[Raine24]

Jeeeeeez, $28? This and Elektra DD were going to be my first non-gift Legends buys in, like, five years, but ouch.

1) It's nice there's some paint on it besides the faceplate holes and chest decal, and didn't have that chest decal expand beyond the well like the sad MK III
2) The translucent metallic effect they started (I believe) with Lightning Collection really is a huge step up from the old standard
3) It's awesome to see a Marvel Legend that isn't 90% reuse

Buuuuuut, it's still $28. For that price they should've done something more. Maybe:

1) Smoke effects it can actually stand on/a basic flight stand ala McF Batman Beyond
2) A Stark head under the faceplate like Toy Biz did
3) Retro packaging to properly show off the figure
4) Painted the darn metal

On the one hand, I totally get that a figure with so much unique tooling requires a good return since so little of it can be reused down the line; they really are making less profit on this particular figure than most ML, even if tooling budget is allocated on a wave level rather than per figure. But on the other hand, few consumers understand that, all they see is a basic figure with almost no paint that seems to be costing more just because it's Iron Man. There needs to be a perception of increased value, and a couple of slugs doesn't quite do it, especially when most of them are unusable without a flight stand.