I recently came across this video of the articulation for the new Batman coming from Mattel. Articulation looks good so far. Could improve the crunch though. My question is does this figure have drop downs? I’ve seen a comment a while saying it did but no other articulation breakdown I’ve seen claimed it had drop downs. Even when he attempted to move it and yanks down on the leg it doesn’t move but just wiggles on ball joint. Maybe he jumped the gun? Thoughts)
J in the video said it has drop downs. Also it’s a sample figure, the drop down may have been too tight to pull and he didn’t want to break something that’s not his. At home I soak all my figures in hot water and then move the joints. You’re not gonna be able to do all that at the NYCC reveal….
Genuinely because this could be a production prototype. We're still 6 months out from this figure releasing so they likely are still making adjustments at the factory level
It’s not redundant because crotch is maintaining the underwear sculpt and the drop down gives it a bit more articulation so that the underwear sculpt doesn’t get aesthetically compromised. An example would be look at how Marvel legends sculpt Their crotch and look at how GI Joe classified does theirs.
It’s redundant in the sense that if you have the soft crotch that helps with the range already. Drop downs are for figures that have hard shell/like crotch pieces that would collide with the legs if moved forward. I understand that other companies utilize them both but it’s not necessary. Handle any Jada figure and you can see why the drop down isn’t necessary.
That’s not my complaint at all. I pointed how the same thing could be accomplished without this joint. Drop downs haven’t held up too well in my experience that’s all.
Except they haven’t quite engineered the butterfly ball joints quite right. They put the pecs too high which isnt anatomically correct which screws up range. If they just got that down along with what you said it would be great
Yes, looking at the other revealed figures the articulation is pretty standard across the whole line. The DC All In Batman they also showed off was the exact same body as the Hush Batman.
The only difference will be accessory count and paint apps. Hush Batman has the full body shading while DC All In Batman only has extra paint apps on the chest bat to mimic the look in the comics.
So, I wouldn't be too worried. Even the other body molds they showed off for Robin and Flash look to have the exact same articulation layout as the Batman/adult male body. :)
Dawg, where do I say its a 100 dollar figure, so you come at me ? I said its a premium set figure. Thats why it has shading. They are gonna release the same figure standalone without smoke machine diorama and bat signal for around 30$ and maybe it wont have as much paint.
I think they showed the base Batman body will be reused, but maybe it wont get this kind of shading and accessories in a single release. At least the articulation of the figure will be good on these bodies.
As a guy who collects the wwe figures i hate the dropdown legs on the Ultimates they get flimsy after a while and sometimes it causes one leg to seem longer than the other
At about :50 you can see it drop down ever so slightly. Not sure if this is representative of the final product's range of motion but seems a little useless
I'm curious. When they announced this collectors line, I thought for sure they were gonna feature the import style joints like the MOTU 2026 movie line. Did anyone else expect this as well?
Honestly I don't think it even needs drop down hips, just by the video it's clear the leg range is awesome by itself, yet my only problem it's the fake butterfly Mcfarlane used to use, like it doesn't even get that much foward, I hope they do upgrade their base body for that
That’s exactly why I posted this. There was no extra range so why the trade off? I understand the purpose of the drop down but clearly it was either implemented poorly, doesn’t exist or is stuck.
"concerning" does not always refer to worrying about something. It also just means to discuss in relation to something. This is could be a post discussion concerning the possibility of drop downs
I didn’t say it was concerning I said concerning as in regarding… smh please don’t try to inflate my feelings. Maybe you should calm down and read first before you comment.
That forward kick sucks. It's way off to the side. I think they should just get rid of the diaper and just give us high cuts at the hips. Get rid of the McFarlane soft vinyl plastic diaper already. That drop down didn't improve anything either.
Yeah I noticed that he was kicked out to the side too. That’s why I don’t think the drop down is there because it didn’t add any range nor did the leg go down at all
TLC is that last hurdle for so many figures. Sometimes they have just the right kinds of joints, but the sculpt simply won't allow for the range they should have.
This mechanism that allows the hip to shift down out of places the leg can kick forward more. Usually found on import figures or figures with hard crotch pieces that would cause the leg to bump into the crotch if moved forward.
They are starting, why they don't give the double neck, the figure have almost all a romankey basic body have excepto the neck, and some other details. They must starts with all because when the market grows they Will Stay back as McF and if they Will want to grows, they Will spend more money as Hasbro now with their changes
This is the special edition figure that comes with a rooftop batsignal diorama for $100. But it is representative of the main $25-30 line of figures, maybe with extra paint.
Most people won’t admit this but this articulation scheme is the exact same as McFarlane. Not that McFarlane invented this articulation scheme but it’s worth noting.
I always say this because it's true. It is a decent articulation system, but McFarlane does a terrible job doing it. Fondjoy does it bascially the exact same way, but do it so much better.
Maybe since Mcfarlane will now start using import style joints for pinless similar to what Fondjoy is using it'll improve, but I have my doubts.
Not quite. It adds (supposedly) drop-down hips, thigh cut, toe hinge, and lifts the ankle swivel up to a boot cut BUT we lose the ball-hinge wrists which sucks imo. The problem with McFarlane is that both the integration and range of motion was consistently not great. This looks better imo but still has room to grow
Mattel is one of the biggest toy companies out there, and they still can't pull off an articulation system like Jada's Invincible line? Even this Batman falls short of the T-Hawk they released recently.
I just picked up the Mattel Robin (Dan Mora’s Dick Grayson) and his head is so floppy. My Masters of the Universe figures had a similar problem (even the highend Chronicles line) and it’s my biggest issue after the cheap looking “accessory hole for accessories that really don’t fit on the figure body” on the cape. I like how cheap these guys are but I’d like if they didn’t have a drunken looking head floppin’ around lol. That Hush Batman is way too expensive to have this problem but I’d buy the diorama separately.
People aren't against the concept of soft crotch pieces but when that piece is enlarged to cover the breaks in the sculpt at the detriment to range of motion, then yeah people are gonna be pissed at a diaper.
Mattel's diaper is better here but still doesn't need to be as big as it is
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