1/6 Hot Toys-MMS 218/219-Batman(1966)-Batman and Robin 1/6th Scale Figures

[Centrocal]

Looking at the original the HT looks mighty fine to me.

The only thing that really stands out is the belt is to low on the figure.

The likeness looks pretty good on the sculpt. (excluding the line in the middle)

 

[Billy Ray]

The only thing that really stands out is the belt is to low on the figure.

The likeness looks pretty good on the sculpt. (excluding the line in the middle)

Don't forget the 8 scallops (at best).

Batfan, I'm assuming this is the still you are referring to...



Yup, nailed it! And all joking aside, I only see 8 scallops in his cape there

 

[Jokes & Bats]

Amazing how HT can nail the cowl for this and the Keaton figures. Bale? Third attempt and it still sucks.


The relaxed hands help the figure to look more realistic - same with the Man of Steel relaxed hands. The DX12 hands are like massive bin lids and look awful.

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Hi Guys and Gals...I'm new here. And I'm sorry to have my first post be such a Danny Downer, but myself and other fans have tried to get Sideshow and Hot Toys to listen to our criticisms of this figure since we saw them at Comic Con. Clearly they paid no attention. I had high hopes for this figure, but clearly it's far from a home run.

First off, the "peanut head" shaped cowl (with the taper at the top) is all wrong. The seam down the middle of the cowl is annoying, as is the score line around the black portion of the face mask. There was no seam there on the originals. The black was simply painted on to the fabric, not sewn in. And the ears should be painted black or at least dark blue.

The chest emblem is wrong and much too large. The trunks are too short (a common design problem in many 1966 figures and toys) as the top of the trunks hit the naval dead-on.

The utility belt looks ultra-cheap. They should have cast the belts using some sort of leather-look texturing for detail. The fat pad is really annoying as well (not to mention inaccurate to the original look), and the boots seem "clunky."

But the worst offense in this whole design is the cape. The manufacturers and designers had oodles of experts out there who know these costumes forwards and backwards, but they didn't tap that resource. And the result is disastrous. The cut of the cape is completely wrong. The originals had 11 points and 10 scallops. This looks like 8 scallops at best. The edges of the cape flared out like bat wings, but this cape's edge is cut straight. The cape should completely encompass the figure front and back when unsecured. When secured, the cape is folded back, attached with a snap, and then folded back forward to give a multi-tiered, 3-level look. The original designer of the costume said this layering made Adam's shoulders look bigger.

I'm wondering why, with Hot Toys' amazing attention to detail in the past, this figure (and the Robin too) is such a disastrous misfire.

Wow, facepalm of the year so far for me!!

 

[Ivaniski]

Here's another issue my buddy had pointed out (no pun) to me in another forum. Why are the ears bend outward.
Outward bend ears.....The right ear should be where the left ear belongs and Vice versa. Hot Toys dropped the ball again!!!


HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.

WITH THIS (outward ears thingy) AND THE BULGE BELLY LOOK............. FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.
WITH THIS (outward ears thingy) AND THE BULGE BELLY LOOK............. FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

 

[TheFiend]

Any other figures you can sell?

Actually I'm about to go through another purge. Buuuut I have most, if not all, of my collecting money planned for this year. I gotta get anything threezero does for GoT and I need Hoth Han and Luke. I also have my eye on that iminime William Wallace which will make a big dent in the wallet I believe( Ive never bought anything of theirs). I just sold a few custom heads so I have the money for this, but I have a secret project at the moment that may or may not need funds at the moment. So we'll see......

Amazing how HT can nail the cowl for this and the Keaton figures. Bale? Third attempt and it still sucks.


The relaxed hands help the figure to look more realistic - same with the Man of Steel relaxed hands. The DX12 hands are like massive bin lids and look awful.

Agreed on all accounts.

They just can't get Bale. I know people love the quarter scale figure, I think you have it as well, but I still think the likeness is off. The mouth pieces are great but the eyes are still wrong, and when you're talking about a face that is 95% covered ya gotta get the bits seen correct. Plus Bale has a distinctive look in the cowl and the eyes are important. They also didn't get the cowl right again either. I find it insane that 6 years on the Medicom cowl is still the best. Not only is it the best, I'd argue that it's near perfect.

 

[TheFiend]

Here's another issue my buddy had pointed out (no pun) to me in another forum. Why are the ears bend outward.

Outward bend ears......Hot Toys dropped the ball again.................


HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.
FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.
FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

The ears meant that much to you that you cancelled? To each his own , I guess. They won't be re-doing this figure I can tell you that much. This is what we're getting and while you're disappointed Im sure most collectors are over the moon with this release.

* I don't know how much you care for modification but those ears may be able to be corrected when heated up.

 

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Hi Guys and Gals...I'm new here. And I'm sorry to have my first post be such a Danny Downer, but myself and other fans have tried to get Sideshow and Hot Toys to listen to our criticisms of this figure since we saw them at Comic Con. Clearly they paid no attention. I had high hopes for this figure, but clearly it's far from a home run.

First off, the "peanut head" shaped cowl (with the taper at the top) is all wrong. The seam down the middle of the cowl is annoying, as is the score line around the black portion of the face mask. There was no seam there on the originals. The black was simply painted on to the fabric, not sewn in. And the ears should be painted black or at least dark blue.

The chest emblem is wrong and much too large. The trunks are too short (a common design problem in many 1966 figures and toys) as the top of the trunks hit the naval dead-on.

The utility belt looks ultra-cheap. They should have cast the belts using some sort of leather-look texturing for detail. The fat pad is really annoying as well (not to mention inaccurate to the original look), and the boots seem "clunky."

But the worst offense in this whole design is the cape. The manufacturers and designers had oodles of experts out there who know these costumes forwards and backwards, but they didn't tap that resource. And the result is disastrous. The cut of the cape is completely wrong. The originals had 11 points and 10 scallops. This looks like 8 scallops at best. The edges of the cape flared out like bat wings, but this cape's edge is cut straight. The cape should completely encompass the figure front and back when unsecured. When secured, the cape is folded back, attached with a snap, and then folded back forward to give a multi-tiered, 3-level look. The original designer of the costume said this layering made Adam's shoulders look bigger.

I'm wondering why, with Hot Toys' amazing attention to detail in the past, this figure (and the Robin too) is such a disastrous misfire.

 

[Jokes & Bats]

Here's another issue my buddy had pointed out (no pun) to me in another forum. Why are the ears bend outward.
Outward bend ears.....The right ear should be where the left ear belongs and Vice versa. Hot Toys dropped the ball again!!!


HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.

WITH THIS (outward ears thingy) AND THE BULGE BELLY LOOK............. FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

HOT TOYS PLEASE RE-DO THIS FIGURE THE CORRECT WAY, WE'RE USING OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS.
WITH THIS (outward ears thingy) AND THE BULGE BELLY LOOK............. FOR NOW MY ORDER HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS FIGURE.

I have zero interest in this figure but that headsculpt is pretty amazing.

I hate the body / suit but that's not HT's fault. I just don't like figure wearing fabric suits - like the Reeve Superman.


@Fiend - Yeah the cowl is STILL wrong on the 1/4 scale Bale though an improvement over the DX12 whith I loathe. Modded Medicom is by far the best.
I really hope that the Bruce/Alfred combo thing comes with an updated cowl that we can all by from ebay. I have no interest in Alfred or the armoury - I just want the improved bits for my DX12.

 

[karamazov80]

Not a bad figure apart from being a disastrous misfire IMO.

 

[Ivaniski]

Not a bad figure apart from being a disastrous misfire IMO.

I agree, and somewhere in his home i could hear Adam West saying "Why did you give me such a big belly Hot Toys"?

 

[spindrift]

"This is intolerable! My right ear is going soft again. Where's my fluffer?"

Thanks for posrting that pic- ears out, soft stomach. Case closed

 

[joebizz34]

The ear thing looks like it could be an easy fix. Wouldn't a little heat from a hair dryer and a drop of glue fix that issue? As far as the belly, well that's another issue.

 

[Jokes & Bats]

"This grey jumper will keep me warm whilst I fight crime and walk past cardboard windows".

 

[Sidious-66]

"This grey jumper will keep me warm whilst I fight crime and walk past cardboard windows".

Yeah he should have at least worn a Vivienne Westwood jumper and not some no brand cheapo.

 

[Jokes & Bats]

Yeah he should have at least worn a Vivienne Westwood jumper and not some no brand cheapo.

Extra itchy Joker brand - to tickle the Caped Crusader to death.

How will Batman escape from this one?

Robin - gone!

Commissioner Gordon - frozen!

Join us next week Bat-fans! Same Bat-time! Same Bat-channel!

 

[Sidious-66]

Extra itchy Joker brand - to tickle the Caped Crusader to death.

How will Batman escape from this one?

Robin - gone!

Commissioner Gordon - frozen!

Join us next week Bat-fans! Same Bat-time! Same Bat-channel!

but wait.......

This weeks special guest is none other than Vivienne Westwood who informs Batman of the double secret material that protects him from brand Joker and save Gotham in the process. Batman would go on to work with Mrs Westwood to make the Vivienne Westwood 'Shark Attack' resistant jumper.

 

[a-dev]

Must watch Batman and Robin again one of these days to see if it is truly the sixties throwback some retroactively claim it to be. Perhaps it is appreciable on that level.

 

[Sidious-66]

Must watch Batman and Robin again one of these days to see if it is truly the sixties throwback some retroactively claim it to be. Perhaps it is appreciable on that level.

I think it was recently announced for a DVD release.

Although they were recently on ITV4 during the day.

 

[sixxshooter]

This Figure is absolutely perfect !!! Can't wait for this !!! Wow !