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	Hulk-Buster Iron Man; Marvel Legends Series 11 Meat and Potatoes; 5.0 Perks; 5.0 Homer Facor; 5.0
				Description; Shell-Head beefed up to take on the Green Goliath! Hulk-Buster Iron Man is based upon the Hulk-Buster Armor from IM # 305.  The figure is about 8” and is a VERY bulked-up version of the Iron Man armor.  Think Iron Man who’s trying to learn sumo.  Yeah, it’s THAT big.  To augment the additional ‘muscle mass’ the figure also has additional shoulder and forearm armor.  Like the rest of the ML line the figure has a ton o’ articulation, including moving thumbs and fingers. The figure comes with a special riding platform.
Funny how most superhero costumes never change.  Superman, Spider-Man, Batman (Hey, the black and gray look just goes back to the original costume.), Thor, it goes on and on.  Fortunately most of these costumes are timeless. (Unlike the first costume Nightwing wore.  Ewwwwwweeeeeeeeeeee!  Superhero meets Disco.  Be afraid.  At least Dick wasn’t stuck with chains and an Afro.  Sigh.)  Iron Man, though, has always changed.   Heck, in the first few years of the comic, he went through a ton o’ changes.  First all gray, then to all gold, then the popular crimson and gold color scheme.  Over the years comic writers have had a grand time giving the guy new duds for new purposes.  Whether it was massive space armor or the black and silver War Machine it was always a blast to see what new gizmos, gimmicks, and weapons the new duds would have.  One of the butt-kicking ones was the Hulk Buster Iron Man.  Shell-Head has taken on the Emerald Giant a few times, but it was always in his basic armor, and Tony was VERY close to biting it.  Well in IM 305 he finally had a suit of armor designed to take out the Hulk.   With ML’s infusion of Iron Man figures, it was just a matter of time before this version of IM’s armor saw the light of day.  So its it worth it to get ANOTHER versions of Iron Man?  Need you ask?  Hehehehehehehehehehe!  Meat and potatoes are what you expect from ToyBiz; excellent.  One of the problems with creating a bigger figure is the added detail so the figure looks good.  The sculpting on this figure captures the plethora of panels that are hallmarks of IM’s suits.  There's also a great paintjob that adds even MORE panel lines to the figure.  A great example of the amazing detail of this line is the fact IM’s helmet can be popped open.  Instead of just having Tony’s face, Tony’s head and assorted controls are evident in the space beneath the helmet.   Not a big deal, but it’s a beautiful, added detail that makes the figure so amazing.  Articulation is also stellar; toes, elbows, oh you know the drill.  Heck, even the THUMBS are articulated.  Sweet!   The perks are few but work for this figure.    Well, mostly.  This entire line features the figures coming with special riding vehicles.  For IM he comes with a... well, kinda like a surfboard that he can use as a glider.  Does it make sense?  Well, on the surface, no.  The guy already has bootjets, although if you wanted to over-do the logic you could say this is used so the armor doesn’t burn up energy for propulsion, blah, blah, blah.  Yeah, I’ve got too much time on my hands to think of that... but you were thinking the same thing, admit it!  For whatever purpose it has, the thing is well sculpted and is painted gold with red highlights, so it goes will with the figure.  The board can be attached to the figure’s back like a jetpack for... oh heck, you’ll think of a reason. Homer factor?  Hey, it’s Marvel Legends, it’s Iron Man, AND it’s a butt-kicking version of the armor.  Woohoo! In the end this is a great figure to have.  Now if only there were more villains for IM to take one.  What’s this... a MANDARIN FIGURE for 2006?  Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!