The big MCU movie of 2016 was Captain America Civil War, and Hasbro supported the movie in a big way with a number of Marvel Legends releases. The main wave brought us the key antagonists of Captain America, Black Panther, and this Mk46 Iron-Man - packing them in a wave with other comic book figures and an MCU build-a-figure of Giant-Man. The figure would also be released in a Disney Store 4-Pack, and again in 2017 in that year's European Best of the MCU wave. There was also a 4th release of a damaged Mk46 in a set with Captain America and Spider-Man.
The first release arrives in the usual Marvel Legends packaging with a blue hue to the art and character nameplate, and the bold red Civil War logo. There is artwork on the two side panels of the Mk46 armour, and round the back an image of the figure alongside a short piece of background text and sitting above a checklist for the Giant-Man BAF figure.
"Iron-Man takes off into battle with indestructible armor and first-in-class combat technology"
The MCU Iron-Man figures to this point in the line had been a little undersized, but the Mk46 saw Hasbro bulk up Tony Stark to a broader and taller armoured figure. While the panels are cast in red and gold neither are a full metallic finish, but the glossy finish does work at the 1/12 scale.
As well as the gold and red parts we have applied silver panels as seen on screen as well as a painted blue hue Arc Reactor and a similar blue/white finish on the eyes of the helmet.
The Mk46 is supplied with two pairs of hands, a clenched fists pair for beating down on Cap, and a pair of outstretched hands that also feature a slot where the repulsor emitter would be. These sockets allow the two blue and white effect pieces to slot into the hands to recreate Iron-Man firing his repulsors either as a weapon - or for flight.
The foot-peg sockets also accept the repulsor effects, but you will need a flight stand to create that look - and ideally a second pair of repulsor blast effects.
Iron-Man has 18 points of articulation including double joints on both the elbows and the legs. This allows plenty of posing options although the legs are not quite extensive enough to get the Iron-Man landing pose. All the joints are tight and secure, and Iron-Man is easy to pose and display.
Even though it is a few years old now, the Mk46 remains one of the stronger Iron-Man sculpts in the Marvel Legends MCU line and is certainly a figure that collectors will want for their Civil War display now we can pretty much line up both sides of the Airport scene (Hawkeye aside).
Secondary market prices are creeping up on the Mk46 figure, so one to track down now rather than wait as Hasbro are unlikely to give this a do-over anytime soon.
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