Hot Toys MMS DX TDK Batman suggestions

You know the score guys. Post suggestions, helpful ref pics, ideas etc re the upcoming figure and this thread will be passed onto HT via the Facebook page.

They are top at listening to our suggestions and have seemed to really take them onboard for the DX Joker.

(I know we already have multiple threads on this, but one cannot expect HT to sift through a general thread for our ideas, so grouping them in one thread will be better).

1. Alternate Bruce Wayne head and suit

2. Alternate sonar head

3. Revised material for the Batsuit

4. Specialised body to match the slim appearance on film

5. Resculpted cowl sculpts

6. Wired and unwried capes

7. Sticky bomb gun accessory

They should really be aiming for this build:




Please help with the suggestions! I am sure you can do a better ob at it than me.

- Correct the width and bulkiness of the chest armour, make it sit more flush with the body.
- Correct the side of the Bat emblem on the chest armour (v1 too wide).
- Fix the cowl shape - refer to modified medi batmans with width modifications.
- Correct the look and feel of the armour, ideally should have actual mesh underneath with armour plates on top.
- Correct the bulkiness of the arms, should be much thinner, medi got this spot on.
- Correct the cape both in terms of material and the V cut at the back and make it sit flush to the shoulders
- Fix the mouth sculpt, likeness OK but nowhere near as good as HT can be
- Provide sticky bomb gun
- Provide top notch Bale head with sculpted neck
- Provide extra Batman head with the goggles
- Provide Bruce Wayne suit
- Provide gargoyle or some other creative special stand

Can't think of anything else right now..

For me, above all else, just PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get the body/armor proportions and head size and shape correct, after that all the accessories are just icing on the cake, stick bomb gun being tops of that list.

I want a figure that looks just like this.

Thank you for the helpful responses guys!!

Agreed Sean, well that and a better cape ............ i've always hated the "thickness" of their capes. Takara rules at making capes.

also an accurate cape as mentioned above with the correct material. The material used for both original costume and DK version capes were so bad that we payed for someone to custom make us capes. We should not have to do this and the material should be better chosen.

I'm actually good with the existing cape on the TDK figure, at least how it looks on his shoulders, I haven't liked the custom capes on TDK Batman, but that's on the existing figure, not sure if they do a better job on DX what cape type would look better, have to wait and see.

Huge thing too, flatten his profile, there is way too much forward slope to the existing figure's chest, Bale in the suit almost looks like he's not even wearing armor the flow from shoulders down is so flat and natural.

Yeah those pics from Maul and Snake are exactly what they should be aiming for. And there's no reason they can't achieve it given all they've done in recent times.

MaulFan said:

For me, above all else, just PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE get the body/armor proportions and head size and shape correct, after that all the accessories are just icing on the cake, stick bomb gun being tops of that list.

I want a figure that looks just like this.

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amen brother

MaulFan said:

Huge thing too, flatten his profile, there is way too much forward slope to the existing figure's chest, Bale in the suit almost looks like he's not even wearing armor the flow from shoulders down is so flat and natural.

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That is definitely the main revision needed. Far too bulky in the chest.

Please slim him down. The slim TrueType body may work, or he may need a totally new body design.

He needs a custom body for the width, but the depth of the figure is all in the way the armor is done. Batman Begins figure actually has a great profile in the chest, if the TDK figure just looked like that we'd be solid, but the chest armor on top of the rubber on top of the body just didn't work, so they either need a custom body chest to fix that, or rethink how the armor is done.

That's true. Here is a good pic of the depth the chest/torso should be:

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This is a good one showing the width of his body compared to his head, you'd have to shave at least half an inch off the width of the current TDK figure to look this way.



This is a great image for seeing how flat his chest is.



This one too.



This is a perfect profile shot, he should almost look like a skinny teen body in the suit as far as bulk, really slim, the existing figure almost has a He-Man look to the upper body. You can see in this shot, the profile of his head is about the same depth as his torso.



And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I know it's not going to happen, but don't making the freaking cowl nose stick out so far in a profile, they did it on the 2005 Begins figure, the 2008 Begins figure, the TDK figure and the Begins bust, it doesn't stick out that far.

MaulFan said:

This is a perfect profile shot, he should almost look like a skinny teen body in the suit as far as bulk, really slim, the existing figure almost has a He-Man look to the upper body.

And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I know it's not going to happen, but don't making the freaking cowl nose stick out so far in a profile, they did it on the 2005 Begins figure, the 2008 Begins figure, the TDK figure and the Begins bust, it doesn't stick out that far.

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I hadn't seen that one before.

Thanks again guys!

I had not seen that last shot either Sean. Great shot!

vodoun said:

I hadn't seen that one before.

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They just posted it recently to the SHH boards.

As for this figure, profile talk reminds me of another point, which I'm sure HT will do anyway, but fit the head and neck together for a streamlined look. I know the neck and head were done the way they were on the first figure for Batpod riding poses, but I think the DX figure should be Batman just to be posed alone and not on the Pod so make all the pieces look good. Batpod may have been a big reason for the design to the chest and shoulder armor too, so maybe that'll just be done better simply because they're not worrying about it's riding ability.

Snake Eater said:

I had not seen that last shot either Sean. Great shot!

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It's been the collecting of all these TDK photos that's led me to want DX Batman. As much as i love taking photos, I love saving them from shows and movies I like too, I've got probably 10,000+ images of all the movies and shows I like gathered on my computer.

The more photos I found and got of TDK Batman, the more I noticed how little the first HT figure was able to look like the movie and I grew to like the look in the photos so much, it made me really want to see a figure look that way.

im lost, what else is new :/

Some suggestions:
- PERS system with lighting sonar eyes
- Alternate head of Bruce Wyne with a better likeness
- Better material for the cape
- Less bulky
- And, of course, the sticky bomb gun.
Oh guys, even if they don't attend our suggestions, the DX Bats will rock!:chew

MaulFan said:

It's been the collecting of all these TDK photos that's led me to want DX Batman. As much as i love taking photos, I love saving them from shows and movies I like too, I've got probably 10,000+ images of all the movies and shows I like gathered on my computer.

The more photos I found and got of TDK Batman, the more I noticed how little the first HT figure was able to look like the movie and I grew to like the look in the photos so much, it made me really want to see a figure look that way.

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I agree. It was the collection of hi-def pics I was amassing too that made me re-evaluate the HT TDK Bats.

Which was why I was annoyed when I had to stop visiting SSF.