I recently purchased the Champion Class Iron Man LXXXV figurine from Blokees and I’d like to talk about it today!

 

 

What are Blokees?

People use the word Blokees in different ways. First, Blokees is a company that produces collectible plastic model figurines. These figurines have the Blokees brand and are referred to as Blokees themselves. At the time of this writing, the most popular Blokees are the Transformers line. But Blokees has been exploring other licenses, coming up with other series like Ultraman and Pokemon. Check out the official Blokees website for more information about them.

 

 

In 2024, Blokees started releasing Marvel Infinity Saga Series 01 figurines. These small model kits are considered Hero-10 Class and come in blind boxes. In 2025, Blokees started releasing Champion Class model kits for their Marvel Infinity Saga product line. Champion Class model kits are slightly taller (approximately 13.4 cm high) than the Hero-10 Class and do not come in blind boxes. The Marvel Infinity Saga Champion Class model kits are more similar to other model kits in that the parts of the figurine are still affixed in separate frames called runners, and assembling the model kits takes quite a bit of time.

 

Assembly

To provide context, let me first admit that I am not an experienced model kit builder. The last time I assembled a model kit was more than twenty years ago, so these opinions are coming from a novice. And as a novice, my experience in assembling Champion Class Iron Man LXXXV was relatively smooth with only a few issues. The assembly instructions that came with this model kit was quite easy to understand, despite being in Chinese. Each part is clearly illustrated and labelled with the runner and part number. The only time that I was confused in identifying a part was with the ball joint connecting the head to the neck. The specific ball joint needed was a clear plastic piece, which wasn’t clearly conveyed by the instructions.

 

 

What gave me problems in assembly were really small parts, such as the ball joints in each wrist and the ball joints that made up the “pelvis” of the model. These were challenging because of their small size, so it was tough for me to push them snugly together. Iron Man’s back attachment is another example. Each “arm” consisted of three small pieces. I have to admit, my thumbs were a little sore due to pushing these small pieces together.

 

Appearance and Details

I had high expectations for my Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV model kit and generally, I’m quite satisfied. Most pieces of this Iron Man either came in the color that it needed to be or were spray-painted with the appropriate metallic colors while attached to their runners. Without checking references, the only deviation from the source that I could identify were the slightly larger shoulders. Despite the complicated mix of silver, metallic red, and gold, Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV looked very faithful to the original in my eyes.

 

 

Of course I still checked a few references, and it turns out that there are some minor deviations. Particularly, the silver areas on some parts were thicker and larger than on the source. This is most noticeable on the chest and torso, where the original had barely any silver. Upon closer inspection, the parts near each armpit definitely needed a lot more metallic red.

 

 

There are covers at the back of each hand and Champion Class Iron Man LXXXV has slightly larger covers. While I don’t mind the larger size, there is something that I don’t like that I’ll mention later. The silver lines on the lower legs are also thicker than the original armor.

 

 

There’s a minor issue that I noticed that hopefully is limited to the model kit that I received, and not an error in the mass production of this product. Pieces that need to be spray-painted are painted while they’re still attached to their runners. The areas where some pieces are attached to the runners lack paint. It’s as if the spray-paint couldn’t reach those areas because of how the pieces were attached to the runners.

 

 

With the model kit that I purchased, this issue is most noticeable with the lower legs, the feet, and the back of the head. The missing red paint is bad enough that I decided to buy some metallic paint so I can fix the issue later on.

 

 

You might notice a lot of dark spots when looking at the back of my Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV. Well, that’s really my fault. As a novice model kit builder, I don’t know how I could cut pieces off their runners so the cut points still have noticeable plastic nubs. I’ve been using a glass file to whittle them down.

 

Accessories and Additional Parts

In the marketing for Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV, Blokees really highlighted all the additional parts and accessories that came with the model kit. This Iron Man comes with three pairs of hands: closed fists, open hands, and blasting hands (palms facing forward). There’s a fourth right hand with Iron Man’s special blade weapon that’s built in. This means that this model kit can only ever have the blade in its right hand. However, what I’m really unhappy about are the lack of hand covers.

 

 

Of the seven hands, five will need to share covers. If you want to change the right hand from a closed fist into the bladed hand, you’ll need to remove the cover from one hand and attach it to the other hand. And you’ll need to keep doing this every time you want to change hands. If you attach them too tightly, they become difficult to separate. I accidentally nicked the left closed fist while trying to pry the cover off of it. These hands should have had the covers built into the pieces. Or there should have been a cover piece for each of the extra hands.

 

 

I also don’t like how the blasting hands were designed. Each hand has a red tube sticking out of the palm where the energy blasts are attached. If you don’t attach the energy blasts, you’ve got an Iron Man with red tubes sticking out of the palms. I wish that Blokees designed these hands differently.

 

 

Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV comes with an energy shield that can be attached to either wrist. He’s got that back attachment that fired additional lasers in Avengers: Endgame. And surprisingly, only one blaster arm. The blaster arm can be a pain to attach as you’ll need to pry apart the forearm that you’re trying to replace with it.

 

 

The model kit comes with a pair of energy blasts for the hands, and another pair of energy blasts for the feet. Most importantly, Blokees included a flight stand that is actually pretty good. I like the inclusion of the flight stand because Iron Man is a figure that you’ll want to put in different flying poses. Finally, Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV has an arc reactor and eyes that light up. The battery powering this is inside the internal chest piece and there’s a plastic flap that you can remove and reattach as needed.

 

 

As you can see, Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV already comes with a lot of accessories. I don’t know how possible it is with how Blokees are designed but I think an alternate Tony Stark head would have been a great addition, especially since the character is known to unmask multiple times in the Marvel films.

 

Conclusion

There is simply no hiding the fact that I have several issues with Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV. However, these issues are either minor or really come with model kits. I don’t like how the hand and hand covers were designed. And I’m a little annoyed that I’ll have to do a bit of painting to fix those small unpainted areas of the model kit.

 

 

But I’m still very happy with this figure. The amount of detail and the articulation of is simply on a whole other level compared to what I’m used to seeing from Blokees. Having a light up feature was a pleasant and welcome surprise. In fact, I bought this model kit at a more expensive price than others and yet I don’t regret buying this at all. Will I recommend Champion Class Iron Man Mark LXXXV to everyone? Well, only if you know what the issues are and are okay with them.

 

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