Why I stopped collecting ZD Toys Iron Man figures (and why you might want to)

[@camhongluu4189]

Do you know that you can extend the torso? It gives more articulation, not much but it’s there.

[@cradle_n7515]

Y'all complaining with it's articulation yet most of you display them stand straight on your shelves

[@Transformers_nerd_stop_motions]

I was thinking of getting this for stop motion animation now I’m thinking otherwise so this videos was helpful in that sense but I could understand what you mean

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

FR lol.

[@lesterantenor1026]

Bruh... Ofcourse they're gonna display it standing since it has no articulation🤦

[@cradle_n7515]

@@lesterantenor1026 Lol You serious? I'm talking about those articulated figures. You can see most of these collectors uploading their collection who has Mafex, SHF, Marvel, even Hot Toys etc! You'll see they're displaying these kind of figures and they are just standing straight on their shelf!

[@vaynelevant]

@@cradle_n7515 i was about to say the same thing! especially if they have the hall of armor. people just have them suits standing in the background. most just display the iron man figures standing straight, not even doing a repulsor blast pose. only a few collectors actually do action poses for their iron man figs, not sure why. i have the mark 1-7, +42 zd toys with hoa and ironman 3 round base. i got them just to recreate the iron man 3 diorama. i have them standing still inside their hoa because that's what they are there for. the mark 42 i do an action pose. i also have the hot toys 1/4 scale mark 4, which i play around with. btw, zd toys articulation isn't as bad as the video suggests. you can even do the superhero landing pose with zd toys, a bit harder to do but the figure can do it. hot toys iron man mark 3 needed the special twisted torso replacement part to do that pose.

[@anzuarden24]

Marvel legends look more like a kids toy than a collectible figure to me. It looks and feels too cheap and roughly molded and painted like a toy you’d get for 10$, compared to ZDToys figures, especially the new iron man lines. And I can customize them with LEDs, while marvel legends are so much harder to add LEDs in

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

Exactly

[@TreyArc]

Actually ZD's detail and awesomeness is on another league above Marvel Select. I would never buy Marvel Select for display, maybe as a toy for my son but he's not into Iron Man. I understand the paint fading issue, I have it on my Crazy Toys iron men as well, it just happens. Really depends on the type of paint used.

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yes I prefer zd toys over Marvel Select too! At vanilla pose or slight posing, ZD Toys actually looks great

[@vaynelevant]

i got the paint fading issue but only on my mark 42. the marks 1-7 had no paint issues whatsoever. not sure why but the red parts on my mark 42 became very sticky and color will transfer to your skin if you touched it.

[@procopiocorn8545]

This is something I noticed with metallic paints on figures I buy in general (Marvel Universe, Legends, Revoltech, ZD Toys etc). Idk maybe it's because I live in a tropical country but the paint fades and figures get sticky. This is the reason why I can't collect any Iron Man figures at least for a while unless I move out and have aircon in my room.

[@vaynelevant]

@@procopiocorn8545 you living in the PH? 😁 i am and only mark 42 had this issue for my figs.

[@venomsjunkmail]

I only have 2 ZD Iron Man figures, the Mk 3 and Mk 5. The reason I even gave them a shot was because I REALLY wanted an affordable, good looking Mk 5 as that was one of if not my most favorite of the movie suits. Probably due to the suit up scene alone. The articulation isn't amazing, but it gets enough of the poses I'd like, outside of some flying poses. Marvel Legends movie Iron Man figures have a similar issue where there's no ab crunch. ML has better range but in the end it still doesn't feel like enough. So I'd say if there's a suit you really like the looks of or one that is your favorite it's probably ok to grab a ZD toy of it. You'll have a nice very well painted and detailed figure that can get some nice poses, without breaking the bank. I'd say you can even fudge it into your Marvel Legends display. Either perspective or having it beside larger characters. Maybe not worth collecting the whole line. As Stillfigurin said though they're only a little more expensive than ML so if you have a stand out suit you'd like then go for it. SFO, you said the Mk 1 is good but you were talking about scale at the time. Would you say it's aesthetic is as good as the 3 and 5? The ML Mk 1 is hot garbage and I'd really like a decent one. So if the ZD is well designed and can get some ok poses I may have to pick that up some time.

[@Stillfigurineout]

Nicely said! Yeah ultimately the mid torso joint on ML doesn't feel enough, but at least its still better. ZD Toys is really picking up on the hall of armour with more new suits like heartbreaker, silver centurion and star booster. And for mk1, the detail on it is awesome (gonna make a video on it actually, comparing with the ML version). Just that it's the same height as the rest of the ZD Toys Iron Man figures, which makes it looks on the smaller side instead lol (as mk 1is supposed to be slightly bigger than other armours)

[@daitaogeming5722]

ZD toys probably should stay at making Iron Man figures, look at what hey have done to NWH spideys figures, I don't wanna be rude but they're absolute garbage to me that I see Marvel Legends ver of NWH Tom Holland is better

[@Stillfigurineout]

Lol actually all their figures are kinda bad, except for all the mcu iron man figures. Even the recent venom and Carnage figures don't look that great. Yeah they really should stick to mcu Iron man. They're are releasing so many armours, I wonder if they are even gonna do striker and gamma like Comicave did

[@daitaogeming5722]

@@Stillfigurineout if they made mk 38 or 39 I don't remember lol) Igor, I'll definitely buy it even if they don't make abs crunch. I know ZD toys won't disappoint me in making iron man figures (except for articulations lol)

[@Stillfigurineout]

@daitaogeming5722 just hope if they make igor, it'll be big 😂 but yeah, the minimal articulation they gave is enough to make some simple flight poses

[@ryon5174]

@@daitaogeming5722looks like they have an Mk39 already Honestly ZDToys’ Iron Man figures are some great budget figures without being Hot Toys

[@SpideyFan2002]

ZD Toys actually made like 7 figures for the 2017 Spider-Man show. We had Spider-Man, Homemade Suit Spider-Man, Symbiote Spider-Man, Miles Morales Spider-Man, Spider-Men 2099, Spider-Gwen & Anya Corazon Spider-Girl. They are taller than Marvel Legends but these figures, from what I've seen, have Marvel Legends style articulation and aren't that bad. The inconsistent packaging strikes back here. Some have the clamshell packaging and some have the more collector friendly, regular box type. Try to get those guys as they also have display stands. They unfortunately also have inconsistent hands, one fist, one thwipping hand, two open hands, both in different gestures too.

[@Stillfigurineout]

Never a fan of ZD Toys' take on any marvel characters, except for MCU Iron Man and big sized characters like MCU Thanos and Iron Monger. Other regular sized characters are kinda the same height, like Spider-man being about as tall as Iron Man I think. And articulation also isn't that great, although the recent ZD Toys figures are better articulated than their early figures.

[@5spec]

ZD Toys seems to be pretty good at making Ultraman figures, which is good enough for me, I prefer tokusatsu to conventional superheroes anyway

[@frendyschouten2433]

Mainly people who bought ZD Toys beacuse Ironman and start collecting. The detail, paintjob, proportion and offcourse a reasonable price. I don' t mind with articulation because he is Ironman, diferent story if it spiderman. What's good about them? Like Tony Ironman, they learns from mistake, fixing and keep improving. I really satisfied with they Ironman mark 17, can't wait for mark 33 and 39, and the rest of house party protocol. Hope they make version of Iron patriot mark 1 and 2.

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yeah articulation aside, zd toys Iron man figures foes look really good. And yeah the upcoming armours also look great

[@madsuleddie]

Have you buy the mark 17 (heartbreaker) from zd toys? It looks like a mini hot toys. The details are perfect👍🏼

[@Stillfigurineout]

Saw the pics, the figure looks good actually lol

[@sigerlion8608]

@@Stillfigurineout I got Heartbreaker and it's awesome. The newer figures quality is much better than the older ones.

[@therest9281]

I heated the figure little bit with dryer mostly on the joint only and never heat up the back so far all my ultraman and iron man are having no issues

[@desecay3380]

I completely agree, i have the one ZD toy, the mark 42, and when compared to my other figures, the articulation is really the main disappointment for me

[@Stillfigurineout]

But if one were to set up for hall.of armour, zd toys Iron man figures are actually great. But for dynamic poses, even ML does it better

[@dreezerz6688]

Im interested in the new mark 85 2.0 with led with the new mould

[@rambam69]

It's awesome, did you get it?

[@dreezerz6688]

​​@@rambam69nope still didn't buy it i bought mafex mark 85 and shf mark85 but if you looking for cheaper options i would prefer zd toys

[@SpiderGuyy]

I broke my figure before I realized how to make the arms go fully up…yeah, that happened.

[@Stillfigurineout]

Oh man 😢

[@SpiderGuyy]

@@Stillfigurineout it was my first one so I wasn’t so experienced with it

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

The ZD toys are so much better than the legends ones from a quality standpoint though.

[@Dannyboi626]

The deadpool one is actually pretty decent! it’s become one of my favourites and I have mafex,ML,Mezco,figma, and hot toys!

[@Stillfigurineout]

I only really like their mcu Iron man figures.. but I'm streamlining so zd toys gotta for me 😅

[@renokoon]

I still will continue collecting, coz heard they will release all the other Ironman .😅 for the price and quality I think still worth it . Btw I don’t really have paint faded issue so far . Maybe the one you have is their old figure and hope the new one paint job will last one 😂

[@renokoon]

*last long

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yeah hopefully the paintwork problem is only for the older figure. And yes the silver centurion, heartbreaker and starboost looks good!

[@akalilaimanchemohdazmi3140]

Wait, don’t you need to pull the torso slightly upward then you can move it around more?

[@hadiipad8946]

Yup he doesn’t knoe

[@AlanDavidDoane]

This was really interesting! Great work.

[@JasonVoorheesUnstoppable]

ZD toys as of right are the best at making Ironman figures and completely out class other companies that make them in the 20-35$ retail price so in that instance definitely get them 100% you will be happy with your purchase, but so far they have been having McFarlane syndrome where their other character figures have been pretty mediocre at best and all out of scale or inaccurate (this could change with their new line I am aware of that) but they can be a one trick pony forever because although there is a crap ton of Ironman suits and I’m sure ZD will absolutely nail all of them there is a limited amount of them so they need to learn how to make other human characters from comics and live action or else the company won’t go to far

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yup I agree ZD Toys doesn't really make good figures , except maybe for the bigger ones (I had Endgame Professor Hulk and Armoured Thanos from their early days, bad articulation but at least sculpt and paintwork was decent). And yeah their Iron Man figures are actually quite good, and I feel like have the most MCU armours for far among all the different toylines.

[@TheTonyLuo]

ZDtoy is exclusively licensed by Marvel for the Chinese domestic market, which limits the availability of licensed information in English.

[@Stillfigurineout]

But I also can't find any info about the company in Chinese language anywhere on the Internet 😅

[@ryunarukami546]

I stopped buying their Iron Man figure after I got my hand on threezero's version, a bit pricey but worth it.

[@Stillfigurineout]

That's of course at a completely different level lol

[@ianmagistrado6924]

i will take zd toys anytime for paint, sculpt and details... articulation is for marvel legends.

[@RKstudios-01]

I mean, if you don't want them. I could take them from you

[@euariaeu8873]

still prefer this rather than marvel legends.and still love to collect now they have ultraman

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yeah if you're not into posing the figure so much, these actually look way more aesthetically pleasing than ML

[@Mrhaoable]

I collect ML as well but have most of zd toys mcu Ironman figures plus a comicave hulkbuster and threezero DLX Ironman figures in my Ironman display and I love it . They look like shrunken down hot toys . However I do also have issues on the mark 85 and I think it’s their worst iron man figure in terms of qc and paint . Their bigger figures like hulkbuster iron monger and whiplash have extremely poor articulation . And def stay clear from other characters made by zd toys , they are ugly , bad articulation and paint jobs . Hopefully they can improve and give ML some pressure to also improve their fogures

[@Stillfigurineout]

Yesss other characters mostly have bad face sculpt, and most importantly not in scale; all of them are about the same size lol. But yeah the mcu iron man figures paintwork and sculpt wise are really good, articulation aside of course. They know mcu iron man line is their beacon of light, and they're churning out lots of armours lol

[@Dantohr]

I have now 19 zd Toys Iron Man Figures and cant wait for the New one. Its not a toy its a collectible and all of mine in Different poses. Sorry Bad Video

[@cradle_n7515]

I get your point but the question is when you display them, do you display them in action mode like in action pose? or just like other collectors, they just stand straight on your shelves?

[@salmonboyli2002]

I saw a couple of his Spider-Man standing at the edge of the shelf, and they don’t look that dynamic so, i’ll have to assume he displays them in a natural standing pose or somewhere along the line

[@SCARLETDOT]

Love ur videos bro i bought my first authentic figure which us Black Manta dc collection By Mattel

[@Gogotoys83]

yes, ZD Toys only for statue standing pose.

[@cradle_n7515]

The question is do they display them in action pose?

[@xquisid]

@@cradle_n7515 Love that their statment is also includes a potential of contradicting themselves.

[@scorchingwhirlwind]

This is very imformative. Thanks.

[@aiishin_yt4285]

ZD TOYS affordable, paint job is really good compare to others. marvel legends is shii especially on quality and price.

[@raimiranda126]

Yes you should STOP collecting only one set of toys only IF you have MANY of the SAME kind. Try a VARIETY. The rainbow has MANY colors NOT just one

[@fb.3283]

La articulación de un personaje que tiene una armadura pesada y no se mueve bastante ? Wow debio de ser una sorpresa

[@alfahotel1889]

mmm not good review... torso can extend... have to look with more details ur figures.. and everybody know the sun is dangerous for every figure nope than ZD toys. The package change..U must bought the wave 1... See Ya...and I will buy Zd toys..like you said it's good figures and ecomonic.. bye.

[@kripayan]

very nice

[@nandxo2141]

worst video ever

[@zombiezoom9309]

Move to hot toys

[@Stillfigurineout]

Wallet doesn't allow it 😂

[@eternaldarkboi241]

Thats a shame