Batman (The Dark Knight Version) - Action Figure Reviews

Batman (The Dark Knight) 9.5 out of 10

Series

Batman (The Dark Knight version)

Craftsmanship

- Great sculpting
- Great paint apps
- Surprisingly good articulation
- Nice accessories
- Great collectible of an icon

Playability

- Can be fragile

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Batman (The Dark Knight Version) by Hot Toys

Hot Toys has become a company that can somehow reliably manage to release figures like hot cakes, while maintaining top notch quality sculpts. The Dark Knight costume version of Batman is no exception. It is a beautiful sculpt and he looks like he's about to kick some serious ass.

I feel I should get this off my chest right away. I have been known to possess some very bad luck and that has me very paranoid with this figure. The suit is all made of

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rubber. If you take a look at some figures like the very expensive ED-209 or Medicom's Goku or Misa figures, you'll notice some wear and tear over a period of time. These figures are way too expensive to have a big problem like deterioration. Hopefully, this will not be the case with Batman. I have not seen any complaints yet which is good and I have faith in Hot Toys. Just to play things on the safe side, I do not

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plan to pose him very often.

Some known issues is that Batman has sort of a beer belly, but if posed right, you can mask the majority of it. I have heard that the 2nd wave (the one I got) doesn't have as many issues with the beer belly and thick legs, but I hear different things and have never, unfortunately, come across any good comparison shots. Another issue is the blades on his gauntlets falling off too easily. I haven't touched my figure very much so I have not run into this issue yet. Last, but not least, I have seen people post about the legs and shoulders breaking as well as the wrist pegs. What I would suggest is using a hair dryer before switching hands.

Accessories include extra hands, two batrangs, grappling gun, a stand and a mini bomb. There is also a Bruce Wayne head if you feel like changing things up, or you could do what I did and buy a 1/6 scaled body and some clothes and attach the Bruce Wayne head on that body thus getting two for the price of one.

I have fooled around with a few poses and he surprising has a great range of articulation for being in a rubber suit. He can kick better than most articulated 6" scaled toys. There are some restrictions, but it's not all that bad. Some very nice work here and HTs sure knows how to please their fans.

Paint apps are great. Just what you would expect from Hot Toys. Everything looks as close as you could get to perfect and HTs never seems to fail in this department. Even on the accessories, it all just looks very clean.

This is a very pricey fig, but you get what you pay for. It is museum quality and no Sideshow fig will top it. If you can manage to get your hands on one of these, it will certainly be worth it. If you really have a lot of extra cash then you might want to think about purchasing the HTs Tumbler coming out this month to go with it.

- J'Tonello

(June 15, 2009)