Very frustrating to see this masterpiece looks like that, idk why they can’t make him perfect? Lack of technology? Umm lack of experience? Naah no excuse unfortunately 👎🏻 Thank you Dean for the review keep it up mate!
Really appreciate an honest review. Seems like all other reviewers are convincing themselves the figure isn’t so terrible to justify their purchase. I can’t get past the long neck, shiny suit and short torso.
After seeing this review I’m now angry; hearing Dean articulate so well how HT cheaped out on us with this release has helped me feel more what everyone else has been feeling. My channel is tiny and insignificant, but my initial review on this release has had over 2k views despite that, and I feel better now for likely having helped contribute to several people canceling their orders. 😊👍
This was a super refreshing review. Gotten really fed up lately of the run of absolute crap releases and so many other reviewers always up for defending and excusing it. Too many collectors seem happy to drop £250 on a figure, then double that by the time you get an additional sculpt, body, cape and base all because Hot Toys cant be arsed. As a ten year collector myself its shocking to see how truly inexcusable this figure and the audacity they have to release this. This and the recent Doc Brown.... lost for words on the downward slope.
Damn, Dean! I smelled the burning flesh before you got to that ski mask, after which I was too busy crying and laughing. I for one appreciate all the cool aftermarket bits you share. Well done, um..."bad" review! "Awful Monstrosity" lol..."and that's a fact!" 🤣 No...I do appreciate the heart you put in this video review. I can feel it. It is sad.
Thanks for your honesty, Dean, and for caring about fellow collectors. I remember an interview Justin (I think) did with Howard Chan where Howard said Hot Toys was started from a passion for accurate figures, and I feel like that's bullshit. This figure right here just shows that it's almost always money over passion. Cash grabs first, everything else later. They owe fans a public apology for this. Doesn't even look like the promo pics.
Dean, THANK YOU! This was such a great and accurate review of this piece of rubbish that hot toys decided to release. DO BETTER HOT TOYS🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED YOU GUYS AND HAVE BEEN LOYAL ALMOST TO A FAULT, AND WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS🤯
I’ve been wanting a proper Batman begins figure since I started collecting. I didn’t want to get the original tf exclusive but didn’t want to risk the ankle issues. This new release is so disappointing. I’m tempted to pick it up and get a custom sculpt and cape but at the same time I wonder if we should wait to see if inart can capitalize on this failure of a release. Thanks Dean for sharing your thoughts
This has got to be the worst release I have gotten from Hot Toys. This figure right here has now made me completely stop on preorders. I don't care for sideshows FOMO BS I will wait. This is completely unacceptable! I was truly hoping to see the custom cape on this new POS just to see how it looked.
Thank you so much for your absolutely honest review. I have never, ever in my 6 yrs of collecting, ever returned a figure. But, this blatant slap in the face by Hot Toys to collectors is so disgusting. I was very eagerly anticipating this figure and had arrived on the 15th of this month, but I've been so busy at work that I haven't had the chance to open it. But after the reviews poured in and seeing just how poorly this figure was made, without a care in the world, I just couldn't justify keeping it. After viewing your review, I've made the difficult decision to send it back to Sideshow for credit. I just can't justify keeping it knowing full well I'm not gonna be happy with it. It's a damn shame because I really was looking forward to this figure. But we collectors need to show Hot Toys that this crap they try to shove in our faces is not acceptable. I decided to vote with my wallet and send it back. I pray some other company, perhaps Inart will finally do this figure justice.
Thanks Dean for always keeping it real. I really wanted to love this figure, but after seeing this I just might cancel my preorder. Looking forward to getting my Batman Forever figure on friday
I’m really happy you adressed the differed in the heads. Bale was a monster in begins. His face was and body were completely different. I’d argue he looked more similar in tdk/tdkr than begins. As well as the cape still not dealing properly. How did they get the sonar suit so right but this so wrong? Makes no damn sense. Top 3 favorite Batman suits ever. Absolutely a shame and I’m gonna have to sadly pass on this one
Thank you for the review Dean! I really need a 1/6 scale Batman Begins, but I’ll have to be satisfied with nothing instead. I have the hot toys 1/4 and I have a custom cape for that and it looks alright. But for this, I just have other things to buy instead of getting a new cape and spending hundreds of dollars on a new head to make it decent looking.
Thanks for the honest review I've seen a couple of others where people are trying to make themselves think it's good. It's a disgrace pure cash grab no thought or passion went into this all the this figure has done is just disgraced such an epic film the best batman film ! Shame on Hot Toys for bringing this rubbish out
Wow thanks for the review. Thank goodness I have the Enterbay 1:4th (granted different movie and different scale) but way better and for it’s age…well your custom BB 1:6 stomps this re re re release!
You’ve convinced me to hunt down everything I need to get that great toy fair exclusive version with the custom cape. I was planning to get this new hot toys version but not anymore. Should it be easy enough for me to find everything I need to make that figure how you did? What all exactly do I need to buy and where?
This is an absolute abomination! Sick of Marvel & Star Wars crap getting all the time and effort, clearly they have Marvel and Star Wars as their priority. Loving that Disney $$$$$$ too much. Lets hope a different company makes the figure this awesome Batman suit deserves. Hot Toys...overhyped and lazy these days.
Received batman forever and this figure on the same day from sideshow. Was blown away when I opened kilmer, but I'm glad I didn't open this begins figure yet because I'm definitely sending it back if I can.
"There you go....." There're hot toys fan boys who try to say this is a good figure. It is not..... Its an absolute pile of sh!*. I knew Dean would go into crazy detail and find every detail that is incorrect, lazy or terribly made. It puts other UA-camrs to shame. This is how you do it. As for hot toys..... Another poor release and for me, hot toys is no longer a premium company. They don't deserve the dc licence and imagine someone like iconiqstudios or kaustic plastic making this batman begins. Inarts in reality is our only hope. Figures like this, doc brown to name only a few, is the reason I don't pre order hot toys, plus actually distancing myself from there. Into the above two companies and statues. Great review Dean, hope people spread this review like wild fire.
When you look at this figure and Hot Toys Bane 2.0, it's difficult to believe that both products are coming from the same company, such is the chasm in quality between the two.
Style wise I like the Batman behind suit better than the dark knight suit but I had a feeling they were gonna notch this suit since it’s rubber so I went with the DX19 and I’m glad I did
It’s terrible in hand. Tried to convince myself otherwise but ended up returning it. Hopefully others follow suit if they are not satisfied so hot toys can get the message and stop putting out crap like this. If you are happy with it I am happy for you but not good enough IMO.
Solid job, on putting the word out about this figure, Dean. 👍 Gotta drag Hot Toys through the dirt, when they disrespect the community like this. I’m still disappointed with that recent Black Widow release. I’ve been collecting these, as long as you have, and I also own the 2011 TF Exclusive. It’s a much better BB Batman.
Mine is arriving today. I've already got a head and cape coming from Unreal. Will like to see how you handle making the suit more matte, as I'll probably do whatever you do.
What a waste of $. They will eventually put one out in the future to make up for this catastrophe. Collector's be patient don't waste your money it's not worth it. You should not be content with an expensive figure that is way off. You will always question and doubt yourself on purchasing and regret it.
Thanks for the review! I thought the neck was too elongated from the get-go. But everything you said it true! Do you think Hot Toys is going to a DX series to correct all that?
Definitely a great review. My fav Bats and movie f’d up again in figure form. Going to cancel today. I don’t know what to do about begins now. I had the other releases. I was just going to add custom parts but I don’t know.
I have the 1/4 hot toys, I’m not sure why they didn’t just shrink down that cowl like they did with qs001 and armory… As for the grapple, WB started an embargo on guns or gun items, somehow dx19 got away with it but not this release. Personally I’ll wait for price to drop and display this as the first night out version. It’s unfortunate how lazy of a release this is
Their lo e is on Marvel and Star Wars, and tes you would thinknthey update a few thin for this one but just a cash grab. Wonderimg how the shine of the suit can be toned down?!?! If your gonna customize this one let us know. Good review.
I got this figure just because I didn’t have a Batman begins. I already threw a custom cape on it and was wondering if it would be ok to paint the suit matte? Any suggestions???
I contacted unrealtoys and asked how much for the headsculpt and how long it's gonna take? Their reply said? $140 for the unpainted version and $300 for the painted version and between 30 to 70 dollars for shipping and another 5%for PayPal. That's totally absurd and too darn high. Not even Tony Mei charges that much. TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED
Thank You! I'll keep my money till they figure it out. The prices are getting steeper and the quality hasn't gone up or even stayed the same... I'm losing faith in Hot Toys.
Thanks for the review Dean soo disappointed with this release I really need a 1/6 Batman Begins but don't really want to spent £500 - £600 tracking down the 2012 version buying Unreal Custom Cowl and buying a Jaxon Xu Cape hopefully Inart can do it justice one day
I looked for that GRAPNEL GUN gun for 30 minutes! I thought that it maybe fell out of the box and my cat had swatted it under the couch, so I even moved the couch, but never found the GRAPNEL GUN. I can't believe that they did not include it. I unboxed this figure, posed it up and have not touched it since. Really lame figure.
Wow 😂 seeing them side by side really highlights how bad this release looks. That shiny suit looks like one of those 12" hard plastic action figures Mattel used to make 😅 At least the unmasked headsculpt looks good 👍 but everything else, including those scary looking ski masks leave a lot to be desired. Thanks for the honest appraisal 🎉
Just typed in why you bought another one but you answered towards the end. Whats sad is that this is the norm for all companies making figures! From cheap $20 to $300 high end figures re-use & cash grab figures have been coming out in droves across the board! You know why? Because people keep buying them!
Thank you for yet another brilliant review video, Dean. Hot Toys ought to be ashamed of themselves for this release, and I suspect they are. They've somehow managed to make their figure from 10* years ago WORSE with this lazy/obligatory reissue. I was hoping they'd shrink the 1/4 scale figure down for an updated 1/6 Begins figure at very least, but not like this. Not like this... I wish you a Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year!
Luckily, I also have the Takara Batman Begins, so I replaced the crappy Hot Toys cape for the Takara cape and it really makes a HUGE difference. The rubber suit on my MMS595 isn't quite as shiny as some others that I have seen, so I got lucky there. Dean you really need to get the Batman Forever Batman and Robin figures. Yes, the movie sucked and Robin has nipples, but the figures are really THAT GOOD. Merry XMAS dude. Love your videos.
Loll, I laughed so hard at that skymask on his head :)) What were they thinking? I never owned a Bale Batman, getting the dx19 now and I might also win this at an auction (I seem to be the only bidder, wonder why, lol :)) ). What's up with those funny faceplaces though? I imagine he did those expressions at some point in the movies, but why go with them for the figure? Maybe they will look better if I make them bloody or something
Why didn't they just scare down the 1/4 begins head? I think it was pretty good and a vast improvement over the giraffe one here. This re-release is a complete joke!
great comparison - this is what happens when a high end MARVEL LEGENDS company makes a DC character - i hope Inart would do a better version - cool video
Wasnt he shiny in the end scene on the roof when he got the joker card and say something i want to be positive dammit Hot Toys it isn acurate but i need him
As I showed on my IG, the suit isn’t hard to dull down with 91 percent alcohol and a microfiber cloth. The suit is more or less accurate. It isn’t perfect but is closer to accuracy than the Sonar figure that was just released suit wise. The cowl is of course not perfect and the cape is atrocious. I am planning to at least change the cape out. Currently I have him in the first night configuration. Yes the grapnel gun should have been included and the face plates should have been better. I have an issue with the belt beyond the color. The batarang holder isn’t present in any image I have ever seen. It should have been a cheaper figure. Unfortunately there isn’t any other Begins option if you want this style Batman in your collection. I am keeping it and modifying what I don’t like.
Won’t the alcohol dry out the material of the suit a bit and cause deterioration or cracking at some point down the road? I’ve contemplated just slapping on a coat or two of a spray matte finish. Not sure you can get the charcoal color required to make it accurate though?
@@karascrow Alcohol is not the harshest chemical, unlike acetone which I was also willing to try. Once alcohol evaporates that is about the end of it. Now in my opinion, the suit is shiny from mold release, not paint. Soap and water may have given similar results. I highly doubt the suit will deteriorate from the alcohol long term any more than anything else. I also considered just coating it but I tried that with the Enterbay cowl and the paint didn’t stick. I have paints designed to paint rubbers I haven’t tried, I just don’t know if they are compatible with Hot Toys rubbers. Either way I can deal with how it looks for now. I tend to think if the cape was in the correct position, on top of the cowls neck, the cowl wouldn’t look quite as bad. I just have to figure out how much I want to modify this figure.
Oh my god it’s worse than I thought. It looks like a third party figure, but even some of those look really good. It sucks because we know they can make great figures but to miss the mark so badly is just crazy
Very frustrating to see this masterpiece looks like that, idk why they can’t make him perfect? Lack of technology? Umm lack of experience? Naah no excuse unfortunately 👎🏻 Thank you Dean for the review keep it up mate!
Glad I didn’t preorder this. You said it, big slap in the face of collectors.
Really appreciate an honest review. Seems like all other reviewers are convincing themselves the figure isn’t so terrible to justify their purchase. I can’t get past the long neck, shiny suit and short torso.
I hope InArt Queen Studios will release BB version.
Thank you for your honest reviews! Too many reviewers tend to sugarcoat a lot of the problems Hot Toys don't fix.
After seeing this review I’m now angry; hearing Dean articulate so well how HT cheaped out on us with this release has helped me feel more what everyone else has been feeling. My channel is tiny and insignificant, but my initial review on this release has had over 2k views despite that, and I feel better now for likely having helped contribute to several people canceling their orders. 😊👍
This was a super refreshing review. Gotten really fed up lately of the run of absolute crap releases and so many other reviewers always up for defending and excusing it.
Too many collectors seem happy to drop £250 on a figure, then double that by the time you get an additional sculpt, body, cape and base all because Hot Toys cant be arsed.
As a ten year collector myself its shocking to see how truly inexcusable this figure and the audacity they have to release this. This and the recent Doc Brown.... lost for words on the downward slope.
Think for me this is the last straw for Hot Toys now. Time to part ways. they are just a Disney brand essentially now.
Time to support better brands.
Damn, Dean! I smelled the burning flesh before you got to that ski mask, after which I was too busy crying and laughing. I for one appreciate all the cool aftermarket bits you share. Well done, um..."bad" review! "Awful Monstrosity" lol..."and that's a fact!" 🤣 No...I do appreciate the heart you put in this video review. I can feel it. It is sad.
Will the real Batman please stand up…..
Thanks for your honesty, Dean, and for caring about fellow collectors.
I remember an interview Justin (I think) did with Howard Chan where Howard said Hot Toys was started from a passion for accurate figures, and I feel like that's bullshit. This figure right here just shows that it's almost always money over passion. Cash grabs first, everything else later. They owe fans a public apology for this. Doesn't even look like the promo pics.
Dean, THANK YOU! This was such a great and accurate review of this piece of rubbish that hot toys decided to release. DO BETTER HOT TOYS🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 THE COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED YOU GUYS AND HAVE BEEN LOYAL ALMOST TO A FAULT, AND WE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS🤯
You are COMPLETELY right Dean. Thank you for being the voice of REASON in this community. People defending this are delusional.
I’ve been wanting a proper Batman begins figure since I started collecting. I didn’t want to get the original tf exclusive but didn’t want to risk the ankle issues. This new release is so disappointing. I’m tempted to pick it up and get a custom sculpt and cape but at the same time I wonder if we should wait to see if inart can capitalize on this failure of a release. Thanks Dean for sharing your thoughts
This has got to be the worst release I have gotten from Hot Toys. This figure right here has now made me completely stop on preorders. I don't care for sideshows FOMO BS I will wait. This is completely unacceptable! I was truly hoping to see the custom cape on this new POS just to see how it looked.
Thank you so much for your absolutely honest review. I have never, ever in my 6 yrs of collecting, ever returned a figure. But, this blatant slap in the face by Hot Toys to collectors is so disgusting. I was very eagerly anticipating this figure and had arrived on the 15th of this month, but I've been so busy at work that I haven't had the chance to open it. But after the reviews poured in and seeing just how poorly this figure was made, without a care in the world, I just couldn't justify keeping it. After viewing your review, I've made the difficult decision to send it back to Sideshow for credit. I just can't justify keeping it knowing full well I'm not gonna be happy with it. It's a damn shame because I really was looking forward to this figure. But we collectors need to show Hot Toys that this crap they try to shove in our faces is not acceptable. I decided to vote with my wallet and send it back. I pray some other company, perhaps Inart will finally do this figure justice.
Well done sir. Thank for the comment 🙏
Thanks Dean for always keeping it real. I really wanted to love this figure, but after seeing this I just might cancel my preorder. Looking forward to getting my Batman Forever figure on friday
I’m really happy you adressed the differed in the heads. Bale was a monster in begins. His face was and body were completely different. I’d argue he looked more similar in tdk/tdkr than begins. As well as the cape still not dealing properly. How did they get the sonar suit so right but this so wrong? Makes no damn sense. Top 3 favorite Batman suits ever. Absolutely a shame and I’m gonna have to sadly pass on this one
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this figure, Dean.
I'm expecting mine to be delivered this Friday.
I've never canceled a Pre-order until now lol
Thanks Dean! I was thinking is there a way to spray or paint the body Matte black? Also would it be possible to trim the neck on the cowl?🤔
Dean, thanks for the review. A catch - grab with no publicity. What a pointless figure release.
Thank you for the review Dean!
I really need a 1/6 scale Batman Begins, but I’ll have to be satisfied with nothing instead. I have the hot toys 1/4 and I have a custom cape for that and it looks alright. But for this, I just have other things to buy instead of getting a new cape and spending hundreds of dollars on a new head to make it decent looking.
Thanks for the honest review I've seen a couple of others where people are trying to make themselves think it's good. It's a disgrace pure cash grab no thought or passion went into this all the this figure has done is just disgraced such an epic film the best batman film ! Shame on Hot Toys for bringing this rubbish out
Wow thanks for the review. Thank goodness I have the Enterbay 1:4th (granted different movie and different scale) but way better and for it’s age…well your custom BB 1:6 stomps this re re re release!
Thanks a lot for the review Dean. I hope you are well mate. It's a damn shame about this release. I was going to get it but now will not be.
You’ve convinced me to hunt down everything I need to get that great toy fair exclusive version with the custom cape. I was planning to get this new hot toys version but not anymore. Should it be easy enough for me to find everything I need to make that figure how you did? What all exactly do I need to buy and where?
Thanks for the review.....saved me some money
This is an absolute abomination! Sick of Marvel & Star Wars crap getting all the time and effort, clearly they have Marvel and Star Wars as their priority. Loving that Disney $$$$$$ too much.
Lets hope a different company makes the figure this awesome Batman suit deserves.
Hot Toys...overhyped and lazy these days.
Good review. It’s a catastrophe
Received batman forever and this figure on the same day from sideshow. Was blown away when I opened kilmer, but I'm glad I didn't open this begins figure yet because I'm definitely sending it back if I can.
"There you go....."
There're hot toys fan boys who try to say this is a good figure. It is not..... Its an absolute pile of sh!*. I knew Dean would go into crazy detail and find every detail that is incorrect, lazy or terribly made. It puts other UA-camrs to shame. This is how you do it.
As for hot toys..... Another poor release and for me, hot toys is no longer a premium company. They don't deserve the dc licence and imagine someone like iconiqstudios or kaustic plastic making this batman begins. Inarts in reality is our only hope. Figures like this, doc brown to name only a few, is the reason I don't pre order hot toys, plus actually distancing myself from there. Into the above two companies and statues.
Great review Dean, hope people spread this review like wild fire.
When you look at this figure and Hot Toys Bane 2.0, it's difficult to believe that both products are coming from the same company, such is the chasm in quality between the two.
Good grief this figure is a crime. Had it been even 85% of your custom one I’d have been incredible
Style wise I like the Batman behind suit better than the dark knight suit but I had a feeling they were gonna notch this suit since it’s rubber so I went with the DX19 and I’m glad I did
Hi mate. I have the the MMS155 do you know where I can get a custom cape for it?
Calling it how it is! Love to see it 👏
Any more shine on this figure its going to look like the batman forever solar suit
Just cancelled mine, what a disgraceful shame by HT. Ordered batman forever and batman 1966 instead.
It’s terrible in hand. Tried to convince myself otherwise but ended up returning it. Hopefully others follow suit if they are not satisfied so hot toys can get the message and stop putting out crap like this. If you are happy with it I am happy for you but not good enough IMO.
The MMS13 the first realese of this has the 2 foot long cape that they could have done that one as well im new fabric.
Solid job, on putting the word out about this figure, Dean. 👍 Gotta drag Hot Toys through the dirt, when they disrespect the community like this. I’m still disappointed with that recent Black Widow release. I’ve been collecting these, as long as you have, and I also own the 2011 TF Exclusive. It’s a much better BB Batman.
I'm cancelling my preorder!! Thanks for this video Dean, this is utter garbage! Shame on Hot Toys, I'll see what Inart has to offer.🍻
Thank you for the honest review, I urged to cancel mine as soon as I saw photos of the final product and yes to quote you it is inexcusable from HT 👎🏼
Mine is arriving today. I've already got a head and cape coming from Unreal. Will like to see how you handle making the suit more matte, as I'll probably do whatever you do.
Airbrusch with mat black ore mat varnisch....not with rubbing alcohol !!
Looking forward to Dx19 and Takara review
Thanks for the honest review. It's just a shame they couldn't improve anything on the figure.
What a waste of $. They will eventually put one out in the future to make up for this catastrophe. Collector's be patient don't waste your money it's not worth it. You should not be content with an expensive figure that is way off. You will always question and doubt yourself on purchasing and regret it.
Cancelled my two Batman Begins preorders. Thanks Dean. I hope HT go back to the drawing board on this figure. Your custom figure is incredible.
Thanks for the review! I thought the neck was too elongated from the get-go. But everything you said it true! Do you think Hot Toys is going to a DX series to correct all that?
Where is the left figure from?
Oh well I still pre ordered it, it's mine now lol
You forgot to show us the silly sculpt!!! I was looking forward to hear you rant about it.
Thanks Dean I canceled my preorder for this. Hopefully InArt will tackle it
Definitely a great review. My fav Bats and movie f’d up again in figure form. Going to cancel today. I don’t know what to do about begins now. I had the other releases. I was just going to add custom parts but I don’t know.
Sad moments indeed ...
Thankyou Dean I hope someone else makes Batman begins figure deserves much much better
If Inart ever decides to do this version. I'm sure it will be great .
I have the 1/4 hot toys, I’m not sure why they didn’t just shrink down that cowl like they did with qs001 and armory…
As for the grapple, WB started an embargo on guns or gun items, somehow dx19 got away with it but not this release.
Personally I’ll wait for price to drop and display this as the first night out version. It’s unfortunate how lazy of a release this is
You could try a repaint and then a matte varnish finish in the end. It should at least improve
Their lo e is on Marvel and Star Wars, and tes you would thinknthey update a few thin for this one but just a cash grab. Wonderimg how the shine of the suit can be toned down?!?! If your gonna customize this one let us know. Good review.
I got this figure just because I didn’t have a Batman begins. I already threw a custom cape on it and was wondering if it would be ok to paint the suit matte? Any suggestions???
I saw on Facebook rubbing it down with alcohol does the trick
I contacted unrealtoys and asked how much for the headsculpt and how long it's gonna take? Their reply said? $140 for the unpainted version and $300 for the painted version and between 30 to 70 dollars for shipping and another 5%for PayPal. That's totally absurd and too darn high. Not even Tony Mei charges that much. TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED
will you keep it?
DX 19 is great, I have him on the Bat Pod. It is a shame about the Batman Begins figure, would have been a possible purchase, but not now!
Thank You! I'll keep my money till they figure it out. The prices are getting steeper and the quality hasn't gone up or even stayed the same... I'm losing faith in Hot Toys.
Glad i passed again this will probably be their last "attempt" let inart take over
Thanks for the review Dean soo disappointed with this release I really need a 1/6 Batman Begins but don't really want to spent £500 - £600 tracking down the 2012 version buying Unreal Custom Cowl and buying a Jaxon Xu Cape hopefully Inart can do it justice one day
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Yeah, really! Dean's gonna rip 'em a new one!
I looked for that GRAPNEL GUN gun for 30 minutes! I thought that it maybe fell out of the box and my cat had swatted it under the couch, so I even moved the couch, but never found the GRAPNEL GUN. I can't believe that they did not include it. I unboxed this figure, posed it up and have not touched it since. Really lame figure.
I don't got to get me one of those
Wow 😂 seeing them side by side really highlights how bad this release looks. That shiny suit looks like one of those 12" hard plastic action figures Mattel used to make 😅 At least the unmasked headsculpt looks good 👍 but everything else, including those scary looking ski masks leave a lot to be desired. Thanks for the honest appraisal 🎉
Just typed in why you bought another one but you answered towards the end. Whats sad is that this is the norm for all companies making figures! From cheap $20 to $300 high end figures re-use & cash grab figures have been coming out in droves across the board! You know why? Because people keep buying them!
What about using testors dull coat on this figure?
Be careful spraying something that might actually make it worse. Might start out flat, but it will get sticky and ruin it further than it already is.
Thank you for yet another brilliant review video, Dean. Hot Toys ought to be ashamed of themselves for this release, and I suspect they are. They've somehow managed to make their figure from 10* years ago WORSE with this lazy/obligatory reissue. I was hoping they'd shrink the 1/4 scale figure down for an updated 1/6 Begins figure at very least, but not like this. Not like this... I wish you a Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year!
such an embarrassing cashgrab, can quite clearly tell hot toys made 0 effort in crafting this figure.
Cant believe they sell that after all, this is embarrassing.
Luckily, I also have the Takara Batman Begins, so I replaced the crappy Hot Toys cape for the Takara cape and it really makes a HUGE difference. The rubber suit on my MMS595 isn't quite as shiny as some others that I have seen, so I got lucky there. Dean you really need to get the Batman Forever Batman and Robin figures. Yes, the movie sucked and Robin has nipples, but the figures are really THAT GOOD. Merry XMAS dude. Love your videos.
This is so sad , I have one of the original releases and was hoping that they would fix things , this seems worse, plus no gun that’s so strange.
Hmm I wonder, the actual blogger pics don't look close to shine. Did someone switch the bodies?
THEY PROMISED THERE WILL BE A MAGNET CAPE!!!!!
I have a coupon that can get me this figure basically for free. Do you think I should do it or pass?
The only thing good bout this is the box😄 I think you'll b happier with the DX19 when it comes great figure
I love my dx19 but that's me
Loll, I laughed so hard at that skymask on his head :)) What were they thinking? I never owned a Bale Batman, getting the dx19 now and I might also win this at an auction (I seem to be the only bidder, wonder why, lol :)) ). What's up with those funny faceplaces though? I imagine he did those expressions at some point in the movies, but why go with them for the figure? Maybe they will look better if I make them bloody or something
Get a large custom cape and cover the whole figure it’s a shocking release
Why didn't they just scare down the 1/4 begins head? I think it was pretty good and a vast improvement over the giraffe one here. This re-release is a complete joke!
Having it in hand, it is still that bad? I don't collect HT anymore, I can't afford them but I wanted to get just this guy, such a shame.
great comparison - this is what happens when a high end MARVEL LEGENDS company makes a DC character - i hope Inart would do a better version - cool video
And I was really keen on the Batman Begins figure. That's disappointing. I should have gone for the Dark Knight Rises figure instead.
Glad I cancelled my order! Got my full refund from Sideshow ! I'm so happy with original still ☺️
Wasnt he shiny in the end scene on the roof when he got the joker card and say something i want to be positive dammit Hot Toys it isn acurate but i need him
As I showed on my IG, the suit isn’t hard to dull down with 91 percent alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
The suit is more or less accurate. It isn’t perfect but is closer to accuracy than the Sonar figure that was just released suit wise.
The cowl is of course not perfect and the cape is atrocious. I am planning to at least change the cape out. Currently I have him in the first night configuration. Yes the grapnel gun should have been included and the face plates should have been better. I have an issue with the belt beyond the color. The batarang holder isn’t present in any image I have ever seen.
It should have been a cheaper figure. Unfortunately there isn’t any other Begins option if you want this style Batman in your collection. I am keeping it and modifying what I don’t like.
Won’t the alcohol dry out the material of the suit a bit and cause deterioration or cracking at some point down the road?
I’ve contemplated just slapping on a coat or two of a spray matte finish. Not sure you can get the charcoal color required to make it accurate though?
@@karascrow Alcohol is not the harshest chemical, unlike acetone which I was also willing to try. Once alcohol evaporates that is about the end of it. Now in my opinion, the suit is shiny from mold release, not paint. Soap and water may have given similar results. I highly doubt the suit will deteriorate from the alcohol long term any more than anything else.
I also considered just coating it but I tried that with the Enterbay cowl and the paint didn’t stick. I have paints designed to paint rubbers I haven’t tried, I just don’t know if they are compatible with Hot Toys rubbers. Either way I can deal with how it looks for now. I tend to think if the cape was in the correct position, on top of the cowls neck, the cowl wouldn’t look quite as bad. I just have to figure out how much I want to modify this figure.
@@karascrow I have just done it and it's not something I would recommend!
More or less accurate isnt good enough.
@@deanknight333 what, painting or the alcohol. If it was the alcohol mine turned out fine.
Oh my god it’s worse than I thought. It looks like a third party figure, but even some of those look really good. It sucks because we know they can make great figures but to miss the mark so badly is just crazy
Well I'll be going for The Dark Knight Rises figure instead.
What have got toys done??? How can they make it look worse... baffled
Thanks Dean! While I love Hot Toys and they do deserve my money on many releases.....this is ATROCIOUS.
I'm not a hot toys collector but even I can see this is inacturate
Damn, that hurts to see. I can’t understand Hot Toys sometimes.
Iv been waitng for your review... Just cancelled my pre order utterly disappointed!!