One A Day 2.0 Day #445 - Iceman

[Ultra Seven]

The translucent effect NEVER looks good. It softens the sculpt, and just draws ugly attention to the joints and seams in the figure. Especially when it's built off a buck with pins.

Moreover, it doesn't really capture the way the character was usually drawn, even if it is closer to the intended effect or how they would "actually" look. It's kind of like how, yes, Iron Man's armor is supposed to be gold, but I want my figure to be a garish, bright yellow.

If Hasbro takes a shot at an opaque Iceman, I'd be thrilled to add him to the collection. Seems like a "cool" (I kill me) candidate for a Maximum figure. Ice-effects galore and an ice-slide, like others have said.

 

[Misfit]

I'd be down for his OG "snowman" look.

Also would love a proper "classic" look, with squared off features like he had in the 80s (pretty much how he looked on "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends"):

I'd also REALLY like him to have the "frosted over" look and not be see-through.

They really did Bobby dirty with that three pack from a few years ago. That should have been a slam dunk for me, but that Iceman was just so bad.

 

[Reno]

I'm someone who generally hates updates / re-do's / alternate costumes of a-list and b-list characters, but I'm very disatisfied with the Bobbies that we've gotten. My favorite might actually be the AOA version. The secret wars version is just ok. I'd be up for a Maximum version of Bobby with a nice ice slide. I don't need alternate looks, just one good standard powered up version.