Iron Man 2 Fury of Combat Boxed Set

When we first saw that Hasbro would be making a Samuel L. Jackson-based Nick Fury for it’s 3.75-inch Iron Man 2 line, I wasn’t sure how it was going to make it to retail. So I was pleasantly surprised to ole Nick in an exclusive Toys R Us boxed set entitled Fury of Combat on the shelves this week.

Nice packaging – Fury is highlighted in his own compartment and Iron Man is flanked by the two Ground Assault Drones. If you pick this up, you’ll probably find that one or both of the weapons on the GAD’s arms to be warped by the positioning in the plastic bubble. Three of four of mine were bent oddly, but a little heat followed by a dunk in ice water straightened them our just fine.

I won’t spend a lot of time talking about the Mark VI Iron Man that comes in the set. He’s got silver paint apps that I never noticed on the previous Mark VI figures. I have a few of the movie IM2 figures still in package in a pile behind the door to the toy room, and I surprised myself that this was the first IM2 figure I’ve had loose. My biggest nit with the figure is that the neck is a swivel, with his head forever looking down.

The most remarkable thing about Fury is that his likeness to Sam Jackson is pretty darn good. The figure reuses the 25th Anniversary GI Joe Beachhead body, which is pretty good in its own right, notwithstanding the lack of swivels in the hips. And his trenchcoat is actually decent for a figure in this scale. It’s removable, but I really didn’t feel like removing it as I won’t ever display him with it off.

You get two Ground Assault Drones with this set, and it’s really about time we got some enemies for Iron Man to fight in the movie line. I think Hasbro has done really well with all the robots in the line, and the GAD is no exception. I’ve liked the mid-torso joint on these figures and it works well again here. The paint details are pretty nice, even getting a little American flag on the torso. The only thing I found weird on the figure is how the ball-jointed hips work – they’re sculpted to look as if they work one way, but the disc is actually perpendicular to the sculpt – play with one and you’ll see what I mean. It’s just a nit, though.

Clocking in at just over $30 at the register, I spent a little more on this than I was expecting, considering you’re getting a reissued Iron Man and a reused body for Nick Fury. But the head sculpt and cloth goods on Fury are pretty good, and the Drones are very well done.