BoricuaHec01
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Hopefully coming real soon since Sideshow released their unboxing. Shipping info still pending though.
Hot Toys MMS 692 + 693 BATMAN (1989) 1/6 scale Batman 2.0
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On the propstore site they have a suit where the armor is mounted to a latex bodysuit based on the description. Doesn't state whether the bodysuit is the original one, however the fragility of the foam latex pieces makes me think it may be. Would seem to risky to glue the pieces to a new bodysuit.
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You can never be so sure in these times.
Hot Toys lose their value fast.
They might have the 3.0 with the smooth finish body announced by next week.
You might see somebody else tackle this figure and do it better. Inart, JND, Mars.. but most likely of the bunch is Jazzinc.
If you look at the video on the page, you can see all the scenes doubled by Carl Newman.
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None of the names on that list inspire much confidence. Let alone having interest on waiting for their version to materialize.
And I'm certainly not concerned with aftermarket value. Not what I collect these things for.
Could it be that the gloss wore off through age?
JazzInc won’t make 89 Batman, just the sitting version. Also, with his limited budget that won’t allow for rolling eyes, I don’t see him making the suit as accurate as possible, as that requires a good bit of R&D. To make individual tiny molds for each detail of the suit will prove costly, no wonder HT just made a solid mold.
I agree that Unreal's is the best around overall. It's the one I would choose even at a compromise from the rest.
@Nick D Unreal is very responsive to feedback. Hit him up with your notes on Instagram.
And if he can make the Hot Toys eyes compatible with his sculpt, that's all the better.
You can always send it to a different painter too.
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Though a bit ill fitting, seeing this DX09 face plate on 2.0 makes it clear that the new mouth plates are indeed hurting the likeness to Keaton. Hopefully someone out there will mod the originals to fit 2.0, and offer to sell them, painted. Maybe whoever made those Doc Brown heads for Kit?
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Most likely. No idea how it was stored prior to prop store getting it
I didn't mean aftermarket value, but more in response to them being "coveted". I don't really see a lot of Hot Toys being coveted anymore. There's not much collectibility to these things anymore.
This is why we only really need spot on faceplates, the eyes here are fantastic and a custom artist won’t match that. Plus HT made it super easy to make some compatible with their sculpt, it’s no longer magnetic but simply a round peg, easy.
I'm not certain about this, but I think in Batman Begins, they would regloss the emblem inbetween takes.
And that is what amazes me (negatively) that a company that has done mostly figures of real live action characters cannot get this right.
And that bunching of the rubber on the hips is disgusting.
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One of the few details that get lost in figure form unfortunately
Maybe if there’s enough of a tiff about this figure then they can do a Returns 2.0 properly. We can just ask Howard to borrow some of that artisan budget lol.
I guess it was probably too late into production for HT to make the switch since they only fairly recently started using silicone, but that would've been a better choice for the body for both longevity and posing. Might've even naturally came out smoother with a more matte finish in the process as well.
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