Jazzinc 1/6 Batman 1989 Batmobile

[BoricuaHec01]

Joost just sent me shipping invoice, was originally pushed to January so great sign!

 

[dondiegomasked]

I'm not with it tonight lol

A lot of us are unfocused today of all days.

Z

 

[clutch]

Some brave soul needs to disassemble this, do some body work, and give it a decent paint job.

 

[Ropen]

Some brave soul needs to disassemble this, do some body work, and give it a decent paint job.

Send me one and I’ll do it, I’m expert with the Batmobile’s paint color

 

[Rondesmo]

From FB.
It looks spectacular!

 

[Pro Design]

from FB
very cool display!

looks great! just wish they would have worked out all those creases and dents... really detracts from look. originally had high hopes that they wouldn't be very visible but the more pics and videos i see (not under harsh light, just normal stuff) they show up in any reflections, and are very distracting to me.

 

[GodParticle]

You can really see the orange peel in the paint in those pics. Still, you probably won't notice that unless the light hits it just right

 

[Rondesmo]

Don’t forget that Joost, even if he’s now licensed, can still be considered as a prop maker.
His manufacturing ressources are so limited compared to a giant like HT.
It’s a small run compared to big companies.
Nothing is perfect and you will always find little imperfections on a prop maker item.
But the accuracy and attention to details are so much better in every way.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Paint can easily make or break anything in terms of customer satisfaction for a wide range of products.

It looks like it matches 89 Bat's 2.0 armor so there's that, I suppose lol

(joking...)

 

[nathan.never]

I canceled because of the dents, but now when I look at these new pictures, this orange peel paint is even more distracting.
Shame, this could of been a homerun...

 

[GodParticle]

I must have gotten your cancellation lol. My waitlist converted, but I'm undecided

 

[HanFiredFirst]

Honestly, I've never seen so much whining, hand-wringing and just plain nonsense about a collectible that most people haven't even seen in the flesh. The number of people who claim to have cancelled sets my spidey sense tingling about the veracity of those "purchases". Add to that the the constant up-voting by certain users on any post which says anything negative about it, and I sense a frustrated few who can't afford it / missed out, so are determined to drag the product down.
If you don't want the model then that's fine - it's not a tax you have to pay. If you think the Hot Toys is good enough for you, then go for it.
But this "orange peel paint" and "dentgate" nonsense is just getting tedious, especially, as I say, from a swathe of people who don't have the model, and are looking at fairly low-res images and endlessly repeating themselves.

 

[nathan.never]

Honestly, I've never seen so much whining, hand-wringing and just plain nonsense about a collectible that most people haven't even seen in the flesh. The number of people who claim to have cancelled sets my spidey sense tingling about the veracity of those "purchases". Add to that the the constant up-voting by certain users on any post which says anything negative about it, and I sense a frustrated few who can't afford it / missed out, so are determined to drag the product down.
If you don't want the model then that's fine - it's not a tax you have to pay. If you think the Hot Toys is good enough for you, then go for it.
But this "orange peel paint" and "dentgate" nonsense is just getting tedious, especially, as I say, from a swathe of people who don't have the model, and are looking at fairly low-res images and endlessly repeating themselves.

There is literary a post two pages back (post #1560) of a member who bought it, and having it in hand saying he sees this and shows his own photos of the paint problems. So, please, if somebody who bought it minds it, then your post is just false.

 

[HanFiredFirst]

There is literary a post two pages back (post #1560) of a member who bought it, and having it in hand saying he sees this and shows his own photos of the paint problems. So, please, it somebody who bought it minds it, then your post is just false.

Oh gosh, look, it's one of those who "cancelled their order" chiming in. I'm shocked I tell ya, shocked.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Honestly, I've never seen so much whining, hand-wringing and just plain nonsense about a collectible that most people haven't even seen in the flesh. The number of people who claim to have cancelled sets my spidey sense tingling about the veracity of those "purchases". Add to that the the constant up-voting by certain users on any post which says anything negative about it, and I sense a frustrated few who can't afford it / missed out, so are determined to drag the product down.
If you don't want the model then that's fine - it's not a tax you have to pay. If you think the Hot Toys is good enough for you, then go for it.
But this "orange peel paint" and "dentgate" nonsense is just getting tedious, especially, as I say, from a swathe of people who don't have the model, and are looking at fairly low-res images and endlessly repeating themselves.

I don't need to own it to offer an opinion of it. You'll just have to find a way to live with that, I guess.

That being said, I still think it's a nice piece. With some issues. Like anything else.

 

[HanFiredFirst]

I don't need to own it to offer an opinion of it. You'll just have to find a way to live with that, I guess.

That being said, I still think it's a nice piece. With some issues. Like anything else.

It wasn't aimed at you; my post specifically calls out certain members who claim to have bought and cancelled the model, and yet continue to upvote anything negative about the model and chime in with the same tired comments, over and over.
If someone has genuinely made the choice to cancel a preorder, then I don't get why they can't move on.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

It wasn't aimed at you; my post specifically calls out certain members who claim to have bought and cancelled the model, and yet continue to upvote anything negative about the model and chime in with the same tired comments, over and over.
If someone has genuinely made the choice to cancel a preorder, then I don't get why they can't move on.

Pretty much the norm here really, bro. We pick things apart like mad scientists lol

 

[dominishin]

"Glad I cancelled/skipped"... Probably one of the most annoying phrases in the hobby along with "grail."

 

[nathan.never]

For me personally, I am sad I canceled, but I had to because knowing myself, I would be even more sad had I gotten the car with these (non)issues.

 

[histrionics]

Funny thing is, about 10 years ago when I got my Hot Toys '89 Batmobile, the first really impulsive thought I had was to spray paint it to give it some kind of illusion of finish that was better than the awful model kit kind of raw plastic they left it with. I didn't, and chickened out of the task, because that's not my area of expertise, but that lack of paint was always a sore spot. The car looks good from a distance, but not up close and certainly not to the touch.

In 2022 my concern with Jazzinc's '66 Batmobile was how they could achieve the paint job, because it's such an important part of that Batmobile and not an easy thing to get right for a car at this large scale. They had some trouble and inconsistency, but for the most part achieved it. Maybe 75-80% success with overall paint applications and varying degrees of success with each and every car that left their floor. I suppose this '89 Batmobile is no different when it comes to paint finish and the overall look of the exterior - it has to look like the finish of a real car, not a plastic toy, and that involves creating an illusion with paint. It's perfectly reasonable that a poor or even mediocre paint job that falls slightly short or shows artifacts could be a real deal breaker for some collectors.