The Basics:
Scale: 9"
Price: $59.99 - $80.99
Character Bio:When it comes to Mr.J here, it's very hard to give an accurate character bio as his origins have changed numerous times over the year, giving the character an even more insane persona, so I'll stick to this specific incarnation. As the night sky stretched over Gotham City, the Batmobile sped through the streets, making it's way to Arkham Asylum, with one of the deadliest villains inside. Batman escorts the Joker through the entrance of Arkham all the way to his holding cells, wondering why this seemed so easy. Why the Joker gave up without a fight. The Joker knew, but only time would reveal all the answers to the Batman. Time which the Joker would ensure, would keep him occupied.
The Sculpt:
I had nothing but praises for the Batman figure in sculpt and that carries over into the Joker. This sculpt is truly phenomenal and deserves much more attention than it's been getting. Let's work our way down. That face. My God its amazing. It gives off such a creepy vibe, just like it should. The sculpt isn't 100% game accurate like Batman, but I actually find myself liking this look BETTER than the game's face. The hair is wonderful and eac individual strand can be seen. The torso is fantastic and made of two pieces. The first is the jacket and the upper torso. The jacket has wrinkles to make it look worn and the bowtie looks great. The dead flower looks fantastic and has so much detail. There are two pockets on the jacket, each sculpted excellently and rather than just paint the pinstriped on, they are actually sculpted!! The Lower half of the torso is the remainder of his shirt, which like the jacket, has sculpted pinstripes and buttons. The arms again carry on the sculpted pinstripes and lead into the cuffs, which looks great, and hat brings us to the hands, which are gloves, but what I love about them is that certain fingers, you can see the fingernails outlined, almost like they are too tight. Nothing unique in the lower body except the chain on his left thigh and the kneepatch on his left knee. Other than that, standard pinstripe sculpt. Finally, the shoes look fantastic, there is so much detail on the shoes making them look worn, its insane!
Paint:
The paint on this figure is phenomenal. Every area of the figure is hand painted. The only thind that I can say to look out for, is the face. Around the eyes and nose, I noticed as I went through the figures on the shelf, some where pure white, some had a grey wash to simulate dirty make-up, and some were just plain grey. I went for the one with with a bit of a grey wash, because I thought it looked the best. I don't know if that's bad quality control, or just variants, but just keep an eye out and pick your favorite.
Articulation:Mr.J has quite alot of articulation:
Ball jointed head and neckBall jointed shoulder
Hinge shoulders
Hinge shoulder blades
Swivel biceps.
Swivel forearms
Swivel-hinge elbows
Swivel wrust cuffs
Swivel-hinge wrists
Ball jointed upper torso
Ball-swivel thighs
Double hinge/ratchet knees
Swivel-hinge ankles
Accessories:
Joker comes with, like Batman, two interchangeable hands. One a clenched fist, and the other an open hand. He comes with his notorious pistol, and his chattering teeth. All have amazing sculpt and paint, and the teeth have a little extra. The teeth are on a hinge so they can open and close, and even the notch can twist. Thats crazy!
Overall:
Play Arts Joker is nothing short of amazing. He looks great, is very poseable, and has great accessories. Now i would like to adress an issue others have had with this figure. Others have said that the left shoulder pops out very easily. I had a similair problem but the solution is pretty easy. Simply take the arm out, put a VERY thin layer of krazy glue ( i reccomend using the brush krazy glue as you have more control over the ammount you put on) on the ball and wait for it to dry. I gave mine 30 minutes. Then pop it back in, the ball will be much tighter and secure. It worked on mine anyway. So yeah that said I--
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| "HEY!! Who do I have to kill to get a perfect score around here?" |
No one Joker...no one.....
10 OUT OF 10!!!!!!!!!!
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