My son has been playing with Hasbro’s Iron Man 3 Arc Strike Iron Man almost constantly since it arrived for review. The twist? Not the son it was intended for. Xavier turns 3 in just under 2 weeks. He has been playing with this 10″ figure so much the other kids have sort of just let him have it.
And I can see why the older kids don’t really want to play with this one.
Sure the shoulders rotate as do the wrists, but… that’s it. The figure isn’t articulated at all. There’s a button on the hip that will make Iron Man light up and say a few things which is cool. Taking the figure from a standing position to a horizontal one (mimicking flight) there are some sound effects and the helmet tilts a bit to help simulate the figure’s position as during flight. But that’s it.
The legs don’t move, the elbows don’t move, the head barely moves. It’s less of an action figure and … well, I’m not sure what it is. The older kids played with it for a while, but their attention wasn’t held nearly as long as one might expect with a new super hero toy.
You would think for $20 the figure would have a little more to offer. It doesn’t even have an “Off” button. There’s “Try Me” which limits the sayings available when the hip button is pressed and “On” – in other words, those batteries are coming out very soon.
While the packaging describes the Iron Man 3 Arc Strike Iron Man as appropriate for ages 4 and up, My very soon to be 3 year old is having a good time with it. It seems appropriate for him, but simply too expensive. Robert Downy Jr. does not provide the voice for Iron Man.