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Originally Posted by Iceman

The IM2 line is what really pushed me into MU. The Avengers line did have some lack of articulation but I think they did improve the hip joint a fair amount from most IM2 figures. Just a lot cleaner and smoother.

I love the hip joints introduced on the Avengers figures. I prefer that style of hip articulation to MU's thigh swivel style, because on the Avengers, the legs stay on and will not pop off unless broken. Also the range of motion is much higher. On MU figures with thigh swivels, sometimes the outwards articulation is barely even there, to the point where the joints are almost like t-crotches.

Iron Man 2 was a good line but just had lack of variety. Sure we had many Iron man armors to choose from but that's just the thing, the line, as expected, was mostly Iron man but it was too much. The villains should have come a lot earlier. Sure we got Crimson Dynamo early on in the comic waves, but movie and comic Whiplash should have been there a lot earlier. Ditto for the Hammer drones.

Most kids were probably just going to get their favorite Iron Man armors and then the villains, but the thing is, there were just too many Iron Man armors(mainly referring to repaints), and the villains came too late.

With these figures, the Assembler gimmick works good for Iron Man since it's not outside the realm of possibility for Stark to experiment with different armor/weapon combinations. However, the loss of articulation leaves me with no interest in the line.