#Iron man 1 iron monger full#

Although the Crimson Dynamo was the villain in early drafts of the script, Favreau wanted to go with the Mandarin, which made sense as Tony Stark is kidnapped at the beginning of the film by the Ten Rings. Iron ManвЂ™s Original Plan For Obadiah Stane/Iron MongerД«ecause it was the first live-action Iron Man film and the first one in what would become a big interconnected universe, choosing a villain wasnвЂ™t a decision taken lightly.

These plans were ultimately changed and Stane became the villain, but had they moved forward with their original plan, Iron Man 2 wouldвЂ™ve been better than it ended up being, and the trilogy as a whole would have been very different. Related: Why Marvel Really Chose Iron Man To Be The MCU's First MovieД¬hoosing a villain for the first Iron Man film wasnвЂ™t easy, and Jon Favreau and company originally wanted to introduce the Mandarin right away, thus giving Obadiah Stane a different role.

However, the original plans for the villains in the Iron Man trilogy were very different. Iron Monger, played by Jeff Bridges, followed by Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) and Whiplash ( Mickey Rourke) in Iron Man 2, and closing with Aldren Killian (Guy Pearce) and a fake Mandarin played by a British actor named Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley) in Iron Man 3. Iron Man served as the leader during the first three phases of the MCU, and came across with different villains during that time, both human and alien (such as Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame). Since then, the MCU has produced over 20 films, with Avengers: Endgame marking the end of Iron ManвЂ™s arc and Spider-Man: Far From Home bringing the Infinity Saga to a close. as Tony Stark and setting up the arrival of the Avengers in its post-credits scene. The Marvel Cinematic Universe began back in 2008 with Jon FavreauвЂ™s Iron Man, introducing Robert Downey Jr. I love how this figure has ball jointed wrists, we rarely see these joints on 3-3/4'-4' scale figures by Hasbro and it's a welcome surprise.Iron Man couldвЂ™ve had a different villain, and Obadiah Stane would have stayed in the trilogy for a bit longer, thus making a better sequel. It also has a ball jointed neck with decent range of motion. In lieu of a ab joint(which might have 'broken' the sculpt), it has a waist joint.

#Iron man 1 iron monger full#

The figure features full articulation, it just lacks the double jointed knees that most of the other Iron Man figures have, as well as an ab joint. The other joints, aside from the hips are alright. Now I don't mind tight joints so long as the joint(s) in question are not stuck, but these were too tight in my opinion. If you're a parent buying this figure for your children, this is the main thing I'd watch out for. Trying to move the hips on my Iron Monger figure resulted in the joints FINALLY moving after applying much force BUT also my finger ending up getting scraped by the leg after losing grip on it. Another figure that this reminds me of is Iron Man Mark I(you'll see in a later review). The frustration is due in part to some of the joints being way too tight. Fortunately for me, my figure did not suffer from stuck joints(it took a while to move the hips though). For a big figure, rather good range of motion, though the hips could use more(nowhere near as disappointing as the hips on Marvel Universe Hulk though). So it looks good, but does it play, and pose well? Well. The metallic paint apps are a great touch on Iron Monger. On the figure, the blue paint apps are applied just right. So subtle that I did not even notice them at first! It's much more apparent on the armor cards, and thankfully so, as the blue shown on the cards stands out too much. Iron Monger has subtle paint applications of metallic blue.