^ old news... was prominent in Play Imaginative's 1/4 scale too...

Be a perfectionist... Ignore anything BD (according to jason_tan1980..).... get the BD Mk.7 helmet, pay extra (even if there's Malaysian allocation like Singapore/Thailand, you'll still pay extra than retail unit)

If you want to get it "cheap" you can get any extra helmet and DYI mod it to be as such... Preferably not the heads from the (to be released) Mk. VII , as those heads are unique

This post has been edited by BeastX: Apr 30 2013, 11:27 AM

Would you give me all you extra BD parts then? ... or sell it....

They can be put to good use... especially the full arms

This post has been edited by BeastX: Apr 30 2013, 11:30 AM

Just to elaborate:

Action City (I presumed) does not have the best price,

Most shops/retailer that are paid full in advance get better pricing as well,

Online purchases through XL are paid in full advance anyways...

Exclusive obtained through XL usually have to pay extra than the ordinary retail units....

This post has been edited by BeastX: Apr 30 2013, 12:02 PM

Play Imaginative's 1/6 Mk. 7 parts:

Dear Padawan of HT related 1/6 collecting..... The pricing as such is the norm. Though the gap widen in early 2012, I believe, and has not come closer since...

The gap grew wider still for the Americans (and even some Malaysians) that purchase from Sideshow Collectibles...

"will similar to HK price"..... it never has, one of the benefits for living at the source in HK, I suppose...

This post has been edited by BeastX: Apr 30 2013, 01:55 PM

Yes.. in a way.... The Mk. II in Tony's Hall of Armor .... before all exploded (in IM3) was supposed to be WM Mk. I disassembled...

Japan's pricing for WM2 is bonkers.... more expensive than Mk.42 or IP........

further evidence of point 1.... that's SGD 342 WM2 is priced at:

Mark 1 to Mk. 41.... lots of repeats, includes also WM like armor:

This post has been edited by BeastX: May 1 2013, 09:48 PM

Regarding the armors in IM3 being utilised:

normal TT (TT21), which is Advance TT body before is relatively has the same shoulder width... readily available on XL I believe...

Narrow TT in particular has many clones at around RM45 or so I believe...

TT clones... as mentioned... the bodies are shinny though... so better for fully cloth figure

IM3 Tony Stark I believe will be made with some variant of TTM19 body..... Otherwise TTM21 is just as good

TTM18=many TT clones... not the best body on my opinion, but cheap... TTM18 is more suitable for thick layered clothing.

This is a TTM19 copy body...