Hot Toys 1/6 Batman Arkham City

[Knightstalker]

Wow, awesome! This has been a long time coming. Hope they show Joker as well at SDCC.

 

[ASTRO13ZOMBIE]

Finally!
Can't ****ing wait.

Hopefully Joker's there too.

 

[jra81984]

Finally!
Can't ****ing wait.

Hopefully Joker's there too.

I would love that! My collection is starting to veer away from being Dark Knight only with the releases of 60s batman and 90s batman. I am all for getting as many iterations as possible!

 

[evenflow]

Looks pretty cool, I still need to pick up MOS Superman though.

 

[batfan08]

It's...it's...it's...

After all these years, I just...

 

[FSLAR]

WHy do we have two threads for this?

Hopefully we get a release date and decent price

 

[lerath666]

nice to see it's finaly getting pre-order.

Sad to see they went for a rubber suit for what was a cloth suit in the game.

Glad the sideshow comic book batman already has a preorder. skipping this

 

[karamazov80]

WHy do we have two threads for this?

Hopefully we get a release date and decent price

I believe the other one is for the general license announcement, and this one is for Batman specifically.

 

[RockEzy]

Oh wow. These year just keeps getting better. Really sad I decided not to go to this years SDCC.

 

[EVILFACE]

A big rubber suit that will rot.

 

[Asta]

 

[batfan08]

nice to see it's finaly getting pre-order.

Sad to see they went for a rubber suit for what was a cloth suit in the game.

Glad the sideshow comic book batman already has a preorder. skipping this

To be fair, though, I really didn't see it going any other way. The suit in the games never struck me as fabric, either. It was like a weird material that had the flexibility of fabric, and the consistency and texture of rubber.

 

[6Series]

Would applying Armor-all at least protect the rubber or leather?

 

[Adam Scott Photography]

About the rubber issues...

 

[EVILFACE]

Would applying Armor-all at least protect the rubber or leather?

Protect it from what? A dressing isn't going to stop chemical breakdown of rubber.

 

[melkorjunior]

Is rubber really that fragile? I mean, I have rubber erasers in my art supplies kit that have lasted twenty years and still look the same to me. It's not like rubber is some sort of experimental radioactive isotope.

And is it realistic to expect action figures--even high end figures like these--to look pristine forever?

 

[karamazov80]

There are different ways of manufacturing rubber. Some lead to more durable forms than others. HT hasn't seemed to figure it all out yet.

 

[a-dev]

Is rubber really that fragile? I mean, I have rubber erasers in my art supplies kit that have lasted twenty years and still look the same to me. It's not like rubber is some sort of experimental radioactive isotope.

And is it realistic to expect action figures--even high end figures like these--to look pristine forever?

They would ideally last more than 2 months in pristine state unlike the new ED-209. They would also ideally last longer than the 8 years since the old ED-209 came out.

 

[Frank Jaeger]

Actually it's just for the Batman figure. Has been from the start

https://www.sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?107038-Hot-Toys-VGM-Series-Batman-Arkham-City-Batman-Collectible-Figure-NOT-REVEALED-YET!

I believe the other one is for the general license announcement, and this one is for Batman specifically.

 

[Haloid1177]

There are different ways of manufacturing rubber. Some lead to more durable forms than others. HT hasn't seemed to figure it all out yet.

Keaton Batman was rubber right? He seems to be fine.