If Batman and Robin aren't up for preorder by the end of this summer, I'd consider it dead. Yes.
Hot Toys are a bunch of *******s. Still amazes me how they never properly announced that they even obtained the Forever license. Only reason we knew the line was a possibility was because we saw blurry reference shots of Kilmer and Chris O'Donnell promotional photos. It was complete conjecture on everyone's part. Then Robin pops up out of nowhere all by himself with no fanfare.
Remember when Hot Toys teased upcoming figures? A silhouette here, a shot of a characters arm/leg or weapon there? They don't really do any of that **** anymore. I get the recent Iron Man and Spider-Man variants, but I don't get Stan Lee and I definitely don't get Whiplash. Batman alone would sell more than those two.
What really adds salt to the wound is their ****ing cosbabies that nobody asked for. Multiple Keaton Batman variations, Joker, Mime Joker, Museum Joker, multiple Catwoman variations, TWO Penguin versions, Kilmer Batman, Robin, Two-Face and Riddler, all right out of the gate.
Can you imagine the excitement for the brand if preorders went up for 1/6 figures of Romero Joker, a Party Man Jack, Returns Catwoman, Penguin, Sonar Batman, Robin, Two-Face and Riddler instead?
They did this kind of **** all the time
without a pandemic.