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*Seriously, why didn't they just give him a normal head?

They did, it's underneath the helmet. Just like they did with Batman.

*Seriously, why didn't they just give him a normal head?

They did, it's underneath the helmet. Just like they did with Batman.

I mean why isn't the Iron Man head a normal minifig head with painting rather than this caricature of a helmet? It's worse than the Knights Kingdom (the colorful ones) stuff from a few years ago.

 

-CF

*Seriously, why didn't they just give him a normal head?

They did, it's underneath the helmet. Just like they did with Batman.

I mean why isn't the Iron Man head a normal minifig head with painting rather than this caricature of a helmet? It's worse than the Knights Kingdom (the colorful ones) stuff from a few years ago.-CF

For the same reason Batman has a helmet instead of a printed head with his mask on it. It's an iconic part of the character.

*Seriously, why didn't they just give him a normal head?

They did, it's underneath the helmet. Just like they did with Batman.

I mean why isn't the Iron Man head a normal minifig head with painting rather than this caricature of a helmet? It's worse than the Knights Kingdom (the colorful ones) stuff from a few years ago.-CF

For the same reason Batman has a helmet instead of a printed head with his mask on it. It's an iconic part of the character.

Batman's a slightly different case. His cowl has a notably different shape than a normal human head. How would you evoke his "ears" on a printed minifig head?

 

I think Iron Man should definitely have a helmet piece over his head, of course, but that doesn't mean I'm 100% satisfied with what they gave him. I think a lot of the added bulk came from focusing on making it "openable", instead of having it just be removed to see Tony's face. If anything, they should have at least given him a body armor piece to compensate for how much bigger the helmet makes his head.