1/6 Hot Toys Batman & Batmobile - Batman Begins
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always leave it up to custom artists to clean up hot toy's laziness. i appreciate the work these artists do to offer a premium option, but this shouldn't be the standard going forward as a "viable" option in having a good batman, especially the capes, let alone having to do body mods and get a new sculpt. not everyone is keen on dropping 1k+ for a 1/6 figure because the figure is subpar/poor from the start. at least the dx19 has some decent/good stuff to it but this is a pile of junk reissue. it always seems you have to get a custom cape whenever hot toys released their mess of one. one thing i hope inart will improve on, but it seems capes all across every company is a second thought across every scale. just means jaxon, unreal and other cape makers will be making $$$ which i don't mind, but id prefer not having to spend extra or more just so i can get a good product
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Trying out a pose inspired by a screen capture
always leave it up to custom artists to clean up hot toy's laziness. i appreciate the work these artists do to offer a premium option, but this shouldn't be the standard going forward as a "viable" option in having a good batman, especially the capes, let alone having to do body mods and get a new sculpt. not everyone is keen on dropping 1k+ for a 1/6 figure because the figure is subpar/poor from the start. at least the dx19 has some decent/good stuff to it but this is a pile of junk reissue. it always seems you have to get a custom cape whenever hot toys released their mess of one. one thing i hope inart will improve on, but it seems capes all across every company is a second thought across every scale. just means jaxon, unreal and other cape makers will be making $$$ which i don't mind, but id prefer not having to spend extra or more just so i can get a good product
Yes, we know it can be customized and drastically improved that way - but that's not the point. They just put no effort at all into this highly requested and loved Batman. After years of superior customs they still thought their work from 15 years back was good enough? That it warranted no improvements at all? Just wow.
There was money to be made here but they chose to target only the ''I missed out'' collectors when they could and should have tried for us all.
I've mentioned it before but this rendition of the Batman is the only figure that I'm missing from the Nolan trilogy collection but I'm passing on it. It looks bad and it is just too expensive for what it is. I know that if I did get it, I wouldn't enjoy it on display.
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So essentially what we should have gotten as an improvement after 14 years on a figure.
Such a bizarre company..
Yes...basically yes.
No, no, no. You have to buy it because it's the only option available. You have to fix it because it can be fixed for what the figure costs or more.
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While that repaint looks great, how does that affect articulation or is it just going to be stuck in a museum pose?
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Does the artist have a page? Wonder if he straight up repainted the entire body or just did a solution like that alcohol rub one we saw a few pages back. Repainting the suit seems risky in the long term but who knows what material the suit is.
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Funny how these customs pour in when this figure is released when they could be achieved with modding a mms155 or mms67. Especially when said mod is an all new head and an all new cape. Do these guys just wait until the final product to drop and show theirs?
Speaks volumes of the figure released. Basically need to be redone from the ground up.
Speaks volumes of the figure released. Basically need to be redone from the ground up.
He has one on instagram but has since gone inactive and shifted focus to Wechat only. He has done some amazing work, pricey but amazing.
As for the suit, I doubt it's alcohol since that just makes the suit/rubber more prone to cracking...although I could ask him what he did. This guy literally can elevate any figure though so whatever he did I'm sure he was pretty cautious
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I decided to cancel, I had not paid anything, so perfect for me. This figure is not worth what HT is asking and I dont want to invest more in custom changes
I’m starting to get that way across the board. Rather just not buy than settle for something I would ultimate not be happy with and have to try to sell off later
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I had the chance to cancel my preorder, well, to swap this with another in stock figure.
I chose the DX19.
I prefer the Begins look, but this figure does not deserve our taughly earned money...
I chose the DX19.
I prefer the Begins look, but this figure does not deserve our taughly earned money...
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In case anyone forgot what the real cowl looked like after seeing this monstrosity for too long smdh.
It seems our only hope to get a decent figure is if Inart makes it, and even then they're still an unknown.
Gosh darn that looks great!!
Ho that Superman repaint
Crazy how a repaint/recolor can make worlds of differences!Damn it Papa Oats....I was not going to buy this figure.
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