Space Command Armor (r. 2016)

Meet the Space Command Armor made for Captain America to face off Thanos's evil plan!

A new release of Marvel super hero adventures play set from Hasbro this year (2016). This play set includes Captain America, Thanos and Space Command Armor! Check out the video here!

There is a new Marvel Cinematic Universe style of Captain America sculpt this year that is happen to be in Super Jungle Squad set, Space Command Armor set and Jungle ATV Captain America set. All of the these 3 set of "Captain" are consider a variant. Besides, the sculpt changes Captains's vibranium shield from right hand to left hand which you will only see old Captain America hold his shield with his right hand.

Captain America Variants:

1. Super Jungle Squad Set          - Captain wears blue utility belt and red boots

2. Space Command Armor         - Captain wears white utility belt and boots

3. Jungle ATV Captain America - Captain wears red utility belt and brown boots

Comparison

First impression for this play set for most of the Playskool Heroes fan or anyone who bought the set called "Stark Tech Armor" would notice the armor are about the same. Both of the set came with 2 figures and a gigantic armor, Captain rides the Space Command Armor and Iron Man rides the Hulkbuster.

[Comparison: Space Command Armor (right) & Stark Tech Armor (left)]

So what is the difference of this 2 set? 

Let's list out the difference of this 2 sets:

Space command Armor

1. Armor : - Repaint of Hulkbuster from Stark Tech Armor Set
                  - Captain America theme (e.g. Stars, blue and red)
                  - Rotatable claws
                  - Claws have no movable joints
                  - No platform inside the armor
                  - Thanos does not fit to the claws

2. Captain America : - New sculpt of 2016, Marvel Cinematic Universe style
                                  - Have darker shade of blue than Super Jungle Squad's Captain
                                  - White utility belt and white boots

3. Thanos : - Available currently (2016) only in this set
                   - Mono colour used (Yellow, blue and white for eyes)
                   - No articulation like other Playskool Heroes

Stark Tech Armor
1. Armor : - New sculpt of 2015
                  - Uses metallic gold paint
                  - Printed with Iron Man theme codes and labeling
                  - Rotatable claws
                  - Claws have movable joints
                  - A mountable platform inside the armor
                  - Hulk fits firmly to the claws

2. Iron Man : - New sculpt of 2015, Marvel Cinematic Universe style
                      - Only Iron Man figure that is half equipped (helmetless)
                      - 8 point articulation
                      - Only available in Stark Tech Armor set

3. Hulk : - New sculpt of 2015, Marvel Cinematic Universe style
               - Spring load in the body (it jumps!)
               - 3 point articulation

[Comparison: Space Command Armor Claw (left) & Stark Tech Armor Claw (right)]

[Comparison: Space Command Armor Mounting Platform (right) & Stark Tech Armor Mounting Platform (right)]

Thanos

Playskool Heroes Thanos is only available currently (2016) in this set. However, Thanos does not possess the standard 8 articulation like other Playskool Heroes. Thus, he is not poseable and only stand or pose as it is. 

Note: Thanos are hardly fitting in the Space Command Armor Claw due to no movable joint for the claws and if Thanos is forcefully fit to the claws, there might be paint damage.

Playskool Heroes, Thanos

So what is the scale of Thanos?

He have a massive body build and height of Hulk in most of the Marvel universe. In Playskool Heroes version, he is 2.55 inches tall which is about the height of Spider-man at 2.5 inches.

Refer to the comparison below for Thanos's height. This height graph is also featured in our video!

[Height Comparison : Groot (3"), Venom (2.75"), Thanos (2.55"), Spider-man (2.5"), Rocket Raccoon (2.25")]

Overall, the play set is cool and figures are collectable and things are keep improving. Thanos have a nice sculpt with cool face expression. If you want to look further about this set, check out our channel or look for this video here.

There are fun and interesting characters! More post to be up with more awesome 3inch adventures!

Recalling a year back, 2015

The New 3inch Community

So how do this 3inch Community come about?

Since our first video on the Playskool Venom and Scarlet Spider review, we notice there are many more figures like Playskool heroes. Instead of a well-made and cool-looking characters, they have many joints for articulation which made many poses compare to many figures in a small scale.

After our discovery, we decided to have other Superheroes figure from Imaginext and Masked Rider's Series (THE仮面ライダーズ) to join in and build a massive community!

So what is next? What is the difference of Playskool Heroes, Imaginext and Rider's Series?

Here will be a brief explanation of these 3 main brands and their differences:

1. Playskool Heroes

Playskool Heroes from Hasbro currently(2016) consist themes like Marvel, Transformers, Jurassic World and Star Wars. Their figure's height are commonly between 2 inch to 3 inch which depends on the characters. Examples of 2 inch figures are short characters like Rocket Raccoon (Marvel) and Yoda (Star Wars) and there is only one 3 inch character that is Groot (Marvel) currently. 

The most frequent height of these Playskool Heroes are 2.5 inch and 2.75 inch. So that makes Groot the tallest so far (2016) and shortest are Yoda and Rocket Raccoon.

2. Imaginext

Imaginext figures from Fisher-Price have a standard 3 inch characters and sometimes the height would differ from 2.75 inch - 3.0 inch, depending on the characters. The themes from Imaginext currently (2016) are: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, DC Heroes and other non-hero theme like Monster inc, Toy Story, SpongeBob Squarepants, Dinosaur, Ocean, Castle, Rescue City and Pirates.

Imaginext figures are commonly seen with bright and vibrant colours. 

3. Rider's Series (THE仮面ライダーズ)

The Rider's Series (THE仮面ライダーズ) from Bandai are pronounced as "the kamen raidāzu" in Japan and the characters is known as Masked Rider worldwide. These series of toys are called candy toy (食玩) and distributed in Japan.

The figures also carries the "super deform style", with big heads, hands and feet. Their height is between 2.25 inch and 2.5 inch, not including their beetle horns (Yea, they are insects with horns and antenna. The height of the horns varies). Besides that, these beetle fighters are painted with excellent paint work; smooth and metallic paint.

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