Three more Iron Men for the pile. I got them loose yesterday, for a steal, but all three were originally part of a boxed set from the 2008 "Concept Series Mission Tech Armor" Iron Man 2 movie series line, which I believe was a Toys 'R' Us exclusive (and they're all 6" Marvel Legends scale/design). Top-to-bottom, we have Sandstorm Iron Man (missing a jetpack with wings, although the broken off peg from it was still embedded in his back, which I used a small auger drill bit and a needle to carefully extract), Arctic Crusader Iron Man (missing a spinning drill accessory that clipped onto his forearm), and Star Flare Armor Iron Man (missing a space helmet, backpack, and missile-launching rifle). The Star Flare figure is molded from smoky, translucent plastic, with bits of glitter embedded in it, giving him a cosmic feel, which is kind of neat. Given the darker look, he'd make a pretty good villain if you wanted a Darth Stark or something I suppose. Arctic Crusader is by far my favorite out of the trio, as I prefer the bulkier look of his armor and I really like the blue and silver color scheme. Sandstorm is kind of "meh", he doesn't look a whole lot different than a "normal" red and gold movie Iron Man, other than the fins on his forearms and shins, which would probably have made more sense on an aquatic Iron Man than a desert one.
And here are two of my favorite villainous idiots, Captain Hook and First Mate Smee (well, Hook's the idiot anyway, Smee's intervention is the only thing that keeps the good Cap'n alive at times), from the newer Jake and the Neverland Pirates animation, not the original Peter Pan film. I believe that these are from a boxed figurine set that you can find at Disney stores and theme parks (I also got Jake and Izzy from said set, two of the child protagonists from the show, at the same time that I bought these guys, but Hook and Smee are what I really wanted). Captain Hook's life is pretty sad when you think about it: all he does is harrass kids all day and they always kick his ass and/or make him look like a fool. He failed Trolling 101 in pirate school I guess.
These actually are one of the better "action figures" with nice detail and size. Gazelle the Peacemaker still one of my favs.
