



Marvel sure has amassed a lot of robotic/armored characters haven't they? Today's review will take a look at two MCU based figures from the new Endgame based wave, both updates of previous releases; a new version of Iron Patriot from the final battle, and a retooled Vision as he appeared in Civil War.





Packaging:

The boxes continue to be pretty great, with specific labeling, character art and bios, and branding from which movie the character's appearance comes from. Iron Patriot is from Endgame, and, curiously, Vision is from Civil War, even though he was in the more recent Infinity War. Odd, but not really a big deal.





Sculpting:





Iron Patriot shares the legs and torso of the Endgame War Machine , but his arms and weaponry are all new. He's still a big figure, hefty and towering over all the other figures in the wave.





Like the first figure, he's packed with detail and the armor looks excellent. There's detail in the plates, rivets, and joints. I really like the wrist guns he has, and in general he looks imposing and super bad@$$, even if his chest lights look like an angry face.





Vision is entirely reused from his elusive two pack with Wanda, but with a few tweaks. The obvious one is his translucent body, to mimmic his intangibility. The second is his cape, which is removable, in contrast to the glued in first figure's cape.





With all that said, he's still a great figure. It's nice of Hasbro to re-release him, since the set he came in is so expensive now. He has a great texture sculpted onto his body, like a Spalding basketball and there's even a good likeness to Paul Bettany even through the prosthetics and makeup. His gloves and boots look terrific, and have some great detail.





Articulation:





Rhodey isn't as pose-able as somebody like Iron-Spider , but he has a great amount of movement for such a bulky dude. He has: A ball joint head, ball shoulders, pin/swivel elbows and wrists, a ball joint midsection, ball hips, cut thighs, double pin knees, and rocker ankles with minimal up-and-down motion. The shoulder pads are soft plastic, so they don't get in the way of his arm movement, and in general he looks super cool in battle stances.





Vision shares the same, great articulation scheme as his earlier figure. He has: a ball jointed head, ball shoulders, double pin elbows, cut/pin wrists, an ab crunch, cut waist, ball hips, thigh cuts, double pin knees, and ball rocker ankles. He's tons of fun to pose, and the cape is very helpful as a support for deep stances.





Accessories:

Iron Patriot comes with Bro Thor's two heads, and six attachable weapons!

Four of them can be plugged into his back, the guns up top and the missiles beneath.





The guns are a bit bent, but the paint and sculpt are great, and the pegs let you position them.





The missile launchers are awesome! They're huge, and they even detailed each individual missile in the chamber. Great job!





You can put all of them on at once, and it does make him tricky to balance, but it does look pretty sweet, so it's acceptable.





The last two accessories are his hip missiles. He comes with them attached, but they can easily be removed.





They pop in and out easily, and they also look great.

In general, his weapons look great, but I would've definitely loved an un-helmeted Rhodey head as well.





Vision comes with Bro Thor's torso and a re-sculpted Stormbreaker, and one personal inclusion; a removable cape. The cape looks great, with the same translucent paint, and some nice texture sculpted in. I really only remember him not having a cape in Age of Ultron, when he was "newborn", but it's a nice extra nonetheless. It's a shame he doesn't come with the alternate fists the two pack did, but if you have those hands, I'm pleased to say that they do fit this figure.





Paint:





Iron Patriot looks freaking great! The metallic blue is gorgeous, and its complimented by the matte red. The different sections of his armor are all detailed nicely and help sell all the pieces that make it up. There is a bit of slop here and there, but overall he's great.









Vision's see-through look isn't perfect, but it looks pretty cool in the right light. The red areas are a more solid red and gold, and the head especially looks great. The two pack figure has more consistent paint, but for what this figure is, he's pretty solid.





Overall:

These are some pretty solid to great figures. Iron Patriot especially is a knockout. He's definitely going into my Spidey villain display as Norman patriot. The bulk, detail, and especially all the weapons will make a super intimidating baddie.

Vision is a good figure, with a less than stellar gimmick. He's great to have if you missed the boxed set, but if you do already have that, you probably don't need a variant with less accessories, unless you REALLY want to have a cape-less Vision. More power to you, in that case.





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