Re: HOT TOYS : MMS DX 12 - The Dark Knight Rises - BATMAN / BRUCE WAYNE Full Specs &
I thought the stock cape was horrible, that thing was like a giant beach towel. Not even close to accurate to the real deal, Tony Mei's is pretty much spot on and has tabs you insert into the shoulders. Expensive for a small piece of fabric but worth it.
The custom cape I got was smaller, more proportionate and looked great at the shoulders. However, as I mentioned, it didn't have any insertion tabs; you pretty much just had to just stuff as much fabric as possible into the holes at his shoulders, but if you moved the figure the cape slid right out, so I was constantly having to put it back in. The custom cape is indeed huge, as mentioned, but the main issue I initially had with it was I couldn't get it to sit flush/flat against the shoulders. Not liking how the custom cape was constantly coming out, I gave the stock cape another shot. This time, I was able to get it to sit flat against the shoulders to where it looks accurate and while it is huge as mentioned, I can work around that. I kind of also like the velvet-esque material it's made of. It also returns me to the status of all of my figures being stock, which I personally prefer.
Sorry, Iron Man collector trying to pick up a few batman pieces, so correct me if I'm wrong, haha. The armoury is from TDK, as well as DX02 & DX11 joker.
DX 12 is from TDK Rises correct?
Didn't some of the DX12 pieces have an adhesive issue with some of the body pieces? Thought I read that somewhere.
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You would be correct.
The armory set in general and the armory Batman figure is based on TDK, while the DX12 figure is based on TDKR Batman. They are essentially the same figure, albeit some slight differences, such as the sculpt. The DX12 having an adhesive issue with some of the body pieces I don't believe is one of the differences. However, I know the belt may possibly have some adhesive issues, as there a couple of spots on it where the little gold panels easily come separated. Not sure if the armory Batman figure uses the same belt(s) as the DX12 does.
By the way, I've been contemplating getting a loose armory Batman figure. Is there anyone out there who has both the DX12 figure and the armory Batman figure? I really like the DX12 figure, but I hear a lot of good things about the armory figure also. Is it worth having both being that you'd essentially have a TDK and a TDKR Bats, or is it pretty much just worth having one or the other?