So earlier this week I mentioned in passing to my wife a that Amazon had a pretty great price (about $47) for the Mafex Batman Begins figure. I got home from work today and guess what she had sitting on the dresser?
I only just had time to open him up, inspect him, and put him back. But DANG! This is a flipping *fantastic* figure! The joints are solid, well engineered, and move wonderfully. The materials and finishes are all superb. This guy rivals Mafex Boba Fett (either version) as one of the nicest action figures I’ve ever owned.
I will say this guy stands out as the *least* fragile feeling of all my mafex figures. I’ve not had too many concerns of breakage with the Mafex figures I’ve bought, but they all have some degree of “delicateness” to them. Which, as “high-end” 1/12 figures, has never bothered me. But you definitely have to use a moderate level of caution when handling them. But this guy feels much sturdier. I still wouldn’t hand him to my 4 year old, but I also wouldn’t call him delicate, per se. The ONLY issue I had with him out of the box was I needed to re-futz the way one of the cape wires came out of the attachment point over the shoulder. But it was SUPER easy to do thanks to the magnetic chest piece! I took his head off, pulled off the chest (which the cape is attached to), gently reposed the wire so that it came over the shoulder at the right angle, and put it all back together!
Very happy to have him! Now I’ve got what is, IMO, the best action figure of each of my favorite portrayals of Batman (NECA 1/4 ‘89, Mafex BvS battfleck, and now Mafex Batman Begins). It is so very satisfying!
And holy crap, I just went to remove the figure from my amazon wishlist and they dropped the price again! He’s only $45! Seriously, if you have any interest in this guy, go grab him now! He’s a total homerun!
