Random set of the day: Iron Man
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 4529 Iron Man, released during 2012. It's one of 16 Marvel Super Heroes sets produced that year. It contains 44 pieces, and its retail price was US$14.99/£10.99.
It's owned by 2,545 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $36.00, or eBay.
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Hey guys, look, it's Dr. Doom!
It looks like he's being dragged up not flying up.
Easily the best CCBS Superheroes figure, which is unsurprising given that Iron Man's armor lends itself particularly well to being depicted by it
Only one of those Super Hero figures that kind of worked. It's ugly, but the armour works well enough.
While not a decent set, it tickles my brain (positive) to see preexisting parts reused in a licensed context.
Works both as a constraction version of Iron Man and as a mech that normal minifig Iron Man might be driving around
Hero Factory 2.0
@Rimefang said:
"Hero Factory 2.0"
Given the way Iron Man suits are named, I think you mean "Hero Factory Mark II."
I still have it!! One of the first buildable figures. Cool.
@CaptainRogerRedbeard said:
"Easily the best CCBS Superheroes figure, which is unsurprising given that Iron Man's armor lends itself particularly well to being depicted by it"
I have to disagree, on the basis that the Green Lantern power burst is the best thing to come out of that lineup:
https://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.php?i=5557103
What are the chances we get a Dr. Doom buildable figure (in the new style, of course) this year or next?
Iron man was by far the best suited for the CCBS style. However, this was early CCBS, in fact from only the second year of the system's life, and it shows. There's no excuse for the shell-less short bone lower arms outside of the figure's budget and maybe scale, and the huge torso-as-shoulderpad design on the upper arms barely read as anything a familiar Iron Man armor would look like. But the helmet works, as does the blaster.
These figures walked so the Star Wars CCBS figures could run.
Btw, these didn't release in the Netherlands so I saw one exactly once. It was in Hamley's during my trip to London. The box was a bit of an oddity as the Hero Favtory sets had moved to bags after using canisters. Hero Factory did use boxes for the villains and large sets the previous year, so the packaging read as a larger, more important set than usual.
@Binnekamp:
I was more put off by the backless backs.