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Having put their diecast spin on "The World's Finest" from DC Comics, Hong Kong toymaker 86 Hero has turned its attention to Marvel's armored Avenger. This June a 5.5" tall Iron Man donned in his Mark 42 armor from Iron Man 3 is set to arrive. It won't pack repulsors, but it will light up your life with LEDs.

Though it's been nearly four years since Iron Man 2 showed us what actor Mickey Rourke can do with a little bit of wiring and a lot of anger as Whiplash, Hot Toys will revisit the character once again for a a1/6 scale figure of the villain in his Mark II armor.

It looks like Play Imaginative isn't the only Hong Kong toymaker putting a die-cast spin on DC Comics heroes. 86 Hero is releasing cute 5.5" tall takes on Batman and Superman soon as part of its Hybrid Metal Figures line. Both die-cast/plastic hybrid figures will sport 20 points of articulation, along with LED light-up eyes. Superman is expected to arrive in November for around $90, with Batm

Three of the most prominent of Tony Stark's 42+ new Iron Man 3 armors will be making their way into assorted Hot Toys lines this summer, including the Mark XVII Heartbreaker armor, Mark XXXVIII Igor armor, and Mark XXXV Red Snapper armor seen in the film's various trailers and commercials...

Hot Toys' new diecast take on its 1/6 scale Iron Man 3 Movie Masterpiece Series has finally caught up with Tony Stark's new Mark XLII suit. Just as in the IM3 trailers, however, the metal and plastic rendition of the new suit is set to get trashed something fierce, with swappable battle-damaged pieces aplenty - including an unmasked head with a decidedly more roughed up Robert Downey Jr... Read M

Movies: Henry Cavill is standing tall in his Man of Steel suit on the latest cover(s) of Empire magazine. Movies: Director Bryan Singer has announced that X-movie veterans Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Shadowcat) and Shawn R. Ashmore (Iceman) will reprise their mutie roles in X-Men: Days of Future Past...

Batman sure gets his share of sizable action figures these days. Hong Kong's Hot Toys offers hyper realistic 1/6 and 1/4 The Dark Knight Rises figures while Enterbay has a 1/4 scale Batman Begins toy on the market. What's been missing in this movie mix, though, has been a sculpt based on comic book art...