Yeah, I don't know if he was really known in Japan before the movie or not but since you basically have RDJ in a mecha suit, Iron Man's pretty popular there now. They even did an anime (although I've heard it wasn't very good).
And I am SO jealous! You own the Mech Test figure! He goes for like $400+ on ebay right now. ;o; I'm with you when it comes to the WWII version of the uniform...the only reason I didn't sacrifice all of my holiday money on orderingg him is there's a rumor that HT is supposed to put out a Rescue version that comes with the USO outfit and the outfit he wears when he rescues Bucky- plus a helmet-less Chris Evans head sculpt. Hopefully they'll come out with a new head for him even if they don't release a whole new figure...
(funny enough, I discovered Hot Toys by accident. I kept seeing these creepy RDJ heads for sale on Japanese auctions when I was trying to find Iron Man stuff. It was very 'WTF' D: until I figured out they were for the HT figures!)
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And I am SO jealous! You own the Mech Test figure! He goes for like $400+ on ebay right now. ;o; I'm with you when it comes to the WWII version of the uniform...the only reason I didn't sacrifice all of my holiday money on orderingg him is there's a rumor that HT is supposed to put out a Rescue version that comes with the USO outfit and the outfit he wears when he rescues Bucky- plus a helmet-less Chris Evans head sculpt. Hopefully they'll come out with a new head for him even if they don't release a whole new figure...
(funny enough, I discovered Hot Toys by accident. I kept seeing these creepy RDJ heads for sale on Japanese auctions when I was trying to find Iron Man stuff. It was very 'WTF' D: until I figured out they were for the HT figures!)