It was a long journey but I finally received my exclusive Batman today.
I was primarily a 1/6 collector so when Batman was announced I really didn't pay much attention. Then I saw the Superman exclusive premium format and loved it. It was preordered on day one.
Once I had Superman on preorder, I took a good look at the Batman exclusive and knew I had to have it. It was too late to preorder and the wait list was closed. I found one on Ebay with a preorder with aamitchell07 that was too good to be true. Even though people told me to get my money back I hung in until January. I contacted her, received no response and fortunately got my money back from Ebay. That still left me without a Batman exclusive. I did end up getting the DC Direct Green Lantern Museum statue while tring to figure out my next step.
The wait list reopened. Unfortunately I didn't find out until the night of the 22nd. I watched many wait lists convert and watched for my email every day to no avail. I found one on Ebay for a reasonable price that the seller said they checked out and it didn't have any defects. I bid and I won. Now my hope was that it would make it to me in one piece.
Fast forward to today. The box came in the mail. The outside of the box looked rough. Even the inner box looked rough. I didn't care about that as long as the statue was alright. And it was!
No damage, chips, cape cracks, suit holes, etc. The pits are ok by me and the face paint looks great to me. I like the gritty look. I prefer Andy's head and it looks great that I have him high up and looking down. I couldn't be happier.
I have since preordered Wonder Woman to go with Supes and Bats. Looking forward to displaying the Trinity.