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Re: DC Collectibles doing Batman The Animated Series figures!!!!!
Joker looks horrible. I thought the head on the prototype was bad, but the final production head looks even worse. I don't see how they botched that sculpt/paint job. Also, it's not like these figures require complex paint applications. How hard is it to get nice, clean and crisp paint apps on figures that are based on streamlined, minimalist animation? Kenner and Hasbro did it in the 90s? Star Wars POTF2 was one of the most expansive lines from the 90s and you rarely saw any problems with the paint or quality control on those figures, from human faces with small eyes to complex aliens. Joker has 6 colors at most and doesn't require any washes or paint techniques. Back in the early 2000s companies like Toy Biz had much more complex 6" figures with their comic and movie lines and they were painted MUCH better.
There's no reason why the production figure can't match that prototype above. No reason at all. Atleast they're not breakable or have hip holes like Wave 1 (I'll take messy paint apps over breakages) but still. It'd be nice to walk into a comic store and not have to check for "bad" looking figures.
I'm sure there will be more BTAS Joker figure variations down the line, so it's not that bad I guess. I'm glad they hit Man-Bat out of the park. That looks like the best in the line so far.
@sfa it is not super useful but it's great addition ^^
Joker looks horrible. I thought the head on the prototype was bad, but the final production head looks even worse. I don't see how they botched that sculpt/paint job. Also, it's not like these figures require complex paint applications. How hard is it to get nice, clean and crisp paint apps on figures that are based on streamlined, minimalist animation? Kenner and Hasbro did it in the 90s? Star Wars POTF2 was one of the most expansive lines from the 90s and you rarely saw any problems with the paint or quality control on those figures, from human faces with small eyes to complex aliens. Joker has 6 colors at most and doesn't require any washes or paint techniques. Back in the early 2000s companies like Toy Biz had much more complex 6" figures with their comic and movie lines and they were painted MUCH better.
There's no reason why the production figure can't match that prototype above. No reason at all. Atleast they're not breakable or have hip holes like Wave 1 (I'll take messy paint apps over breakages) but still. It'd be nice to walk into a comic store and not have to check for "bad" looking figures.
I'm sure there will be more BTAS Joker figure variations down the line, so it's not that bad I guess. I'm glad they hit Man-Bat out of the park. That looks like the best in the line so far.
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