[Charliegone]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

You are not alone. I wish I had pulled the trigger when it first hit eBay and was selling for half that price. I'm not a fan of the 'extremis' armor legs....Zoffy made a nifty alteration to the legs (I think), but without improvements along those lines and the addition of Pepper's head...I can't justify purchase. I doubt the $100 price-tag will come down anytime soon...if at all.



Maybe Hasbro issued a re-run of the fig with a different grade of plastic? I definitely noticed the difference in its plastic vs the other figures released at that time. It had a strange tensile strength, while seeming lighter (almost hollow) than other figs. I only have the original one, so I can't speculate from a comparative perspective.

What are you customizing it into? I always thought it'd make a good base for a Mach V...

Yeah, I mean maybe I would pay that much if it came with like extra heads, hands, etc swappable parts, diorama something! Just a figure with a new female body and head? ..I don't know. Maybe someone in the future will make a mold of the body and I can just buy that and just use the extremis iron man parts (which are plentiful right now) to finish it. Beats the heck out of paying 100 plus bucks!

As for the plastic on figures. Yup. It felt like that cheap plastic they used on the Groot wave. I know exactly what Spyne is talking about. It could be it wasn't allowed to dry long enough, used a different mixture of plastics before painting the figure? Pretty sure it's one of those things. My guess Hasbro probably used someone else (cheaper maybe?) to get the job done. I still can't get over the terrible plastic on the Groot wave figures. Felt like laffy taffy or something like that. I have noticed lately though they did improve the quality, although I haven't even opened the Spiderman Rhino wave figures yet (still setting up my display cabinets).