Hot Toys MMS 692 + 693 BATMAN (1989) 1/6 scale Batman 2.0

[Chopper Face]

Dang, I thought you already had this guy weeks ago. Huh.

Nope, it just shipped weeks ago.

Haven’t bought a replacement head yet either. Figured is keep waiting for something that looks better than the Jaxon and is cheaper than Unreal.

 

[batfan08]

I opened up this figure today and felt as underwhelmed and disappointed as when I saw the pictures people have been posting. Crazy that my DX09 that came out 13 years ago looks way better than this 2.0. The head sculpt is poor, and the texture on the suit is an eye sore.

Only good thing about this set is the diorama base which I have my DX09 Batman on now. Selling the rest of the figure on ebay and out of my mind. To me, this figure doesn’t exist and the DX09 is the definitive Keaton Batman 89 figure.

This is pretty much how I felt. A buddy of mine was convinced that I’d like it more in hand and I won’t lie: when I saw the enormous, vault-like box and when I saw the figure inside, partially obscured by shadows and plastic glare, I was kind of vibing with the overall presentation and, dare I say, even a little excited. I was really hoping it would be one of those cases where “it looks better in person” and then I opened the plastic tray, lifted up the plastic cover on the face, and it was…fine.

I think a part of it is I grew up with the DX figures. I was 17 by the time the DX 08 and DX 09 came out, but I was 16 when they were solicited and I followed those teaser pics and license announcements through my adolescence. By the time those figures reached me in hand, they floored me. I sold them years ago when I was hard up for cash but always told myself I’d buy them back…but then time happens and things change and evolve and I don’t know that I want them back, anymore. To be frank, a lot’s changed in the decade since those figures came out and, at this point, I feel like you could construct a release that is superior.

This figure didn’t give me that sense of wonderment the DX08 and DX09 gave me in their heyday. It didn’t give me the sense of wonderment I got opening the InArt Battinson this year, and, if I’m being honest, it didn’t even give me the sense of wonderment I got opening the new red and blue suit Spider-Man that Hot Toys themselves provided when that figure came out…I don’t know. I’m selling the figure and keeping the base and the shoe, like I originally planned, and hoping Jazzinc or somebody comes through and makes something special because the only thing in my mind looking at this figure as I opened it was “Keaton deserves better.”

I sometimes feel like these older licenses are almost the opposite end of the spectrum from the Ledger Joker/Nolan anal retentiveness where people are so grateful to get any representation at all on their shelves that they’ll settle for whatever **** HT throws at them and be happy with it, whether it’s worth the money or not…and that’s the other thing. I got this dude discounted from Seconds and it was like $350 out the door with tax and shipping. Full price was $340, alone, so, you’re looking at almost $400 or even more if you’re somewhere where you need to import it. “Good enough” ain’t good enough when you’re charging what they’re charging for these things. Full stop.

If it can’t even compete with a figure from a decade ago, much less stuff on the market today, that’s a problem.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

This was ready for pick up at my local retailer yesterday and I told him straight up that I'm canceling it. It was the greatest feeling ever. I'm not going to justify Hot Toys' nonsense with these so called "2.0"s.
I'm going to hold out until Jazzinc will be allowed to produce this. Seeing what they are able to do with Pfeiffer's Catwoman, I'm confident their version will be the definitive one and done 1/6 figure.