Proof that Hot Toys Iron Monger is NOT 1/6th scale no matter what they try to say otherwise

Now that Hot Toys is finally going to release their Iron Monger limited edition collectible figure (slated for October 2012 it seems) from the Iron Man film - see previous post, there's something that everyone should know sooner rather than later - i.e. The Hot Toys Iron Monger is NOT 1/6th scale. Hot Toys repeatedly mentioning so doesn't make it so. At best, the Hot Toys Iron Monger is 1/7th scale. Why do I say so? Check out the pictures below and see for yourself :)

Here's a screen grab of Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane admiring the Iron Monger from outside before he climbs into the armor suit and causes lots of chaos and mayhem. Note the size / height of the Iron Monger armor suit next to Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges).


And this is how Hot Toys' Iron Monger limited edition collectible figure looks with the 1/6th scale Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) head sculpt. From this picture alone, you begin to wonder if there's a full 1/6 scale 12-inch figure body under that armor suit. The way Hot Toys stuck the head in like that just isn't realistic at all. It looks very fake to me how the head just sticks out as it doesn't look like a man in control of the Iron Monger armor suit but more like a man trapped in a man-hole and can't get out.

Here's a look at how Hot Toys should have done it. This Iron Monger is not 1/6th scale but at least they got the proportions right. The Obadiah Stane figure looks to be strapped in and in full control of the Iron Monger armor suit instead of being trapped in it.

And here are some scans from the book "Iron Man: The Art of Iron Man, the Movie" which offers the reader an exclusive, insider's look into the blockbuster Iron Man movie. See how the man inside the machine is supposed to look i.e. Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) inside the Iron Monger armor suit

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The arms are supposed to go into the arms of the armor suit so that when the operator moves his arm, the robot arm moves as well in sync. Hot Toys Obadiah Stane is positioned way too low inside the Iron Monger armor suit, thus not allowing his arms to fit into the robot's arms at all :( Obadiah's head should be where the Iron Monger's head is as he sees through the robot's eyes. Hot Toys definitely got it wrong for this product.

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Hot Toys may have produced the most detailed and best looking Iron Monger collectible figure but it is just a 1/7th scale Iron Monger. Sticking the 1/6th scale head of Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) into the armor doesn't make it 1/6th! That's just not right.