Re: DC Collectibles doing Batman The Animated Series figures!!!!!
Welp, a kind soul ended up getting me the set as an early birthday present<3
Guess I don't need to hunt them down on ebay now lol. Anyone wanna buy a deluxe box??
Shall give a brief review listing pros and (mainly) cons. Shall start with some obvious good, which is that Croc, Bane and Montoya look amazing. Freeze looks good, but I think his face could be a little better, as could the Shaq boots
As for Bane, I have no issue with him aside from his lack of range on the head. The way his neck is curved his head doesn't go back at all, so it's stuck in a very forward position. Not looking down bad, but it could definitely be better. Bane as well as the rest of the figs could really benefit from some ankle pivot though.
Croc's huge ugly ab crunch joint is virtually useless, as it only moves back the sliiiiightest bit, and not very much forward either. His forearms are sculpted kind of awkwardly. At first I thought he had two left forearms, but they're just shaped weird. Also the moles or whatever on his shoulders can hinder a bit of the forward and back movement. Other than that he's fine.
Montoya's movement at the elbow is very limited due to the creases in her uniform, and as someone mentioned before, she has one leg that's slightly longer than the other (classic DCC). Great looking fig though, one of my favs in the set.
Ivy I don't even need to jump too much into appearance, but on top of her crossbow being the wrong color, mine was quite bent up from the way she was packaged. The bow is very poorly made. Just a cheapy, pliable cross. She has the loosest joints of all the figs and her ankles are sort of curved inward, which could be a problem for posing if you're not using a stand. Because of that, she would have benefited most from a rocker. I will admit, she doesn't look
AS terrible in hand, but of all the figs she has the most flaws.
And finally Mr. Freeze, my most anticipated since the line first began. Overall he looks pretty great, but his boots are wayyy too big. Luckily with my setup you can't really see them, so that works lol. Tank is the wrong color, blank accessories, and than we have the elbow joints. The swivel is fine, but there really isn't much bend due to the rubbery outside pieces, which do bend with the joint and crinkle together. Even with the big boots and lack of elbow bend he's still my favorite from the set. Though I'm bias when it comes to Victor
The box is exactly what I expected. Complete **** lol. This was a terrible idea for those who aren't in box collectors (and those who are, being that you need to open it to activate the lights). You have to almost destroy the plastic parts the figures come in to get them out (as always in my experience), so I really can't see someone putting them back into the plastic bits to display them in that box again.
Overall I have mixed feelings about this set. It's great to have these characters, but there are far too many flaws to ignore and say this is a great set. Definitely too expensive and seemingly lazy in a lot of aspects. I'm stoked as hell too have Freeze though!! Glad I got it as a gift, as I can appreciate it a lot more than I would have lol