The Battle for New York seen in last year’s “The Avengers” movie is nothing compared to the war that Hot Toys is waging on Hot Toys Avengers and Iron Man collectors this spring! After a somewhat light fall and winter, Avengers Hot Toys figures like Black Widow, Thor, and Agent Coulson have been released one after the next. And things are about to get even more expensive for Iron Man Hot Toys fans, as the long-awaited Avengers Hot Toys Iron Man Mark VII Movie Masterpiece Series figure has now been released overseas!

The popularity of “The Avengers” movie by Marvel Studios brought in a flood of new Hot Toys collectors, and for many of them this Iron Man Mark VII figure will be their first sixth-scale Iron Man figure. And what a glorious, glorious way to begin a Hot Toys Iron Man collection!

It’s taken an entire year of waiting, but the latest Iron Man is out in Asia and will be coming home to collectors in the United States any week now! He features light-up parts and more bonus accessories and removable armor pieces than any Iron Man Hot Toys figure before him.

No one buys a $250 Hot Toys figure for the box, but the slipcover on this Iron Man Mark VII Avengers Movie Masterpiece figure admittedly looks really slick, and far cooler than the previous Hot Toys Iron Man boxes do.

While there is an extremely limited “Iron Man 3 Movie Promo” Hot Toys Battle-Damaged Iron Man Mark VII figure that sold out in a couple hours, this standard Iron Man Mark 7 Movie Masterpiece Series figure also contains its own battle-damaged pieces (though obviously not nearly to the same extent as the official Battle-Damaged version). I was lucky enough to get a pre-order for the Iron Man Mark VII Battle Damaged Movie Promo, but it’s nice that some battle-damaged armor pieces come with the standard figure for those who couldn’t get in on the Movie Promo.

Like most Hot Toys Iron Man Movie Masterpiece figures, Iron Man Mark VII comes with a Tony Stark head. I’m not 100% sold on the likeness of this particular head sculpt to Robert Downey Jr., but I do absolutely love that Hot Toys is giving us a smirking Tony Stark head sculpt. I think I’m going to have to have this figure in-hand before I can really judge the Robert Downey Jr. head for myself.

This is one of very few instances in which Hot Toys has taken collectors completely by surprise by including even more accessories than they showed with the official Iron Man Mark 7 MMS pre-order solicitation! The Iron Man Mark VII Hot Toys figure now includes brand-new repulsor palm hands to enable Tony Stark to do his signature hands up firing pose, as well as two whole extra arms outfitted with forearm wrist lasers. Thanks Hot Toys!

The Hot Toys Avengers Iron Man Mark VII figure was just released overseas this past week, and is now on its way to America. Look for Hot Toys Iron Man Mark 7 to ship out to collectors in the United States in mid-June 2013.

Sideshow Collectibles is sold-out, but if you sign up for the Wait List, you’re almost assured to get one for retail price instead of an inflated markup price. I’ve had a lot of success with Sideshow’s Wait List lately, as I was able to get both the “Sold Out” Captain America and Black Widow figures from Wait List conversions last week, so be sure to get on the Wait List if you’re wanting Iron Man Mark VII!