DC Universe Classics Christopher Reeves Superman by matthancock – I think this custom bears a reasonably close likeness to Christopher Reeves – in addition to the head sculpt, there’s some nice added details like the collar line for the costume and some not quite washboard abs to differentiate it from a standard DCUC Supes – ends Jun 25, 2013 18:21:09 PDT
In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figures that you won’t want to let slip by!
If you can’t make the around the world flight to Hong Kong to see the Iron Man 3 Suit Up at Hysan Place exhibit, maybe you can check out something closer to home, at the Happiest Place on Earth, no less. Disneyland is temporarily home to the Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries exhibit. Much like Suit Up in Hong Kong, this show includes a life-sized Hall of Armor and a virtual exhibit where you can suit up as Iron Man – I wonder if it’s the same exhibit as the Hong Kong show.
The Disney show includes some memorabilia from the first two Iron Man movies, but it doesn’t include the showcase of Hot Toys Iron Man product that served as a scaled down companion to the life-sized Hall of Armor at the Hong Kong show. I’m wondering if a road trip is in order.
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Here’s a quick pic of the completed Hall of Armors, via Hot Toys Collectors.
IRON MAN 3 EVENT – SUIT UP AT HYSAN PLACE – photo by Douglas Mok
via Hot Toys Collectors.
Hot Toys and Disney have teamed up for an Iron Man exhibition in Hong Kong promoting Iron Man 3 – here’s a preview of seven life-sized Iron Man armors, Mark I through VII. I guess it’d be too much to expect everything up through the Mark 42!
Iron Man fans, Marvel’s Iron Man 3 is coming to town this month! Hot Toys, in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Hysan Place, the new landmark in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, will launch an unprecedented “Marvel’s Iron Man Suit Up at Hysan Place, Powered by Hot Toys” exhibition from Apr 5 – May 12, featuring the 1:1 life size Marvel’s Iron Man 3 Statues Mark I-VII together with the Hall of Armor, the latest 1/6th scale movie accurate Marvel’s Iron Man 3 Collectible Figure series, the first ever displayed Holographic showcases featuring Hot Toys’ Marvel’s Mark VII Collectible Figurine, and the Iron Man artist projects with Hot Toys’ figure customized by design gurus from all around the world!
Before the event starts, let’s take a look at the two behind-the-scene photos of the life-size Mark I-VII armors for your sneak preview! Please come join us and check them out!
via Hot Toys.
It’s no secret – I am tremendously excited for (and a little scared of) the collaboration that 3A Toys announced with Marvel Comics on Friday. My re-entry point for toy collecting started with 6-inch Marvel Legends, but 1/6 scale figures have started to break my toy budget wide open – Hot Toys and 3A Toys are the main culprits. With the Marvel movies, Hot Toys might as well take my ATM card and PIN, and now 3A Toys will threaten to do that with its re-imagined comic book figures.
Fans of 3A know that they’ve got a very unique style – for those of us with mainstream taste, this combination with Marvel might seem odd. That’s one of the things on my mind as I reach out to Ashley Wood. Ash is the artist and design force behind 3A Toys. I’m sure there’s many more questions, but I wanted to know what Ash thinks of when he thinks Marvel, and how that’s influencing the Marvel figures 3A is making.
AFP: What were some of the Marvel Comics you first read? Have any personal favorite books, teams, or eras of comics? What books are you reading today?
Ashley Wood: I always enjoyed the Avengers, Spider-Man, Iron Fist, Marvel Team-Up, the X-men, Captain America, Tomb of Dracula, Daredevil and so on. The late 70’s to mid to late 80’s are my personal golden period. But I’m very fond of the Tales of Suspense with Kirby Captain America stories in them. I kinda collect the trades from that personal golden period now, but that’s mainly due to not visiting comic shops like I once did and not knowing what the great titles are.
