{"id":36961,"date":"2021-03-30T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=36961"},"modified":"2021-04-16T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:25:11","slug":"ubtech-iron-man-mk50-review-i-almost-love-it-3000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/reviews\/ubtech-iron-man-mk50-review-i-almost-love-it-3000\/","title":{"rendered":"UBTECH Iron Man MK50 Review: I Almost Love It 3000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s no doubt that the new Marvel Avengers: Endgame Iron Man MK50 Robot by UBTECH<\/a> ($250) looks<\/em> cool. But how does it measure up once you get it out of the box? To use other Marvel films as a scale, is it more of a Thor: The Dark World, or a Thor: Ragnorak? My 7 year old and I decided to find out!<\/p>\n

Unboxing<\/h3>\n

The packaging is really nice. Super sleek; definitely looks like it was designed to impress adults more than grab the attention of little kids. That said, you can see frickin’ Iron Man peeking out, so my kid was certainly still very excited to tear into this.<\/p>\n

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Build Quality<\/h3>\n

The first thing I noticed about the Iron Man MK50 is how heavy it is. I didn’t actually weigh it, but it’s gotta be close to five pounds. The body isn’t metal, but the paint job makes it look very metal…y (is that a word?). It doesn’t feel cheap, which is good considering it’s really not<\/em> cheap!<\/p>\n

Set-Up and Play<\/h3>\n

In order to use this robot, you need to download UBTECH’s free app<\/a>. I did that, then began to read the instruction manual that came in the box. Before I even got past the first page, my son had Iron Man powered up and doing stuff. Kids these days, right?<\/p>\n

I basically let him have at it from there. From what I observed, you can manually control the robot (using the iPad like a remote control), program it to follow sequences (via simple drag and drop type coding), or play AR (augmented reality) games with it.<\/p>\n