DCC - Batman: Arkham Figure Series (Origins, Asylum, City, Knight)

[sfa]

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Can't wait to see SF's pics when he gets them in his very cool diorama. That excites me. I love it as DC Collectables figures all fit together so nicely. As a whole collection they will be very, very cool

Thanks!
I'm looking forward to getting series 2 aswell and taking some photos of them with the rest of the Arkham figures. Hopefully they'll be in the UK next week sometime. I'll be sure to post pics of them all in my diorama once I get them!

I agree with a lot of the other things you mention in your post too. Everyone has differing opinions, but the expression of those with negative opinions can often be deconstructive. Such is life unfortunately!
I honestly think these figures look great and can't wait to get them. Sure, there are things that should have been added/done differently here and there, but for me the good overwhelmingly outweighs the bad.

I'm just happy that we're getting this great, continuing line with awesome figure representations of the game characters and hopefully a good few more waves to come! I read somewhere that DCC are happy to continue this line if there's demand for it, so let's hope that's true and that we'll eventually get all the main characters/big names from the game.

 

[CultofSkaro]

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I'm sorry but they look awful. That ain't the Riddler I remember from the game, he at no point doesn't wear his glasses, it just doesn't look right, and Catwoman is hideous. Selina in this game is probably the best looking Catwoman ever, that figure looks like a transvestite, and an ugly one.



Products on par with the Arkham Asylum wave like Harley, Joker and Scarecrow. Mattel, let me say that again, Mattel has one upped their Harley and Catwoman figures. The Mattel.



Thank god I'm not the only person that feels that way. How people can not see a clear quality drop is boggling, they just simply don't want to. At least it happened now and not in wave 4 when I was already several hundred deep into the line. I guess the Deluxe preorder pricing proved to DC Direct they could ____ this line out and people would eat it up. I'm out.

I think most people DO see a drop in quality - I think everyone's asked why Riddler has no glasses, or why Mad Hatter has no accessories. But the fact is that this line is still miles better than Mattel's happy meal toys. I say 'fact' and then follow it with something completely subjective lol, but still.

The AC line is yet to match the quality of Bane, Joker and Harley from the AA line, I think most agree with that. But with Croc, Freeze and Titan Joker coming out, I think they'll meet those standards again.

 

[aron710]

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Not to mention that only Hatter comes with the Black Base. Darn...

DCD really has ripped us off lately with these. Hatter as a full priced figure and no accessories? Freeze the same price as Croc because he is a little complex? Missing parts of an ouftit? Please.

 

[NataN]

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you guys are all wrong.. mad hatter isn't missing the accessories he is the accessory. it's almost like if the joker's scarface was sold separately.

 

[CultofSkaro]

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you guys are all wrong.. mad hatter isn't missing the accessories he is the accessory. it's almost like if the joker's scarface was sold separately.

Yeah. They could have packaged him with Hush as a sidequest twin pack, or with an easy rabbit mask Batman variant.

They could have at least included the mask.

 

[Fernandofan08]

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you guys are all wrong.. mad hatter isn't missing the accessories he is the accessory. it's almost like if the joker's scarface was sold separately.

Stupid exaggeration or what? I mean clearly,Hatter is as small as Scarface ¬_¬

 

[Darth Madden]

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Thats why I just skipped Hatter all together... didn't seem worth it.

 

[darthconlan]

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I'm really excited to get Hatter. I like the fact his hat does come off so that is an accessory. He technically only held the rabbit cowl in the game if I remember correctly and I kind of have the feeling we will get a Batman from the Hatter sequence in a wave. Anyway's bring on more of the side mission guys as I'm digging all of the characters. Kind of really hope they through in a Deathstroke at some stage for a real surprise!

 

[CultofSkaro]

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Stupid exaggeration or what? I mean clearly,Hatter is as small as Scarface ¬_¬

To be fair, he did say it's almost like that.

 

[NataN]

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To be fair, he did say it's almost like that.

thanks Culto, yaa I know he's not that small but my point is he's very small. that was the joke.

 

[RyanSD]

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Still, this is, what, only the third Hatter figure ever made? I'd rather pay $17 for a Hatter figure then no figure at all.

My set will be here Thursday, I'm really excited for this wave.

 

[CultofSkaro]

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Where in the UK have people pre-ordered these from? Who's releasing them soonest?

 

[demorathis]

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I got my set -- but there was no riddler oddly enough...=(

 

[Gipetto0812]

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Got my Catwoman today from my LCS. I like her in hand much better than what I've seen in pics. I know the sculpt's not purfect, but I think what will help is getting rid of the red lipstick and making it more of a pink

My only real gripe are 2 things: 1) I wish there was an extrended whip included but nothing the Mattel Set can't fix. and 2) she doesn't come with a base so that kind of throws off my whole display since all my others are kind of dependent on their stands so they don't topple over

I'm tempted to get Detective mode batman though. His paint apps looked really good but I'm not happy about forking over the $24.99 my LCS is charging for for these. I got Catwoman cheap b/c of my store's special discount on first week pre-orders. Should've just pre-ordered him just in case

I got my set -- but there was no riddler oddly enough...=(

Hmm... did you get it from your LCS or from an online retailer?

I ask b/c my LCS let me know early on that diamond messed up the orders for Riddler so it's a bit of a toss up whether or not my LCS is getting Riddler or not. I'm debating if I should just cancel my order with them and just get it from BBTS

 

[darkknight]

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I called my LCS and they got their shipment today. $100 for the set, price went up a few bucks since series 1 was released. Oh well got my set on hold.

 

[Fernandofan08]

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I called my LCS and they got their shipment today. $100 for the set, price went up a few bucks since series 1 was released. Oh well got my set on hold.

Try £100 for the set, then say $100 is alot!

works out at $161.24. Suddenly, seems were short changed XD

 

[aron710]

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Someone on another forum did it! Nice...

 

[demorathis]

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Got riddler
Lcs...los angeles

 

[Buttmunch]

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I ask b/c my LCS let me know early on that diamond messed up the orders for Riddler so it's a bit of a toss up whether or not my LCS is getting Riddler or not. I'm debating if I should just cancel my order with them and just get it from BBTS

Not entirely true. There are two different case packs. One has Riddler and the other has the Hatter. To get both they'd need to order two seperate cases. So Hatter and Riddler are the two rarest figures and will thus fetch the most once these all dry up. So if you're debating on dropping full price on Hatter, its better than Bane prices later.

I saw Riddler at my LCS today and he did look pretty fugly. I'm waiting on my CSC order to ship though. My LCS always wants full MSRP on their figures.

 

[darkknight]

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Try £100 for the set, then say $100 is alot!

works out at $161.24. Suddenly, seems were short changed XD

Damn that sucks

Not entirely true. There are two different case packs. One has Riddler and the other has the Hatter. To get both they'd need to order two seperate cases. So Hatter and Riddler are the two rarest figures and will thus fetch the most once these all dry up. So if you're debating on dropping full price on Hatter, its better than Bane prices later.

I saw Riddler at my LCS today and he did look pretty fugly. I'm waiting on my CSC order to ship though. My LCS always wants full MSRP on their figures.

My comic guy told me the same that they had 2 different sets to order. Why did DCD do that? Or have they been always doing that? My LCS had only 2 full sets left, glad he was able to put it on hold for me.