Oh damn, these photos.. phenomenal figure, very unusual.. I love it. I will eventually buy it, not now, but it's really something else.
I agree the price is a bit high, but man the headsculpt is badass. Maybe I'm not as shocked about the prices as other people as I did once buy a custom figure for $1000, still have it, it looks terrific. Hot Toys aren't THAT expensive when you look at the quality they put into it.
And yes it's not a DX figure (when was the last DX figure they released anyway?
) BUT.. it's miles better in the overall look than a lot of DX figures they released in the past. Having loads of accessories don't make the headsculpt any better.
I agree with this and the that Budget Stark video, the sculpt looks really good. I'm not invested enough in Leto Joker, having not even seen the movie yet, to buy this but I think it would be a cool change from the previous Nicholson and Ledger purple outfit Jokers. With that background, chair and just the unique look in the straight jacket it has tremendous shelf presence. I wouldn't want to pose it in any other way.
Might try and pick this up sometime in 2017 if I can find the funds and a reasonable secondary market price
Don't want to derail the thread but just curious how you feel the BC bats compares to the regular armour since you mention you have both. I have the BC on pre-order but missed out on the regular sadly.
I definitely dig the regular better.
But the BC is growing on me, I felt disappointed by it originally as it's not exactly what was shown in the proto pics color-scheme wise, so I ordered the regular version which I didn't plan to buy.. didn't want to end up with two of the same figure, and the only solution I came up with is having the two in separate rooms (the regular sits in my collection, and the other one is in my living room).
It all depends on the lighting you have in your home. I feel the Black Chrome needs to have natural light to really shine. When it's daytime, the BC completely knocks the regular one out of the water. However with artificial lights, the regular looks a lot better imo, especially if you play with the shadows in your room, he can actually look pretty dark, just like in the movie. Whereas the Black Chrome looks a bit off with artificial yellow light, but I've seen people do him justice with artificial lights in the BC thread, so I really don't know.
Both look fantastic, you won't regret what you're gonna get because it's phenomenal.
A friend of mine actually loves the BC a lot better (he doesn't collect Hot Toys, but he loved the movie, and told me there's no match between the two, the BC version felt a lot more movie accurate and badass to him). It's very personal taste wise. Personally I enjoy the regular one better but as I said on the dedicated topic, it's really because of the lighting in my home. Otherwise I would have surely prefered the BC.
Best advice would be to buy the regular one when you get the chance, unless you feel 100% satisfied with the BC : )
I heard he was supposed to pop up in TDKR, shame he didn't.
