Chase figure: Iron Soldier
Primes: Silver Centurion and Sasquatch prime
Super Rares: Titania/ Absorbing Man, Count Nefaria, Grey Gargoyle, Wrecker, Titanium Man, King Hyperion
And I also got 6 rings of the Mandarin, but I pulled two White Light rings. 5 rings out of the 9 available in the bricks is still what I expected to get so no harm done there. I also learned that my hands are too bony for me to take the mantle of the Mandarin... oh well.
The first thing you’ll notice after ripping open a few boosters is that the figures are HUGE. I use a Plano Molding 3-inch deep stowaway case to bring my play figs around and Titanium Man occupied the full height. Generic Hammer Industries Drones and Dreadnoughts take up their own compartment, and Juggernaut is well… a juggernaut. I’m not too fond of the set of Chase figures. I find it strange and even lazy that the thematic Chase figures are versions of Iron Man that were never seen in comic book panels. Don’t get me wrong, I still aim to complete them. Here are all the common and uncommon figures of the set, look at the size of them! I managed to complete all of them with a helluva lot of extra figures.
While not exactly deal breakers, out of four Hammer Drones, three had legs detached from the base because the connection was really flimsy. Which is just fine because the drones aren’t great generic figures to play with (trust me, do not use them in sealed format). I also felt that Wizkids got lazy wit the sculpt design of the figures. For instance, Silver Centurion was just the common Iron Man sculpt with a silver and red paint job and Superboy Prime got a makeover and changed his name to King Hyperion in this set.
On playability, I think I’ll have a lot of fun with these figures. I pulled a complete Wrecking Crew and they look to be a lot of fun as a brawler team. ATAs are now printed on the cards so read what the Wrecking Crew does and go smash an Asgardian. I also like how this set complements the Fear Itself set. If you pulled Mokk, there’s a new Grey Gargoyle here. If you got Titania and Skirn, there’s an Absorbing man and a duo fig for you to collect. Overall, the set is heavy on firepower but weak on support. It’s not a set you must have, but for Iron Man fans and long time Marvel fanboys, it’s definitely nostalgic and looks to be tremendous fun up until we get the Deadpool set. Another nitpick I have is that the set has a lot of characters unrelated to Iron Man yet still fun to play. If you’re an Iron Man fan, then this set is still worth buying a brick of, especially with the reduced retail price. To wrap up this unboxing article, here are the rare figures I pulled.