1/6 MMS DX 02 - TDK- BATMAN full spec and pics

[EdwardNashton1]

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He got lucky not having much oil. Lucky lucky lucky.

And that figure actually has more posability than I thought. If it weren't for the oil problem I'd get this sooner, but now I've got my fingers crossed for the DCD release

 

[Maglor]

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evertime i look at this figure i wanna cry because i had a chance to get it for $165 at a shop, but didnt have money.. when i had money a week later they were all sold out..

What kind of shop in California had the DX01?

I thought it wasn't available in the US yet.

 

[Ven]

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it was at frank and sons... its kinda like a big warehouse were vendors come and sell stuff.

 

[Geil]

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it was at frank and sons... its kinda like a big warehouse were vendors come and sell stuff.

wasn't QToys setup there?

 

[Ven]

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I honestly don't remeber lol.. everytime i go my mind shuts off and just looks at toys.. i never bother talking to any of the vendors or looking at the store name..

 

[plasmid303]

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I'm sending my Batman back to Eric at Toys2 so he can aid me in the process of getting a replacement from Hot Toys.

Since there was talk of DX Batman's neck and mods in the Joker thread, I'm going to post some more pics of my modded neck. They will be the last for a while. Argh, I hate parting with my collectibles.

 

[MaulFan]

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The mod looks great in the first 2 images. It would have been nice if Hot Toys used rubber around a standard TT neck for this figure so that the armor could run smoothly from the head into the neck like the costume. On all figures of this suit, the break between the head and neck throws it off a bit where the back of the neck armore flows right with the curves of the skull of the cowl.

 

[Maglor]

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Man that mod is just so great. I can't get over it. Doesn't anyone else think it's a HUGE difference. I fixes the only design flaw this figure has.


(This is the V1 swap mod right?)

 

[plasmid303]

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Man that mod is just so great. I can't get over it. Doesn't anyone else think it's a HUGE difference. I fixes the only design flaw this figure has.


(This is the V1 swap mod right?)

Yep it's the V1 neck swap.

The mod looks great in the first 2 images. It would have been nice if Hot Toys used rubber around a standard TT neck for this figure so that the armor could run smoothly from the head into the neck like the costume. On all figures of this suit, the break between the head and neck throws it off a bit where the back of the neck armore flows right with the curves of the skull of the cowl.

Completely agree. The back of the neck where it meets the base of the cowl has been an innaccuracy on almost all collectibles featuring this guy. Would have been nice if Hot Toys had caught this detail for this DX, but maybe the method of connecting the head this time (the magnet) made it difficult for HT?

Anyway, swapping the DX neck for the V1 neck doesn't fix this at all. The difference is only appreciable from a frontal view.

 

[BrooklynWolf X]

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Yep it's the V1 neck swap.



Completely agree. The back of the neck where it meets the base of the cowl has been an innaccuracy on almost all collectibles featuring this guy. Would have been nice if Hot Toys had caught this detail for this DX, but maybe the method of connecting the head this time (the magnet) made it difficult for HT?

Anyway, swapping the DX neck for the V1 neck doesn't fix this at all. The difference is only appreciable from a frontal view.

how did you do the mod? i'm currently sanding away the top part of the V1 neck, but...what do i do in terms of magnets?

oh and i also intend on sanding a bit on the bottom part of the neck. while it looks thicker, it's still too long.

 

[MaulFan]

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Completely agree. The back of the neck where it meets the base of the cowl has been an innaccuracy on almost all collectibles featuring this guy. Would have been nice if Hot Toys had caught this detail for this DX, but maybe the method of connecting the head this time (the magnet) made it difficult for HT?

I think it's that you'd lose backward posability if you had it like the film suit. The suit had give for Bale to lean back, hard plastic won't. That's whay I was thinking like a thin rubber sheath like the Wolverine neck, that way you get the detailing and all but retain the posability underneath because of how thing the rubber is.

 

[plasmid303]

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how did you do the mod? i'm currently sanding away the top part of the V1 neck, but...what do i do in terms of magnets?

oh and i also intend on sanding a bit on the bottom part of the neck. while it looks thicker, it's still too long.

I sanded down the top of the V1 neck to the desired length (you're right in saying that the V1 neck, by itself, is still too long for the DX), and for the magnet I just took it from a magnetic clip on my fridge. It was pretty strong, though I can't tell you in scientific terms (gauss) how strong it would have to be to keep the DX head on.

I then filled the ball joint socket on top of the V1 neck with Blu-tack and then stuck the magnet on top with an adhesive.

 

[vodoun]

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It's a shame they always degrade things for the final product. Things that didn't even need to be altered in the first place. Like the kevlar plates below the shoulder armour then they made the neck thinner.

 

[MaulFan]

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The neck's always been on the thinner side, but the suit improvements would seem to be a factor on how much of the neck shows, the head rides higher off the shoulders than the prototype, so seeing more of the neck makes the proportions to the head stand out more.

 

[Ven]

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i think in theory the easy way to fix it would be to pad the shoulders a bit.... wouldnt have to shave anything.

 

[Ven]

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not shooulders, i mean the traps.

 

[MaulFan]

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i think in theory the easy way to fix it would be to pad the shoulders a bit.... wouldnt have to shave anything.

That's why I stick with the HT capes, they fill in some volume along the traps area and because the suit's covered, you don't know it's a really thick cape or the armor riding high, most of the customs I've seen are so thin, the suit retains its shape. Even on the v1 I liked that the thicker cape filled in his traps area.

 

[Ven]

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that's what i'm going to do when i get mine.. stuff the traps alittle.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

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I'm sending my Batman back to Eric at Toys2 so he can aid me in the process of getting a replacement from Hot Toys.

Since there was talk of DX Batman's neck and mods in the Joker thread, I'm going to post some more pics of my modded neck. They will be the last for a while. Argh, I hate parting with my collectibles.

Superb mod and great pics man.

 

[Pennyworth]

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^ Totally agree. I'm really digging that neck on the DX - great photos as always plasmid.