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How Does War Machine's Gun Work? Can He Sit Down? New Toy Pics Reveal All! [Iron Man 2]

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 PDT

Incredibly detailed photos of a 1/6-scale replica of Iron Man 2's War Machine have gone online, revealing exactly how Rhodey's going to dish out the pain in the new movie. Details include guns, gauntlets, and waist joints.

This could actually be the Iron Man 2 tie-in toy to get, and it shows once again how similar — and yet how different in execution — War Machine's suit will be from Iron Man's Mark V suit. It's easy to see why they call him War Machine, anyway. [Hot Toys on Facebook via Nerd Appoved]

Meet Iron Man 2's New Assault Drones! [Iron Man]

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:00:00 PST

Iron Man 2 won't just feature new suits of armor — it'll feature assult drones, including air, sea and ground drones. Toy images give us our first look at these drones, including Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell)'s drone army.

Thanks to Matt with Diamond Select Toys for sending us these early images of Iron Man 2's toy tie-ins. Do you think some of these drones were developed by Tony "no longer making weapons, honest" Stark? Or are they all the work of Justin Hammer and other Stark wannabes? Will Iron Man be able to deploy drones to go on missions when he's otherwise occupied?

Oh, and what do you think that shadowed out figure is in the "series 35" image, the one with Pepper Potts in it?

Terminator 4 Toys Reveal Cuteness, Secrets [Terminator Salvation]

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:00:00 PST

Who doesn't want one of these cute Terminator Salvation action figures, with the light-up red eyes? The full new action-figure pics also include some possible spoilers.

The figures come in 3.75 inch, 6 inch and 10 inch sizes, and each set includes Terminators, Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) and usually John Connor (Christian Bale). "Multiple Terminator styles to create your own Skynet army!" says the toy manufacturer, Playmates. (Off the top of my head, I can see the T-600 and a small version of a Harvester.) And one of those figure sets also seems to include Common.

The thing that jumps out at me, though, is the six-inch figure with the metal hand. That looks like John Connor, not Marcus, which lends more credence to the idea that Connor gets Terminatorized at some point. Update: Commenters KSChris and apatheos convinced me that's Marcus, not Connor.

Also, is Marcus the mohawked figure with parts of his skin torn off to reveal metal? It's been pretty much confirmed that he's a "decommissioned Terminator," but does he get a mohawk at some point? Are mohawks just the required hairstyle for the post-apocalypse nowadays? Is there a body-mod shop and hair salon out in the ruins of Santa Ana that specializes in partially shaving heads and spiking hair? (Update: commenter se7a7n7 suggests it's actually the T-800 played by bodybuilder Roland Kickinger, which makes total sense.)

Finally, what on Earth is up with Common's outfit? It looks like he's going to a video-game disco circa 1982. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

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