the same mold as Iron Man(Downey JR. Version). He looks a little stiff though...kind of like tin man from Wizard of Oz.

This is a great figure. Great detail and durability. The removable mask is an awesome feature and under the mask is a quite accurate representation of Don Cheadle's face. The arrticulation is not the best. But most marvel select don't have much anyway. NOTE: In the movie war machine has a red arc reactor. However in this figure, he has a blue reactor with red eyes. That does not match apparently. But it is an easy fix. I simply used a solid red paint to fix his reactor. This is a great figure over all. I would reccommend this to any iron man or marvel fan.

After much waiting I finally recieved War Machine and I can honestly say for the cheap price I paid this toy is cool,you can go on line and they cost so much more.I couldn't wait to give it to my son,he was sooo excited the detail is really lifelike he looks like Don C.I was more happy that my son was smiling the toy was bigger than we expected and he really loved the details and the removable mask.I can't wait for my sons Iron Man toy which we are still waiting for.

This War Machine Marvel Select figure was featured at the NYC Toy Fair by Diamond this past February and was very well done. It's beauty and detail will appeal to both a collector or a kid who just wants to have a battle with his Iron Man toys. (Looks just like Don Cheadle!)

These Marvel Select Toys are far better than anything you will find available at this price point and will not disappoint Iron Man fans.