Re: DC Collectibles doing Batman The Animated Series figures!!!!!
So, a local comic shop has a 50% off sale today and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a buddy of mine picked up an expressions pack for me. Suffice it to say, having seen everything in hand, I have some first impressions:
-Bruce Wayne head. It does not look as bad as I anticipated. The jawline doesn't seem quite as exaggerated as it does in photos, and it seems...palatable. That being said, when I say that, I'm viewing it as a non-essential accessory. With so many other heads to fall back on, it gives them a little bit of leeway, but, if they ever plan on doing Bruce in his brown and yellow suit, they need to go back to the drawing board, because, if that head was the focal point, "looking okay" doesn't cut it, and especially not when it isn't even remotely accurate to what Bruce looked like on the show.
-Battle Damaged head. I ****ing love it. I thought it seemed kind of cool in the solicits and stuff, but, I don't know if they added it, later or I just didn't pick up on it, or what, but he actually has this little smirk that I just find incredibly badass.
-Honestly, for the most part, I think all of the other heads, except the BW one are pretty good. I'm glad they followed suit from the Batsignal sets and gave the standard head the painted mouth because it looks infinitely better than the earlier versions. I still would like to see HARDAC Batman and smiling/smirking Batman, but, at an MSRP of $50, it's not a bad offering, and, for $25? I would say it's damn good. Getting it for nothing, I would say I'm ecstatic.
I still haven't dived into it, or, even opened it, yet, but all the accessories look fun as hell, and there's a lot of potential for fun poses that I look forward to trying out.
