Hot Toys DX09 - BATMAN - Batman (Michael Keaton) - Specs & Pics

[sky_captain]

That's what she said.

 

[vodoun]

MaulFan passes on a Batman figure... this is unheard of.

 

[Raymond F.]

Anyone surprised there have not been a slew of guys clamoring for custom Keaton heads from the likes of Adam, Eric Sosa etc?.

The figure is great but I find it's lack of Keaton disturbing.

 

[Eamon]

That's what she said.

Ah I see, you bowl your women. I can respect that!

 

[sky_captain]

It's gonna lead to an early onset of arthritis.

 

[MaulFan]

MaulFan passes on a Batman figure... this is unheard of.

I'm not so fanatical as to buy every variant, I have the OC, don't care about a first night out Wayne, especially since the bat emblem makes it inaccurrate, and I have an Andy B Bale head I'm happy enough with and from photos I've seen, I find the new Wayne head to look a bit puny anyway, so there's just nothing of value for me to spend another $200 on a figure I pretty much have. V1 TDK to DX02 was a drastic difference worth a lot to me.

I WILL be getting this Keaton though, it is a must get figure on my list.

 

[Raymond F.]

especially since the bat emblem makes it inaccurate

Most definitey! A huge oversightnthatni,msurprised more don't complain about on a regular basis to be honest.

 

[MaulFan]

Most definitey! A huge oversightnthatni,msurprised more don't complain about on a regular basis to be honest.

If I had no figure, I wouldn't be bothered by it because I'd feel the set is an all in one, but having the OC, if I got that figure for the night out look, I'd be bothered. I understand why HT and Takara both did it that way though.

 

[intothevoid]

I'm bothered by it majorly - certainly gonna see if customising a symbol free version is possible

 

[batfan08]

I have to wonder why there isn't a fuss being raised over the lack of a BD Bat-Symbol. Seriously, all of the countless petitions and pleas, but this gets nada, zip, zilch. Am I the only one who doesn't get HT's reasoning of giving him a BD face, but not an interchangeable BD-Symbol. The least they could've done was give these figures exclusives. Laughing bag or glasses for Jack, and the alternate symbol for Keaton.

 

[MaulFan]

To me, I see it more as the BD face is pointless, rather than HT missing something. Would a swap out BD symbol add to it, sure, but, you're still a ways off from really depicting his beat up look.

The chest and abdomen get messed up, damage to the cowl, the bat symbol and his face.

The bloody mouth works cuz he could always just get punched in the mouth and bleed or something, but with the damaged bat symbol, I feel like it would seem odd for that to be damaged and everything around it fine.

If they had done a full BD cowl, I think that would have been an ok compromise, can't swap out the torso so clean only armor is fine, but even a full BD head would have been cool and if you drape the cape right you'd hardly see the torso to know it was clean anyhow.

 

[a-dev]

To me, I see it more as the BD face is pointless, rather than HT missing something. Would a swap out BD symbol add to it, sure, but, you're still a ways off from really depicting his beat up look.

The chest and abdomen get messed up, damage to the cowl, the bat symbol and his face.

The bloody mouth works cuz he could always just get punched in the mouth and bleed or something, but with the damaged bat symbol, I feel like it would seem odd for that to be damaged and everything around it fine.

The same as my own thoughts on the matter. Since you can't fully depict the BD look from the end of the film I dunno if I'll use the bloody face, except initially to see what it looks like.

 

[DiFabio]

It would have been nice if the Battle Damaged face had an angry expression too instead of opening his mouth midway.

I know he makes that face at some point in the film and it's not goofy like the Bale "DOOOOOOOO" face but I would have liked to have seen a PISSED mouth piece. Maybe push the limit and make a 4th clean, angry face.

They're all good though.

 

[MaulFan]

This one is perfect for "Nice outfit."

 

[a-dev]

And when he says Jokers 'Ever dance with the devil...' line back on him.......though was his mouth still bloody at that point?

 

[MaulFan]

Well, that shot looks a lot like that moment, but his mouth isn't open like that in that moment.

 

[batfan08]

Frankly, I think a BD Batman would be an awesome exclusive. For the most part, it would be about 90 percent done already. A scorched symbol, BD torso and cowl, and 3 new faces (1 clean, just to even things out a bit), and the level of customization would be awesome, considering that it's the same cowl shape and all of the faces from the other release could be mixed and matched.

Same goes for a dead Joker, a simple repaint of the head (i.e. bloody mouth), a laughing bag, and a gargoyle w/ rope.

 

[DiFabio]

If the cape is detachable (I don't know why it wouldn't). I hope it doesn't utilize pegs. Since it wouldn't be visible under the cowl, I'm hoping for a Takara/Lforgino type cape that just fits over the neck.

 

[DiFabio]

Frankly, I think a BD Batman would be an awesome exclusive. For the most part, it would be about 90 percent done already. A scorched symbol, BD torso and cowl, and 3 new faces (1 clean, just to even things out a bit), and the level of customization would be awesome, considering that it's the same cowl shape and all of the faces from the other release could be mixed and matched.

Similar to the Demon Batman? Yeah, that would be a good idea. I'd buy it. Really, that's the only variation they could do for this Batman, unless you count the Batman Returns suit.

Same goes for a dead Joker, a simple repaint of the head (i.e. bloody mouth), a laughing bag, and a gargoyle w/ rope.

While I don't think we'll see this particular Joker I believe other variations (different costumes, heads, flesh tone etc.) are a definite possibility.

Hot Toys brought the issue up and mentioned them after all. They're probably on hold or in the works.

 

[batfan08]

Well, that was just an example of some of the variations you could pull off with some small tweaks. My personal choice for a con exclusive would be "Mr.Bingo" Joker. It is a costume different enough that people would buy it, yet it's not essential enough so that others would be missing out.