The paintwork is simple, but sharp. The figure is molded in the metallic purple (making him a little translucent) and that just leaves a bit of silver paint for costume details and then the paint on the head sculpt. The paint here is well done on mine – I do kinda wish we’d gotten a metallic gold or even a more Kirby-esque two-one design on the eyes. He sports the more modern red look which is fine, this is just more of a personal nitpick.
Articulation is pretty much the basic ML complement since this has become the default male buck: ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, wrists, hips, & inverted-ankles; swivels at the biceps, waist, thighs, and boots; double-hinges at the elbows & knees; and the ab crunch. Everything has great range and while I kinda punted that in the pictures, he gets into some great poses. He’s been on my desk in a deep pose and punching back over his shoulder behind him. It’s such a cool pose that I can’t even describe it.
Machine Man comes with two extra arms for Odin. Well, they’re actually for old, future Thor. He’s the one that sports the Destroyer armor for a stand-in left arm. But, see, I’m probably not buying Sentry so these are the arms I got. I may display old Thor sometimes, but it’s mostly going to be Odin on my shelves and that Odin? Well, he’s gonna have a kickass Destroyer arm. Try & stop me.
The other and arguably cooler set of accessories is Machine Man’s trademark extending arms (his legs can extend too, but no such luck). He includes swappable open hands and fists and then two bendy-extensions that can also plug in between the hand and forearm. It’s all pretty great and fun to use – you can even plug both extension on one side for one extra-long punch! Oh, and while they’re bendy, they’re not soft bendy. It actually take a bit of effort to move mine around, but they still work pretty well.
Overall, did I mention that I love when these giant toy lines get to characters like this? It’s even better when it’s Kirby-based too. I’m thrilled to finally get a Machine Man (& Hellcat in the next wave!) in my display. The fact that he looks so slick with the metallic purple and plastic and great head sculpt is just the icing on the cake. I think the only thing that would make this better would be extensions for the legs, but the ones on the arms are pretty cool and this buck can make use of those for some cool poses. I’m all around happy to get this figure, and, hey, we’re halfway to Stilt Man!
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I found this while double checking what I remembered about Machine Man! It’s a detailed schematic. I wish they still made cool stuff like this!
“Stark Anti-Gravity Unit?”
MACHINE MAN REFERENCE IN “AGE OF ULTRON” CONFIRMED.
And I couldn’t help but laugh when I read the right side of the chart:
“ACOUSTIC PICK-UPS, ANALYZERS, AND DIGITIZERS.”
“LIGHT WAVE INFORMATION COUPLE TO TRUNK.”
“UVULA.”
I thought I was the only one trying to pass off the Destroyer arm as Odin’s! I really liked this series, but I really didn’t want Sentry, so no Odin arms for me.
Great review as always. Machine Man is hands down my favorite figure from this wave, possibly my favorite Marvel Legend period. I really dig that metallic purple!
I saw one about a week ago, along with a couple more Hawkeyes. my financial drought will be over and I’m gonna go kaRAZY catching up the last few waves of several lines. and hoping to make it to KC in a few weeks? (checks direct deposit. AGAIN.)
I’ve seen a few people pop the lower legs open and insert extra extensions, and many are already nicknaming him “Inspector Gadget” because of how he looks like that. For his NextWave look, you need an Ultimate Octopus (the Ock with the squeezy-water pump backpack arms) head and any of the many, MANY, many coats and sleeved arms to replace the ones included. Someone even reworked Rocket’s BFG into a robotic hand for his MM, too.
Not much else we can say than “cool Z-list character translation”. Some more well known have had their one() shots ruined, and several “headliners” still don’t have a generally accepted figure.
Meanwhile, I’m plotting which figure can be easily translated into Hellfire Guard? X-51 here is pretty basic to do it, just need the mask (Casey Jones?).
Is the “deep pose and punching back over his shoulder behind him” in the last pic? That one looks pretty awesome. If that’s still not the awesome pose that you described, can you post it to FB or Twitter?
Still need to pop on Machine Man but slowly buying this wave to make Odin. Sentry and Hawkeye so far. Have to get the rest then get extras but I blame MZ3 for how plan to display Machine Man. Zombie Fighter Machine Man.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Ok, see, I read this in the morning before I started the day of doing things for mom ™, and I mentally roughed out my typical “Oh, I forgot this was even coming out but so what I’ll never find one damn scalpers rabble mumble” kind of reply, but what should happen as we hit the hypermarket for Dr. Pepper and a refill of my medications?
Machine Man. Sitting on a peghook. mocking me. Well he picked the wrong day to mock ME as I actually had an extra $20 in my pocket! HAH! Machine Man you are MINE.
He, Kamandi and OMAC are gonna have ice cream later.
Ohhh, wait, do I have a ‘gray market’ figure? The box is multilingual. Says Hasbro Canada. Whatevs. mine now. 🙂
AAAWWW MAN, now I need a pane of glass to break! STOP IT MAN! I’m gona hurt myself trying to recreate a picture like that!
I’m a DC guy, but I bought Machine Man and Scarlet Witch, because both are pretty great pieces. Always good to have more pure Kirby on the toy shelf. And I didn’t realize the extensions were bendable! Thanks for helping me like ‘im even more.
No Sentry for me, my Odin rocks the Destroyer arm, too! Looks badass. I know diddly about Machine Man, but he’s probably my favorite in the wave. His colors pop and he has a very cool sci-fi look.
Crazy as it sounds…I WANT a monolith inaction figure!