Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately, the toys never completely sold out and collectors were able to find the toys. It became divisive among fans who either loved or hated them. The toy line had an immediately cult status among collectors. Also hurting the line was that the supporting characters were based on the recently started Force Works line and not yet popular among non-show fans. Armor pieces did not always fit right and the vac-metallization led to chipping and loss of color. There were many production problems with the line. However, they were each created for the line and did not feature iconic armors from the comics that the show did not use. The line featured several armors not seen in the show. In order of series, the featured armors were Main Armor, Stealth Armor, Arctic Armor, and Samurai Armor.
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Additionally, each series featured a different Iron Man armor to differentiate each one. It helped that Iron Man used several different armors in the show, and made more sense than some variant versions of other characters.Įach figure had a card backing with art featuring the armor with a description of either the character or armor. They also followed a concept set by Batman where they would feature multiple variants of the same character, most notably Iron Man. This increased cost and lowed the profit margin for ToyBiz than other series. Unfortunately, this cost more in retooling and production than a normal figure, and the vac-metallization cost more anyways. Armored characters were given removable armor pieces that could be interchanged and placed on other armored figures. One of the main ideas for the line of toys was interchangeable vac-metallized armor.
There were four series of figures produced while the show was on the air. It followed in the wake of a successful Spider-Man line. The show had a toyline through ToyBiz, first announced in July of 1994. Neal McDonough would go on to voice Bruce Banner on The Incredible Hulk and to play Dum Dum Dugan on the film Captain America: The First Avenger.
Ron Perlman would voice Hulk and Bruce Banner on Fantastic Four but not on The Incredible Hulk. Matt Frewer would go on to voice Leader on The Incredible Hulk. Avery and Harewood have a long history of voicing the same characters on a series. Robert Hays and James Avery reprised their roles for Spider-Man, even though Dorian Harewood had already replaced Avery as the voice of War Machine on this series and played Tombstone on the other. Despite the changes ratings remained low, unable to overcome the poor reception of the first season, and the series was eventually cancelled. The series also focused on issues of duplicity, consequence, and phobias.
Storylines were no longer limited to single or two-parters but spanned multiple episodes. With the change came new writing, new direction, and new music. Writing was handled by Ron Friedman, who also worked on Fantastic Four.įor the second season Marvel switched to another animation studio. The first season was primarily a "good versus evil" tale of Iron Man and his allies fighting the Mandarin and his minions. Like Fantastic Four, many fans were disappointed with the first season.
This was normal for motion pictures but was a highly unusual practice for television.
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Iron Man is notable for being one of the few television shows to be rerecorded in THX a high-fidelity sound reproduction standard typically found in movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems.