Jazzinc 1/6 Batman 1989 Batmobile

HanFiredFirst said:

Honestly, I've never seen so much whining, hand-wringing and just plain nonsense about a collectible that most people haven't even seen in the flesh. The number of people who claim to have cancelled sets my spidey sense tingling about the veracity of those "purchases". Add to that the the constant up-voting by certain users on any post which says anything negative about it, and I sense a frustrated few who can't afford it / missed out, so are determined to drag the product down.
If you don't want the model then that's fine - it's not a tax you have to pay. If you think the Hot Toys is good enough for you, then go for it.
But this "orange peel paint" and "dentgate" nonsense is just getting tedious, especially, as I say, from a swathe of people who don't have the model, and are looking at fairly low-res images and endlessly repeating themselves.

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nathan.never said:

There is literary a post two pages back (post #1560) of a member who bought it, and having it in hand saying he sees this and shows his own photos of the paint problems. So, please, it somebody who bought it minds it, then your post is just false.

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HanFiredFirst said:

Honestly, I've never seen so much whining, hand-wringing and just plain nonsense about a collectible that most people haven't even seen in the flesh. The number of people who claim to have cancelled sets my spidey sense tingling about the veracity of those "purchases". Add to that the the constant up-voting by certain users on any post which says anything negative about it, and I sense a frustrated few who can't afford it / missed out, so are determined to drag the product down.
If you don't want the model then that's fine - it's not a tax you have to pay. If you think the Hot Toys is good enough for you, then go for it.
But this "orange peel paint" and "dentgate" nonsense is just getting tedious, especially, as I say, from a swathe of people who don't have the model, and are looking at fairly low-res images and endlessly repeating themselves.

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Mr. Awesome said:

I don't need to own it to offer an opinion of it. You'll just have to find a way to live with that, I guess.

That being said, I still think it's a nice piece. With some issues. Like anything else.

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HanFiredFirst said:

It wasn't aimed at you; my post specifically calls out certain members who claim to have bought and cancelled the model, and yet continue to upvote anything negative about the model and chime in with the same tired comments, over and over.
If someone has genuinely made the choice to cancel a preorder, then I don't get why they can't move on.

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histrionics said:

Funny thing is, about 10 years ago when I got my Hot Toys '89 Batmobile, the first really impulsive thought I had was to spray paint it to give it some kind of illusion of finish that was better than the awful model kit kind of raw plastic they left it with. I didn't, and chickened out of the task, because that's not my area of expertise, but that lack of paint was always a sore spot. The car looks good from a distance, but not up close and certainly not to the touch.

In 2022 my concern with Jazzinc's '66 Batmobile was how they could achieve the paint job, because it's such an important part of that Batmobile and not an easy thing to get right for a car at this large scale. They had some trouble and inconsistency, but for the most part achieved it. Maybe 75-80% success with overall paint applications and varying degrees of success with each and every car that left their floor. I suppose this '89 Batmobile is no different when it comes to paint finish and the overall look of the exterior - it has to look like the finish of a real car, not a plastic toy, and that involves creating an illusion with paint. It's perfectly reasonable that a poor or even mediocre paint job that falls slightly short or shows artifacts could be a real deal breaker for some collectors.

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