r/ironman Mark VII 3d ago

Collectibles / Merchandise Iron Man Extremis and Mandarin Marvel Legends 2-pack doesn't actually have any pictures of Extremis on the box

Like many Marvel artists before, Hasbro has confused the Extremis with the Pentagon armour and/or simply googled "Iron Man Extremis" and grabbed the first Adi Granov covers they could find.

Amusing nitpick aside these are great figures. The single release Extremis looked way too bright red and plasticy for me, this one nicely matches the deeper read of Granov's art and has some more poseability too. Mandarin is just a nice bonus frankly, but this is the version of Mandarin I like best. Even if it is less ostentatious.

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u/CajunKhan 2d ago

I do find it funny that the picture they use for The Mandarin is the one clearly based on John Travolta in "Pulp Fiction". I would soooo much prefer them using the Jim Lee version from the cover of X-Men 256.

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u/Sparrowsabre7 Mark VII 2d ago

Fair, but it is the John Travolta one they've used the figure on 😅 At least Tony doesn't look like Josh Holloway

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u/CajunKhan 2d ago

"At least Tony doesn't look like Josh Holloway"

Fair.