Iron Man 39;s Helmet

[Bertoldo Beyer]

Legohave gone with a simplified one piece (no movable visor) moulding for their latest set including Iron Man etc, whilst I like the fact that they give you hair pieces as well, I don`t like the design nearly as much as the old one I first saw when playing Lego Marvel Super Heroes with my great grandson. I thought it looked cool and it got me started collecting Iron Man minifigures, however I don`t think I`ll be as keen to collect this new style if Lego persist with it..what do you think?

I personally quite like the new helmet design for this one, I think it captures the All New All Different Iron Man quite nicely. That said, I wouldn't like to see this helmet continue for everything from now on. Do you have all the Iron Man variants now what with these new ones?

I think it's fine. It's meant for characters that don't have the classic Iron Man face shape and it works for that purpose well enough. That said, I do prefer the old one and I'm sure they will use it again for the next movie-based sets.

I find it pretty ironic that everyone was complaining about the first Iron Man helmet because of the bulky visor and now that they made one without it, people are crying to have the old one back. There's just no pleasing some people. *smh

Personally I like old 2 piece helmet better as it looks great on movie versions of Iron Man. But new one is better for comic book version s of Iron Man, so it depends on version of the character. But I think Lego will keep using old helmet for upcoming Infinity War sets and other movie versions of Iron Man, it just suits that version of the character better.

I suspect that LEGO went with the one-piece version because it will cost less to produce in the long term. The additional hair piece that comes with the minifigures that have the single piece helmet is probably pretty inexpensive. If I'm right, we won't be seeing the two-piece helmet again.

I hate the new hemlet. I think it looks too childish and simplified. These are the first sets I'm actively avoiding. If they don't go back to the old molds (or new versions of the old ones) for the movie sets I'll possibly just avoid Iron Man all together. It's REALLY ugly and such a HUGE downgrade.

Personally I think both have their uses, and neither of them look bad really. I do find the movable visor on the old 2012 version, visually, entirely unnecessary. Frankly I think it looks ridiculous with the visor up. The only advantage being that it allows you to swap out colors and styles of the various helmets. On the 2017 version, I rather like it. That being said, I do wish the Micros version didn't go with an angry expression face, which almost ruins the Classic Iron Man figure you can make with it. Almost.

I definitely feel the versatility of the new helmet makes it the better option. I never had any issues with the old helmet, but as soon as I saw the new mold with the ANAD Iron Man print I feel in love with it. Hopefully we will see more comic inspired Iron Man figures now.

I prefer the older version, mostly because of the shaping. The visor is a nice play feature, but I can't say I use it too frequently. I think I would prefer the new one if it was tapered a little more toward the neck, but then again it might be difficult to attach.

My very favorite Iron Man armors are all designs that would use the older helmet (comics Pre Extremis suit, comics Extremis suit, MCU Mark 3, MCU Mark 7), but I do have a soft spot for the classic armors of the comics. Virtually all the helmets from the 1960s to the 1990s had roughly the same design, with a yellow-gold face plate on a bright red helmet, and using black rectangles for the eyes and a black trapezoid for the mouth, and I think that style of design would fit far better on the new helmet than the old one.

I think the new mold has potential, but I'm not in love with it yet; I strongly dislike the two Iron Man helmets we've gotten with it thus far. The Mighty Micros is too cartoony, and the ANAD helmet is too specific to a design that I don't like very much. The two villain helmets actually look better, which give me some hope that they'll do good things with it, maybe even outside the Marvel line.

If they use the new helmet to make a true classic Iron Man to accompany the other classic characters they've made (Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, Falcon, Hulk, etc.), then I'll accept it. If they don't, I'd just as soon keep the old one on future Tonys.

Seconding this. I think a lot of the dislike for the new mold comes from the first two models made with it being a Mighty Micro, and the ANAD helmet which translates weirdly to Lego. The Hammer helmet looks much better, since the addition of a mouth helps make the whole thing look balanced.

i quite like the new helmet, works very well for ANAD Iron Man, and is great for other armoured minifigures. I'd say they they'll keep using the MCU helmet where they have to, like how they'll use the 2015 Batman cowl piece for the Justice League sets, but haven't been using it in Dimensions or The Lego Batman Movie.

Only what you see, but I`m now a definite fan of the old school version , that said,Lego will be able to put more complicated prints on the smoother surfaced new design, so this might be the way it is going to have to be .Maybe as already pointed out, Lego are trying to ease production issues with this one piece design. It won`t be so bad I suppose , providing they supply a hairpiece, if they don`t then they might as well just go with an all black head!

Another thing just occurred to me, how durable is the printing going to be?..the old helmet is made up of two differently colored plastic components with the eye/mouth detail recessed into the visor piece..so I think the older style would be less prone to accidental damage.

At the time of this project, I was enrolled in a summer class for my engineering degree, involved in an internship, and working in the technical support group for SOLIDWORKS at GoEngineer. For each, I was required to develop a project. Because my time was stretched in many directions, I was determined to find a project that would cover all three requirements.

My wife is a huge Iron Man fan and I love Marvel. I looked into some objects that I could create in SOLIDWORKS, 3D print with the printers we have here in the GoEngineer office, and then cast in metal for my metals class. After some searching, I decided to go all out and cast a wearable Iron Man helmet in solid aluminum. It was an ambitious task, but it was a project that I knew I could be passionate about as well as satisfy the requirements of all three obligations.

My number one goal in starting this project was accuracy to the movie model. If a part of the helmet looked like a separate metal plate, I was going to make it a separate, independent metal plate. After combing the internet for ideas on how to accomplish this, I stumbled upon a 3D CAD model on the Stratasys-owned GrabCAD website and found the Iron Man Helmet design by Inzamam-Ul-Haq. Of all the models I had previously seen, I was thoroughly impressed with his accuracy and level of detail. He used the Surfacing tools in SOLIDWORKS 2014 to create the file. I decided to use this model as my template.

After closer inspection, I found that while the model was accurate, the methodology of the creation of the model was flawed. The entire model was comprised only of surface bodies and many surfaces were created only to look accurate in photo renderings.

Some radii on surface lofts were incredibly small and would not function correctly in subsequent features. It was obvious that he created the helmet for looks, not necessarily to be a functional, usable model. To make the model usable, I had to manually recreate nearly all surfaces or repair them to result in smooth, complete surfaces that could be thickened to a solid.

Because of the flaws and complex geometry, SOLIDWORKS could not automatically thicken the surfaces to a solid, so I was obliged to generate all the surfaces required for thickening on each plate. The result was 9 shelled, solid plates ready for 3D printing. The total time in CAD to repair the model and create solids from all surfaces was about 20 hours. A good portion of that time consisted of learning and applying techniques I had not yet mastered in Surfacing.

After researching methods to cast my parts in solid metal, I settled on the lost-PLA investment casting process. For those who do not know what investment casting is, this infographic by Pennsylvania Precision Cast Parts shows a quick summary of the process. I chose investment casting for three main reasons:

Aluminum was my choice for the casting material because of its lower melting temperature (easier to cast and handle), its lightweight properties (so the helmet would not be too heavy), and its luster. My goal for the final result was to darken the aluminum via anodization and achieve a black chrome finish.

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