Re: Medicom Dark Knight Batman - Photo Thread
You asked.
First and foremost the chest armor is wrong and not even remotely correct. Too wide and too round. And like pretty much all versions of the suit so far, the bat emblem is too big. Same thing with the ab armor, all figures have gotten that area wrong. Including Medicom. And probably the weakest element besides the overall shape of the chest is the fact that the strap that supposed to run from the chest armor to the shoulder pads isn't even fully there! It's cut off.. which looks really cheap.
The Shoulder pads aren't connented properly. Not only is there a gap, but also they're not shaped correctly. They're supposed to lay flat along the tops of the shoulders, but you can see (from your pic even) there go straight up.
Look at a pic of the real suit and even the DX:
You can see the armor has a bend in it. Medicom doesn't. The shoulder pads just go straight up. Even the v.1 TDK Batman from HT had that correct.
The armor pieces around the arm is the wrong shape.
The paint work is pretty crappy and $20 Toy-Like. Specifically the mouth area, the eyes, the utility belt/ grapple gun. The carbon fiber areas are the wrong color.
The legs are GINORMOUS!!! Which looks really weird since the hips have a squared appearance to them. I agree Bale has thicker legs in the Bat suit, but look at an actual pic of him in the suit and you'll see there's a natural flow from waist to hip to leg. That's what's so jarring about the Medicom version: It has a skinny waist, skinny hips and then BAM huge thighs.
The cape is atrocious. Looks cheap especially around the shoulders where it's attached.
All of the Medicom figures seem to have a weird bend/fold in the stomach area. Not sure what's up with that. Every pic I've seen of the figure from numerous people ALL have that bend/fold. Some people have managed to smooth it out, but it is still noticeable.
Also the gap between the wrist and glove is kinda wonky. I've seen people mention a modification to fix that, but we're talking about straight out of the box and I don't consider that "Futzing". That's modification.
There's a significant amount of flaws with the Medicom Batman. IMO the reason why people look past those flaws is because of how slim the figure is compared to the v.1 offering. Ask yourself this: If the Medicom figure was just as big as the v.1 from HT would you still think it looked good? Because I doubt most people would say that. But since it's slim.. people used to prefer it as the ultimate Batman TDK Suit. Now things have changed, with the release of the DX. Biggest reason: HT is very open to suggestions from buyers. They actually listen to feedback and make changes. They've done it before. Note the proto pics of the DX Batman clearly says "Not Final Product". People have already been emailing them etc. with suggestions. So I think that's the best shot of getting something most people will enjoy right out of the box as opposed to a figure that needs significant modification to look it's best.
