Scale: 9"
Price: $59.99 - $80.99
The son of Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, Bruce Wayne was a boy born into a life of luxury, money, the family butler Alfred Pennyworth, and all the love his parents could give him. That all changed in the blink of an eye. As young Bruce left a theater production of The Mask of Zorro with his parents, they walked through Park Row, later re-named Crime Alley, a gunman, masked in the shadows gunned down his parents right in front of him, traumatizing young Bruce. Now an orphan Bruce remained in his parents mansion Wayne Manor, watched over by the trusty Alfred. He began to travel the world, master different types of martial arts and hone his skills as a fighter and tactician. Upon his return he regained control of Wayne enterprises, and used his playboy persona to cover up his "true" identity. That night Bruce Wayne died and something new was born. Bruce utilized his newfound skills and that dark feeling within himself to become Batman, The Dark Knight and use the same shadows that the gunman covered himself in, to seek out crime and spread Justice throughout the corrupt Gotham City.
Sculpt:
Now this is a high end figure, so you expect to get your money's worth and this figure does not dissapoint in any way. It is truly an amazing piece of art. Every single detail is there. Even if you can't see it at first glance. I feel like everytime I look at this I find more details. Let's work our way down shall we? The head sculpt is phenomenal. It screams Batman and is just downright amazing. When sculpting Batman's face it has to be perfect because all of his emotion is in his facial expression. If even one detail is off, it completely changes the figure. The face here is just downright menacing. Its dark, gritty, and battle-hardened. The cowl is sculpted so that its snug on his face. The chest/ torso is so game-accurate its crazy. Every line, every scratch, every single piece of kevlar lining is there and the Bat-symbol was wonderfully done. The texture of it even feels like real kevlar, and knocks the Mattel version out of the water. This kevlar affect and detailing is continued into the arms and legs. Speaking of the arms, from the shoulders to the forearms, there is wonderful kevalr design but when you get to the forearms, we go into the gauntlets. The gauntlets are actually two seperate pieces. The first is the forearm itself which consists of the belts that hold the brace in place on his forearm. They are given a wrinkled- leather look and they, like the kevlar feel real. The second piece is the brace and spikes. This piece is made from a soft plastic so that the spikes can be sculpted perfectly, and there is no chance of them breaking. His hands also have a nice ammount of detail. The belt and his bat-underoos as I like to call them are also a seperate piece made from soft plastic. The only drawback to this is that they flop all over the place when you pose the figure and if they are moved it reveals that underneath you can see a hollow area connecting the legs to the torso. Its not the biggest deal because once in a pose it will adjust itself but I personally am going to invest in some krazy glue and stick it down. The upper legs again have that nice kevlar finish and now we reach the bottom of ol' Bats, his boots. The boot are done similair to the gauntlets with the lealthery straps connecting the brace to the leg but unlike the gauntlets, the brace is made of a hard plastic. The feet are also nicely detailed and look (to me) like hi-tech sneakers. Now for the last aspect of the sculpt, the cape. I cannt put into words just how much I love this cape. It is sculpted as a flowing cape but thanks to its articulation (yes you read that right) it cn be posed as though its stading still. It's one of the best Batman capes ever made.
Paint:The paint is another amazing attribute of this figure. You would think that because everything is grey save for the gauntlets, boots, cape, bat-underoos and head, they would use grey plastic. They did, but they went the extra mile and painted grey OVER it, and proceeded to give it a black wash for shadow and dirt effect. Absolutely stunning work. Everything else is painted in the colors you see and there is no slop anywhere on the figure. The most stunning paint job I have ever seen on a figure in quite some time.
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