InArt - The Batman 1/6th Figure

01010011antiago said:

After spending some more time with the figure, here are my takeaways:

1. DONT TRUST THE MAGNETIC BASE: First impression was that the magnets were pretty strong and could keep the figure in place. But it fell twice on it's back, the first time I blamed myself for not spending enough time aligning the magnets, but after doing so, it still fell off. Is the solution a bigger magnet? I don't know, so far, I've been taking the risk of having him stand on his own and seems to be stable.

2. UNMASKED HEADSCULPT IS UNDERSCALED: I was a denier of that claim, thinking that people were just assuming that because of the oversized clothes they took that impression. No, it is definitely underscaled, and it looks ridiculous next to other figures of his size. The only way to sort of hide that is using the gator.

3. DRAPING THE CAPE TO AN ACCURATE SHAPE ISN'T THAT HARD: Yes, you heard me right. You don't have to spend $50 on a cape that isn't even accurate to begin with. Yes, it has a good shape, but it lacks the volume at the ends that the stock one has. Draping it requires patience, will take you less than 30 min to have it look nicely. My attempt isn't perfect, but it looks pretty damn well from the front, which is what I'll be looking at 95% of the times. It just sucks that I'll have to undo the shape if I want to try a dynamic one. Yeah, we should've gotten 2 capes instead of only one. So maybe it makes sense having a custom, but the OSK neither Jaxon's attempt cut it for me.

4. HEAD KEEPS TILTING FORWARD: Frustrating to say the least, I don't know if it's possible to get a replacement of whatever it's causing this issue, but it's annoying not being able to move the head freely as I want. Yes, the head angled like that makes for a hard pose, but I don't really want that ALL the time.

5. QC ISSUES: Empty cowl has an awkward shape around the neck that is fixable with water treatment, cape is way too weathered around the neck, magnet on the left hand is weak, head tilts forward.

6. QUALITY: Aside from those negative points, the figure is awesome, likeness to Pattinson isn't perfect (his jaw isn't shaped like that) but the attention to detail is mesmerizing.

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skullboy said:

I think the jaw is actually pretty good

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sj2106 said:

I also got two left fists. Kit got a right one to me pretty fast.

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Hologram AI said:

Messing with some Hot Toys pieces on INART's. I'm liking the shoulder armor, bicep and gauntlets, although I feel only the shoulder armor is really needed here. The contrast is quite nice though, as @rory pointed out. I have the HT boots as well but don't think they're needed. I might switch back the bicep and gauntlets to stock as well. Although if I pad out the arms a bit, I'll stick with the Hot Toys pieces since they provide a little more room.

Also stuck the Hot Toys cape onto the back of the figure, rather than over the shoulder and quite liked the way it looked. It reminds me heavily of the Arkham Knight suit. Not accurate of course but a neat alternative look. Messing with the figure has made me love it even more. Didn't really mess with it as much when I first got it since I got Aragorn at the same time.

Anyone have tips on getting the Hot Toys cape to sit properly on the INART chest/shoulders? Do I need to rip apart the stitching that ties the end together on the velcro?

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01010011antiago said:

For anyone who spoke to Kit / InArt about the head tilting forward on its own due to the peg, what answer did you got? Thinking about sending him a message. Using black tape with cotton below to hold it in position, not ideal, but it does the job.

Unrelated but I love having black tape, it has come in a clutch countless times in my life recently lol.
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rory said:

Looks good! Regarding the cape, yes I had to separate the ends and reattach the Velcro. Here’s how it looks under the armor (on my old HT body).

It’s important NOT to cut the combined cape fabric and Velcro into two separate tabs, as the tabs won’t be long enough to stay hidden under the armor and all the cut up edges will be visible. Instead use a seam ripper or exacto knife to gently remove the stitching holding the tabs to the original Velcro, the tabs will naturally separate this way. Then I hand sewed on a small Velcro tab to each individual end. This way the tabs are still as long as before and clean looking.

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Hologram AI said:

Thanks! I'll give it a try. Where did you get the veltro tabs that matched the ends of the cape perfectly? Trying to find one that's thin enough to sit under the chest plate.

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Scout Trooper said:

It's quite alarming the amount of reported issues with this figure.

It's indefensible.

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rory said:

I don’t know that I’d call the head tilt an issue. For me, I just had to angle the plug upwards before attaching the magnetic neck. I didn’t have any issues with my figure really, other than the holster being backwards out of the box.

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Scout Trooper said:

I wasn't referring to the head tilt. But every page someone's reporting missing magnets, bent ears, belts assembled the wrong way. Some are easily fixable. But where's the quality control?

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nightsurf said:

It’s been a while since I visited this thread. As much as I think the InArt version is superior compared to HT, the QC issues are understandably frustrating. Minor bends on the ears, bent sections on the right gauntlet fin, and even cases where some collectors (whether they realize it or not) have loose or poorly glued rubber along the sides of the pants.

As collectors who have waited so long from preorder to release, the anxiety of receiving a defective product shouldn’t exist. Hot Toys isn’t perfect either, but I once hoped that InArt could be better than HT, which, unfortunately, it hasn’t been. Especially when it comes to figures with complicated suits.

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Brett Banner said:

Just opened my Batman. Anyone have an idea on how to fix this paint rub on the forehead? Also a big spot on the back. Guess I should at least be thankful the ears on mine weren’t bent Also, the rooted hair on my sculpt absolutely blows, looks more like the standard Bruce Wayne styling on mine, definitely wish I had just bought the sculpted. Honestly might just sell it on and be done with it.

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