Dez Einswell’s Iron Ape is the newest colorway of Einswell’s 8 inch vinyl figure Dez Einswell x XLarge Silverback Gorilla, a collaboration with clothing company XLarge. This 2008 San Diego Comic Con exclusive is pretty incredible and even includes the custom mask seen below to help transform Dez’ Silverback Gorilla into a real Iron Ape. Iron Ape’s colorway is based on the Marvel Comics super hero Iron Man and it really came out at the perfect time, hot on the heels of the live action summer blockbuster, Iron Man.
The Blot has much love for Dez Einswell due to his immense dedication to the comic book inspired colorway. This is actually his second San Diego Comic Con exclusive super hero inspired colorway, the first coming in 2007. How great is that, two super hero colorways in a row and both came out perfectly. His 2007 SDCC exclusive was a Dez Einswell x XLarge Silverback Gorilla Hulking colorway, which paid homage to Marvel’s Incredible Hulk by having the figure’s skin green and clothing purple. It seems like the Hulk has an extremely popular color scheme doesn’t he? Hopefully Einswell will continue this series of colorways with another comic book inspired one next summer.
The original Dez Einswell x XLarge Silverback Gorilla vinyl figure is limited to 300 figures and retails for $85. While Iron Ape was originally released as a 2008 San Diego Comic Con exclusive, it will be released soon for purchase world wide on Einswell’s website DoodleBarn.com. I still haven’t heard a confirmed run size for the Iron Ape figure, but I believe it will retail for around $85 as well.