One of my first stops at the 2015 New York Toy Fair today was the Kotobukiya booth, which I cruised into with a sparkle in my eyes and dreams of seeing the Kotobukiya X-Men ARTFX+ statues in my heart. Unfortunately, those dreams were shattered. But as a consolation prize, I did get to see the just-revealed Avengers: Age of Ultron Kotobukiya Iron Man Mark 43 ARTFX statue!

After Kotobukiya unveiled the Adi Granov artwork for the ARTFX+ X-Men statues series at New York Comic-Con 2015, I really believed that we’d get to see early sculpts of the X-Men ARTFX+ statues at New York Toy Fair 2015.

But alas–it is not so. At this point, it’s sadly looking fairly certain that we won’t see the Kotobukiya ARTFX+ X-Men released until 2016. Sigh.

But what we are getting in 2015 are a variety of Kotobukiya Avengers Age of Ultron statues, with the newest one debuting today at the 2015 New York Toy Fair: Iron Man Mark XLIII!

When I saw the Kotobukiya ARTFX Iron Man Mark 43 statue, my heart skipped a beat while I tried to remember what the Iron Man Mark 42 ARTFX looked like. But then I remembered–it was action-posed and looked absolutely nothing like this.

So while many toy companies are merely repainting their old Iron Man Mark XLII collectibles into the Avengers Age of Ultron Iron Man Mark XLIII, Kotobukiya is graciously giving us an all-new and all-amazing Iron Man Mark 43 armor statue.

As silly as it sounds, I may like the base for this statue as much as the statue itself. The red and gold metallic-painted Avengers logo base is super-sleek and very, very cool looking.

ARTFX statues by Kotobukiya are in the larger 1/6 scale instead of the 1/10 scale of ARTFX+, so the Avengers Age of Ultron Iron Man stands about 12″ tall and will work handily as a stand-in for those who don’t want to buy the $345 Hot Toys Iron Man Mark 43 die-cast figure.

The Kotobukiya Avengers Age of Ultron Iron Man Mark 43 ARTFX statue should be up for order later this winter, and is scheduled for release in August 2015. The price-point for this piece hasn’t been announced yet, but I’d estimate it will be around $130-$140.

Are you considering the Iron Man Mark 43 Kotobukiya ARTFX statue, Marvel collectors? Or are you totally sick of anything and everything Iron Man at this point?