Comments on: Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade Winners!

By: Marvel takes Iron Man to the runway with “by Design” variants | Project : Rooftop

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:29 +0000

[...] P:R readers will remember our own Iron Man re-design contest, Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade, back in 2008 which featured Daniel Krall’s inspired design as the grand prize winner. No [...]

By: How It’s Done: Iron Man’s Briefcase Armor | Project : Rooftop

How It’s Done: Iron Man’s Briefcase Armor | Project : Rooftop — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:48:47 +0000

[...] taking a look at Iron Man 2’s briefcase armor. For more Iron Man at P:R, check out our Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade contest winners. – Dean Trippe, [...]

By: Project : Rooftop

Project : Rooftop — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:22:58 +0000

[...] Note: These first two Iron Man redesigns were sent in to us after the deadline for Iron Man: Invincible Upgrade, but while we they weren’t entered in the actual contest, we wanted to spotlight them here. [...]

By: Gorshnoogle

Gorshnoogle — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:26:01 +0000

I just want to say the Darren Calvert one looks like a suit that Jarvis would where… which would be awesome!

By: Zak R

Zak R — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:28 +0000

In response to the Matt’s comment on the final submission (Joe’s), I think it highly amusing that you credit its similarity to C3PO as a drawback in that it makes it too robot-looking and not enough with the person-in-armor idea, when the C3PO design is, in reality, the only modern example we have of a real person inside a metal suit (okay, plastic or whatever)!

By: Dion

Dion — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:48:39 +0000

I like Jon McNally’s Iron Man, It’s wierdly resembles life action japanese TV series B-Robo Kabutack* (*try to google it), although it looks kinda silly, but it could really nail it for kids entertainment. well, I dont know if it really works in the US, maybe it goes on Asia.

By: Scalfin

Scalfin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:45 +0000

You know, these suits don’t have to have lasted very long. I can fully imagine Stark making the one by Marcus Parkus, going out on a mission in it, and then retiring it upon learning that it makes small children cry. I, personally, just thought up a design with flared arms (to fit large repulsors under the hands), flared legs (larger jets), and one or two spheres elevated above his body and covered by repulsors to act as a TROPHY sysem. He would soon discover that he had become a joke called Iron Disco.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:56:42 +0000

Don’t panic. It’s a swizzle stick. Which implies it’s a mixed drink of some sort. My vote is that it’s scotch mixed with scotch. I also think that when there’s nobody around he just pours eight to ten random kinds of hootch into a barrel and stirs it with his arms and legs. Also, it’s high time I said thanks for the votes and comments. You guys are the swellest.

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:36:07 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Daniel Krall’s work, and I don’t regularly drink, but is that a red straw in his alcoholic beverage?

By: chrismu

chrismu — Fri, 02 May 2008 09:48:08 +0000

Just to agree with the comment relating to Jemma’s awesome design of an insect-like vibe, the joint structures bear a strong resemblance to those of many insects and crustaceans. They’ve been honed to a very complete protection for the less armored bendy parts, and as such are a good source from a practical perspective, but I’d give it another ten years for bio-inspired mechanical design to gain more mainstream traction (referring to engineering design, not artistic).

I’ve always thought of Iron Man as remarkably conventional, at least considering how technologically superior the suit is. Some of the details may be interesting and newly applied, but nothing about the suit is truly revolutionary. It is the pinnacle of existing technology, secret or otherwise, and designed with expertise and flair, but it is a reflection of the times.

Basically, Iron Man is the robo-suit equivalent of a really good concept car. The retro-future designs hit that nail on the head for their respective eras.