I'd try and answer these questions:
- How much extra money do I have to spend on something relatively "useless"?
- Do I like this character so much so that I'd own two figures of the same exact look, but with minor variations?
- Is this character amongst my favourites to such an extent that I'd pay any price to own them in the best version I can find, the price be damned?
- Is my collection structured in such a way that such a figure, in that form, has a place in it?
- What else do I have in my schedule, at the very least 1/6th-wise?
By the end, you'll know where you're truly leaning towards.
I think, for me, this announcement hits at a time when I was already reevaluating my collecting habits. I was only half kidding when I posted about selling a Quarter Scale Joker earlier in the thread. More than this figure being announced, it was the stuff from The Batman. I’m all in on that film and, while I’m waiting to see what Queen delivers before biting on HT’s offering, it’s sort of made me realize that 1/4 scale just isn’t practical for me.
I mean it’s weird because I campaigned for months on these forums to see if Hot Toys would alter their Quarter Scale Batman to be more accurate…and when they did, I couldn’t afford it…and it’s been, like, grail status to me for years, and, now that I can get one, I’m like “does it really make sense for me to get one?” Like, I love Nolan’s films. I still do, but my West and Ward aren’t 1/4 scale, the Kilmer I’ve got on PO isn’t 1/4 scale, nor is Battinson nor is, I’m sure, the inevitable Keaton Batman and Nicholson Joker I see somewhere down the line once Hot Toys stops being schmucks or one of these other guys really decides to go for the crown.
So, with that in mind, part of the reason I’m even considering the two pack is because I know I’ve got $1,000 worth of **** I can easily offload to fund it. I also feel like it’s one of those characters that can really benefit from this treatment. I don’t give a **** if I have a Bale figure with rooted hair. That dude is in a cowl 70% of the time and, even then, it’s short enough that I don’t feel like rooted would really do anything for it, but I think you can see firsthand in this thread what rooted does for this character vs. the plastic spaghetti strands.
And on a similar note, I feel like I’ve strayed too far from what my initial goals were in collecting and maybe it’s time to get back to it. “Quality over quantity.”
In my mind, I can justify splurging a little more on this figure, for instance, because I have no intention of spending $200-300 a pop on Lucius Fox or Alfred or Gordon or Catwoman or Bane or John ******* Blake or whoever.
Gimme a Batman and a Joker and we’re golden, pony boy.
Will need to sell some of my collection off to obtain them though
