I finally got I chance to put the batteries in this, spend a good amount of time messing around and now I can finally appreciate how awesome this figure is. The range of articulation is amazing and ratchet knees and sturdy ankles do a great job of bracing the weight. Am I sold on the whole die-cast thing? I do like it a lot but I can still just as easily take the usual plastic construction but with all of the new upgraded features (leg button, ratchet knees, pull down arms/elbows for better range of motion, deeper crunch in the midsection, etc.). If all of these new extras couldn't work on the plastic bodies, then yea, I'm sold on die-cast.
Still really liking the fact that the mix of plastic parts makes it not TOO heavy