Been lurking these forums for a while now, love to browse through it in work, but honestly what a tough crowd . I've seen and owned numerous XM and Prime 1 pieces that have been absolutely shockingly poor and I've never seen those statues get anything like the hate some of SideShows stuff gets
I actually like this and intend on getting it. Sure there's a few things I'd like to change but I usually feel that way about every statue.
I’m with you on that one. The head sculpts pretty amazing though.At this point I'm hoping for a switch out lower half as the EX.
Looks like something XM would design.
I’m with you on that one. The head sculpts pretty amazing though.
Yeah, the head sculpt rocks!
What the hell happened? Just give us the costume in the art print. HATE the look of his legs. Like he's wearing chaps. Get rid of the ridiculous pads on his legs, put some black trunks on him, and color his legs the same as his upper body and this could've looked solid. He has an Arkham Origins lower body going on and an Arkham Asylum upper body to go with it. I absolutely love the portrait. I can't stand these overly redesigned costumes by sideshow. When is Igo going to learn that they just look terrible and are a horrible idea?
Still can not see the hate, This PF looks Badass. If it was New 52 or Rebirth, it wold be a hard pass for me, so happy they went in their own direction. If you are looking for more of a current comic accurate Bats, Prime 1 and SSC already have that in the pipeline. (in 1/4!!!) And I personally think the New 52 is miles ahead of the Rebirth suit.
To sit here and nit pick every design element, the New 52 version has Bat head shaped knee caps and lines of an alien spaceship. The rebirth suit has a purple cape with a bat shaped belt! This thing could have been horrendous.
Been lurking these forums for a while now, love to browse through it in work, but honestly what a tough crowd . I've seen and owned numerous XM and Prime 1 pieces that have been absolutely shockingly poor and I've never seen those statues get anything like the hate some of SideShows stuff gets
I actually like this and intend on getting it. Sure there's a few things I'd like to change but I usually feel that way about every statue.
A 1/3 scale P1 piece for $750? Probably more like $1000. I love how casually people like to compare pieces that cost twice as much on this forum like it's no big deal.
The P1 piece is 1/4th scale.
And for those who compare XM with this... you just cant. XM has ONE Batman with a Samurai theme. If XM had the comic license Ive no doubt they would stick strictly to the source material.
Sorry, but I disagree. Yeah, the Rebirth and New 52 costumes suck. However, that's a very low bar to set. On top of that, the art print on this piece was a great source for the costume design of this PF. The print had a slightly updated look to his classic costume. Sideshow managed to blow it by insisting on messing up the costume design on the entire lower half of his body. His legs have pads on them and an appearance of chaps being worn. People complaining about the lower half of his body aren't picking or hating on sideshow. They just see the potential of a great looking Batman statue going to waste. I'm a big Bats nut and would've definitely bought this piece if it looked like the art print. As is, it's a pass.
XM does their own take on the costumes just look at the Marvel pieces.
Sure, they ran out of options, lol. Initially they were true. But apples to apples, Im sure XMs first (if ever) comic Bats will be true. Diff here is that SS is purportedly rebooting the line, therefore it SHOULD be a modern or at the very least true to an era comic iteration Bats.
My only issue with this piece is the lower half of the suit is not consistent with the upper torso design. It's almost like two different people designed the upper and lower parts of his batsuit.
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