What ever happened to Iron Man?

[LonnieFisher]

Iron Man was one of the first four announced, so where is he? Have they scrapped that idea?

Quoted from Marvel's website.
"Future sets in the line will turn the spotlight on Captain America, Iron Man and Wolverine, who was never included in the original 1970's line."
That was quoted from their very first announcement article.

[palitoy]

It was explained many moons ago that Iron Man wasn't necessarily next after the Thor announcement.

[CrimsonGhost]

Brian has said it all.

[wise guy]

Another bad choice by these guys. It's like they are out of touch with with remogo collectors. Ironman is selling more toys right now than Deadpool
as is seen in any Toy or Dept store . Hopefully the movie won't suck but Ryan Reynolds has a history of one star movies

[Boywonder0]

^^^Characters that require complex tooling to be rendered in their retro, alter ego or modern format will probably be pushed for later to allow for these to be developed. i.e. an armor for Iron Man in its modern version, a body for a Hulk, etc.^^^

[jwyblejr]

I chalked it up to them having to wait for Tony to sober up first. Don't think that would be a very good picture otherwise.

[Bronxboykev]

Iron Man will come in time but this is the right figure at the right time... DeadPool is hotttt right now and aside from the Batman Vs Superman movie the DeadPool trailer drew A LOT OF BUZZ, his release will probably co inside with the Movie release... Very cool IMO

[BATMAN89]

I probably won't by buy Deadpool.
Iron Man on the other hand was a definite purchase.

[samurainoir]

^^^Characters that require complex tooling to be rendered in their retro, alter ego or modern format will probably be pushed for later to allow for these to be developed. i.e. an armor for Iron Man in its modern version, a body for a Hulk, etc.^^^

Ariel makes an excellent point. A modern Iron Man would likely need a great deal of individual armour pieces tooled up, particularly given the complexity of the current designs. I'd imagine it would be really tough to do right.

Or would folks be content with a modern Iron Man with a cloth outfit? Do you think it's even possible to translate a modern IM armour as cloth, and would contemporary Iron Man fans buy into it (in the same way they are courting them with the Deadpool release)? Although I guess there is merit in this given how awesome Austin's various armours from the bronze/copper age have been turning out... if they went with the Silver Centurian or another 80's era design.

I would also think it would be tough to figure out how to make it look as sleek as a fully tooled figure and not bulky once you fit armour pieces over a Re-Mego body.

[Cymru629]

Pass on Deadpool...I would prefer more of the 70's megos first.

[Mego-Amigo]

I'll pass on Deadpool and any other characters that go beyond the classic Mego era.

[jayraytee]

DeadPool is hotttt right now and aside from the Batman Vs Superman movie the DeadPool trailer drew A LOT OF BUZZ, his release will probably co inside with the Movie release... Very cool IMO

Hot with who though... they have to know their audience. The only people buying remego type figures is us 40-50 year old guys that had megos back in the day and want to revisit the era. That is their market, like it or not. I'd estimate most of their market would be less interested in newer characters. Very few kids beyond our own kids will get interested in anything in this format, no matter who the character is.

[Brue]

Another bad choice by these guys. It's like they are out of touch with with remogo collectors. Ironman is selling more toys right now than Deadpool
as is seen in any Toy or Dept store . Hopefully the movie won't suck but Ryan Reynolds has a history of one star movies

Yes - Reynolds has been in 3 superhero movies - all amongst the worst ever made

blade trinity
wolverine origins (in which he already was bad as deadpool)
green lantern

in addition to thinking he is a turd mark on a movie, i am not a huge deadpool fan. i will not see it unless pretty much everybody says it was good.

[Bronxboykev]

Hot with who though... they have to know their audience. The only people buying remego type figures is us 40-50 year old guys that had megos back in the day and want to revisit the era. That is their market, like it or not. I'd estimate most of their market would be less interested in newer characters. Very few kids beyond our own kids will get interested in anything in this format, no matter who the character is.

So I'm not getting it... Skip on a Red Hot Property right now that might draw a bigger fan base??? To do a set almost Everyone has? I thought the idea was to build the line so we could get Figures Mego Never made. I think the problem is is that for these lines to succeed we needed to draw in the 20 and 30 something's, because I've been told and heard numerous times we 40 to 50 something's can't carry the Remego community.

[Ninersphan1]

Yes - Reynolds has been in 3 superhero movies - all amongst the worst ever made

blade trinity
wolverine origins (in which he already was bad as deadpool)
green lantern

in addition to thinking he is a turd mark on a movie, i am not a huge deadpool fan. i will not see it unless pretty much everybody says it was good.

I did not see Green Lantern, never been a big fan of the character so when the reviews came in I passed, but Reynolds was far and away the best part of Blade Trinity, from an acting stand point anyway. I'd guess it was that role that largely likely landed him the Deadpool slot in Wolverine as he was/is perfect for the snarkiness that is Deadpool. It wasn't his fault the writers/producers cast him right and then decided to take away the best part of the character by rendering him mute. Just one of a host of things wrong with that film.