That's exactly what they've done
“Furthermore, the figure also features a newly developed Batman cowled head with separate rolling eyeballs”
Thanks for the clarification. Outside the one mention which I missed, I found no indication of that. But it's good to know.
never owned a Bale Batman before
They’re 100% gonna reuse this for a regular Batman release. Just wait it out.Shoot! Should have ordered this
The Takara figure was what got me interested in 1/6 scale figures from way back in the day and then to discover hot toys a few years later. With each release hot toys seems to do some minor adjustments, remember for the DX 12 the bat emblem on the chest plate was sort of crooked? and they didn't bother to change it with the TDK armory figure and only changed it on the DX 19 which is annoying. IMO this updated cowl looks pretty good and i get why some people are displeased with it. I do hope we get another Bale figure and a proper begins figure at that but it will probably be another TDK suit or whatever.Aybaig did say there was another Bale and Keaton coming down the line soon and his sources have been right every single time (BvS regular and armored).
It would be in bad taste for it to be another TDK/TDKR version, but it wouldn’t surprise me. For as ugly and terribly designed as that suit is, their internal metrics probably show that it’s a way better seller for whatever reason. So at the end of the day, they’re not really picking it, the customers and fan base are. The next one will be just a little different to get the crazies to spring for that one.
I remember back when the only options for a 1:6 Bale Batman were the Hot Toys MMS13, the Takara and the MMS67 Original costume (all three obviously being Begins suits) there really wasn’t a lot of customizing going on outside of stuffing the suits with padding and cotton. My Takara and MMS67 still have the cotton balls in their chests, shoulders and biceps.
It wasn’t until TDK with the new suit and Joker that this **** really blew up. Thats when the hype and obsession reached critical mass. MMS67 and MMS71, compacted with the unveiling of the DX figures was the start of the obsession of bettering Joker and TDK Batman and it really hasn’t ended since. Makes me wonder how different things would have been had they actually designed a brand new suit for Batman in TDKR instead of dusting off the 2008 one. The merchandise and sales would have been radically different.
As nice as it would be for the next one to be a proper, all new Begins Batman, I think there’s a reason they halfassed the 595 as much as they did. It just doesn’t sell like the others. It’s like how every company neglects to do the Panther Kilmer suit from Forever other than Prime 1. The market doesn’t know there’s a desire or demand for it because it hasn’t been tested yet. It’s always just the armored Sonar Suit.
and I could wait for Inart too
Thanks for the HD photos. Was hoping to take a better look.
Skin texture looks incredible, hope final product will be as good.
Only 2 more times? Hell, when my kids are dead of old age hot toys will still not have this suit accurate to the movies. And I’m 30 years old and I don’t have any kidsThis popped up on OSR FB group
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Don’t worry, HT will most definitely probably theoretically MAYBE have the definitive version of this Batman…once they revisit him 2 more times…then! THEN, he’ll look perfect!
