Marvel Select Titanium Man review

Hasbro has been negligent in getting some of the major Iron Man villains knocked out. That’s why it’s very helpful when Marvel Select will pick up the slack and tackle some characters like Titanium Man.

He’s a massive character that seems like an ideal candidate for a Marvel Legends Build-A-Figure wave even if that wouldn’t truly do him justice. Marvel Select has no issue with larger scale figures so when Titanium Man was announced I was very excited to pick up one of Iron Man’s signature villains.

Package:  Marvel Select has stuck with its package setup pretty much since the beginning. I like this setup as it clearly shows the figure and most of the accessories.

The massive side package artwork is tremendous showing Titanium Man towering over and throttling Iron Man to the ground. The bio is interesting as it almost gives as much mention to Crimson Dynamo as it does his fellow armored Russian patriot.

I’d be down for a MS version of Crimson Dynamo since Hasbro’s take skewed more modern.

Likeness:  This is the Marvel Select advantage right here. Hasbro will create unique sculpts, but with some compromises for the sake of reuse down the road.

Titanium Man is just as huge and burly as he appeared in the comics. I like the inclusion of the comic art here to show exactly how well the figure matches up with the classic interpretation of the character right down to the silver boot tread.

When it’s this good you can invite this kind of comparison. It doesn’t seem like MS skimped on any of the detail from the ridge plated biceps and shin, the rivets along the chest and torso plate. All of the tubing and plating elements are exact in a real testament to Marvel Select’s commitment to an authentic replica of TM’s classic comic look. I’m very impressed.

Scale: When I think of Titanium Man, I think of this massive, towering Goliath to Iron Man’s David. It’s all about the size here and TM makes good on all of his threats. He matches up very favorably with the 80th anniversary Marvel Legends Iron Man figure — a major selling point with this guy for me.

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Paint:  I kinda feel like the shade of green is a little too dark and would be more comic accurate with a lighter hue. That’s about it in terms of my paint issues with the base figure. The yellow energy bursts of his armor’s faceplate turned out very nice.

Titanium Man’s alternate head sculpt isn’t as clean with the paintwork.

He’s got a pink wash to highlight some of the sculpt details.

At some areas it’s too caked on. His goatee and eyebrows could be cleaner as well. Impressively, his teeth are very clean.

A common problem with the figure is Marvel Select opted to add another coat of paint on all the joints. Naturally as soon as you move them the paint starts flaking off.

Thankfully the plastic is in the same green as the rest of the figure so it’s not a case of a clear joint being exposed once the paint is gone.

Articulation:  Titanium Man has 16 points of articulation. For a massive suit of armor, I’m fine with him not having 30+ articulation points.

He needs to be more menacing and not necessarily crouching in attack position against Iron Man. This is a rare instance where the articulation can be sacrificed in favor of the aesthetics.

Marvel Select smartly engineered cuts in the armor skirt so it wasn’t a big restrictive mass of plastic. He can do a pretty decent split as a result. I will need to give him a little hot water/heat treatment as his thigh joints are frozen.

Titanium Man has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• bicep
• elbow
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee
• ankle

Accessories: As I mentioned earlier, Titanium Man has an alternate un-helmeted head sculpt.

I like the intensity and brute like nature of the sculpt.

It’s not one I’m going to use too often, but I appreciate the inclusion.

He’s also got swappable spread hands ideal for channeling repulsor blasts.

Worth it?  Thanks to the increase in costs for Marvel Legends, this value is even better considering the bulk and enhanced articulation. I got him for $29.99. That’s just $7 cheaper than a Marvel Legends and you can where the extra costs went to even without a Build-A-Figure piece.

Rating: 9 out of 10

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Where to get it?  Try your local comic shop, but if you don’t have any luck, he’s still in stock Amazon and Entertainment Earth has him for a February pre-order.

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