War Machine " " Iron Patriot " redirects here . You may be looking for the Ultrabuild combiner model . " War Machine , formerly known as Iron Patriot , is a Marvel Super Heroes minifigure released in 2013 . Description . War Machine . War Machine has the same helmet as Iron Man in different colours , with medium stone grey in place of red and light metallic silver in place of the gold , which is the colour scheme for the rest of the suit . Underneath the helmet is a brown head printed with cheek bones , lines under the eyes , and a dual expression ( neutral and angry ) . The rest of the body is medium stone grey . The torso is printed on the front and back : the front features the arc reactor in an rounded rectangle shape with red in it and under that is FF 446 , the chest has light grey near the abdomen area and on each side of it is written Danger on the connectors , and on the upper right chest plate near the arm is 002 . The back features the back of the armour , with a blue star on the right shoulder blade and arrows on the left . The legs are printed with the pelvis area and the knee pads , which are light grey . Part of the boot is printed on the toes . On his left knee pad there is a five - pointed star . He comes with a brick built shoulder gun and transparent red repulsors and jets Iron Patriot . Iron Patriot features the same helmet in blue , and the visor is silver with a little red design on the top of the visor . The head is the same as the original . The shoulder gun design is the same but in black , as is the printing , but recoloured in dark red , white , and dark blue . The hands are dark red , while the rest of the body is dark blue . The arc reactor has a star design around it and is the same rectangle arc reactor as seen on the original War Machine minifigure . Despite the similar design of the minifigure , the FF 446 is missing under the the reactor . Background . Marvel Cinematic Universe . Colonel James " Rhodey " Rhodes was a member of the United States Air Force and the best friend of Tony Stark . After an incident between the two , Rhodes was forced to don Stark ' s Mark 2 Iron Man suit , and after a brief fight between the two armoured friends , Rhodes fled , landing at a military base . Rhodes ' armour was outfitted with weapons provided by Justin Hammer , and Rhodes was ordered to attend the Stark Expo with Hammer ' s drones , programmed by Ivan Vanko , who was presumed killed in prison after he attempted to kill Iron Man , but was in fact broken out by Hammer . At the expo , Vanko took control of the Hammeroids and the War Machine armour , and ordered them to kill Iron Man . The Black Widow , a S . H . I . E . L . D . agent , having neutralized the guards at Hammer ' s research facility , managed to restore control of Rhodes ' armour , and together , Iron Man and War Machine were able to destroy the remaining Hammer drones , and to defeat Ivan Vanko , who had secretly built himself a suit of armour . Stark later removed all Hammer tech from the War Machine armour , and placed it back in the Hall of Armour , and revealed he had built a new version to Rhodes , saying that the world needed a second " Iron Man " , as Tony would be busy building Stark Tower and being a consultant for S . H . I . E . L . D . During the battle in New York with Loki and the Chitauri , Tony contacted Rhodes , asking him for backup . Rhodes informed him that he was in Asia dealing with the Ten Rings , half a world away , and couldn ' t get there in time . Rhodes later arrived in New York , finding the battle over and Stark introduced him to the rest of of the Avengers : Thor , Hawkeye , Black Widow , Captain America , and The Hulk . As a response to the increasing threat from The Mandarin , the U . S . Government ( who needed to look strong after New York ) re - branded Rhodes ' super hero alias to the less aggressive - sounding " Iron Patriot " , and the armour was given a red , white and blue American flag " makeover " by A . I . M . Aldrich Killian later had his agents steal the Iron Patriot armour , which Savin used to board Air Force One and abduct President Ellis . Savin then trapped him in the Iron Patriot armour , and delivered him to Killian . When Tony and Rhodes went to rescue the President ( who was being held in the armour above an oil tanker that Killian planned to detonate ) and Pepper Potts , Rhodes rescued President Ellis , reclaimed the armour , and brought him to safety . Rhodey , back in his War Machine identity , attended a party held by the Avengers , but failed to impress Thor with an anecdote he considered popular . He also trained at the Avengers Headquarters , along with Vision , Scarlet Witch , and Falcon . Sometime later , after the government tried to limit superhero power and capacity , War Machine joined with Iron Man , Black Widow , Black Panther , Vision , and Spider - Man to fight Captain America , Winter Soldier , Ant - Man , and Scarlet Witch .