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				Description; classic Iron Man armor in non-classic colors. The figure has a standard chest-plate, fore-arm gauntlets, large shin-guards, and large shoulder-pads.  The shoulder-pads, back- and chest-plate, fore-arm and shin-guards, and belt are all removable.  However, the distiguishing thing is the armour is red and SILVER, not the standard gold.  In addition, the piece back-plate has a noticable back-back molded into it rather then the usual flush back. The figure is also equiped with removable missile-launcher and laser weapon which can be mounted on the fore-arms.
Hologram Armor Iron Man- Iron Man, ToyBiz Meat and Potatoes; 5.0 Perks; 5.0 Homer Factor; 5.0
	If there was a character made for action-figures, it's the Crimson Avenger; a neat rogues gallery of villains, a decent supporting cast of characters and most important, all those amour vairants.  For once, having hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of types of figures makes SENSE.  ...ok, so Beach-Comber armor with oggling action wouldn't quite fit.  You get the idea.  ToyBiz created a line of figures to coincide with the Iron Man cartoon series from a few years ago.  Unfortunately the 'toon wasn't  as well received as The X-Men or Spider-Man cartoons,(Ok, let's be frank, the 'toon SUCKED.)  and the toy-line was canned.  Too bad, because the figures themselves were pretty cool, such as the Hologram Armor Iron Man. Technically, this is the red-and-silver armor from Iron Man #200, which I reeeeeally liked.  I have no idea why they called it 'hologram armor' since I avoided the cartoon.  Oh well, I'm still glad they recreated the armour from this particular issue, because it rocked.  The meat and potatoes of this figure are well done.  The figure features solid articulation for a 5" toy, knees and elbows as well as the usual 5 basic points.  The sculpt accents the panels and ridges you would expect to find on Iron Man. The armor itself is also coated by a special metallic vacume-plastic-coating-whatchamacallit.  In a nut-shell, the amor is a nice metallic red and looks very cool.  The perks are pretty neat.  Rather then have the armor permanently part of the figure, the major pieces of armour are removable.  You have the base Iron Man figure, and the armor pieces, e.g. chest plate, gauntlets, all attach to the base figure on pegs.  It creates a nice effect of having actual armor to put on and remove, rather then just a static figure.  Unfortunately, the pegs can be rather loose, so I rarely take the armor off, and I have actually glued some of the pieces on.  In addtion, the figure comes with a large laser and missile launcher, both can be attached to holes on the fore-arms.  Ok, not accurate to the comic, but it's still extra stuff. The Homer Factor on this piece is very high for me.  Hey, I'm a sucker for powered armor, I love the issue this armor is from, and I'm an Iron Man fan.  And true to form from ToyBiz, the toy is very well done. In the end, ToyBiz created a good representation of Iron Man.  Too bad it didn't last.