Post by PJ on Feb 27, 2008 17:13:44 GMT -5
Here's a ton of pics I've posted over the last year or so of Mattel's DCSH/DCUC figures. With the exception of the Nightwing and Robin (Mattel's In-House sculpters) all these figures were scuplted by the Four Horsemen.
Group pic-
Batman -
Orion -
Penguin-
Red Tornado-
Etrigan-
Rex Mason (Metamorpho)-
Batman -When it comes to Batman I'm a blue & gray fan, but this figure is pretty sweet. Bats is a repaint of the Series 3 Batman with a Zipline Batman utility belt. He has 21 POA consisting of - a Ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut upper arms, elbows, forearm cuts, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees & ankles. He comes with 3 different styled batarangs
Comparison Pic with Series 3 Batman -
Clayface - has 16 POA consisting of a ball-jointed head, soft rubber arms with wire frame, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, knees hinged & swivel and ankles hinges & swivels. As much as I love the scult I'm not a fan of the real feel arms. I'd much rather they were plastic as I'm afraid these will get brittle & break in a couple years.
Catwoman - She has 23 POA consisting of - a Ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut upper arms, elbows, forearm cuts, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees, top of the boot cuts & ankles. ( I do wish Mattel would stop giving their femail figures the upper arm swivels though, because the joints seem very weak) She comes with her cat Isis, a whip, backpack & necklace.
Joker - He's a straight repaint of the original Joker and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He comes with a gas mask, mallet & some sort of gas gun.
Comparison pic with original Joker -
Nightwing- He's a straight repaint of the original Nightwing and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He comes with a baton & shield.
I'm not a fan of the wash in Nightwing's hair, although I didn't notice it until I posted this pic.
Comparison pic with original Nightwing -
Bruce To Batman -He's a straight repaint of the original Bruce to Batman and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He also has turtle head action as his head drops into his torso to put on the Batman head.
Comparison Pic with Series Overseas Bruce to Batman -
Kal-El -
Mongul -
Darkseid -
Darkseid Comparison pic -
Bizarro-
Bizarro Comparison pic -
Superman's Rogues Gallery Group Shot
Steel has 22 POA consisting of - ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut biceps, cut elbows, wrist cuts, left forearm cut, mid-torso hinge, waist cut, t-crotch & hinged hips, upper thigh cuts, knees and ankles.
Steel -
Parasite has 21 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, bicep cuts, elbows, wrists, Mid-torso hinge, waist, t_crotch & Hinged hips, upper thigh cuts, knees & ankles.
Parasite -
Lava Fury Doomsday -
Doomsday Comparison Pic-
Kal-El - Has the same 21 POA as the Superman
Sculpt - Personally I think this is the best comic styled Batman figure ever made. At first I didn't think I was going to like the utility belt with the extra backing on it, but in person it looks fantastic. And I'm loving the other little details that were added also...like the Bat logo on his chest is actually etched on and not just painted on. He's got a few wrinkles in his costume on his his torso. The gloves have seams and texture to them. The trunks actually have molded on seams and not just painted on. His boots have seams and zippers. The folds of the cape are very nicely done. I have nothing to really complain about with this figure. The Horsemen did a fantastic job on it...Because it IS Batman to me.
Articulation - He's got 23 POA like Superman consisting of - ball jointed head, Ball jointed shoulders, upper arms swivels, elbows, forearms, mid-torso hinge, waist cut, T-crotch and hinged hips, upper thigh swivels, knees and ankles hinges and pivots. But unlike Series 2 Superman Bats legs can get much closer together. And all seem to be nice and tight.
Of his 7 batarangs I was able to have him hold 4 pretty easily. (The ones omn the right) They seemed like they were a harder plastic and he was able to hold them OK, but the ones on the left were softer and I couldn't get them to stay.
*Update* - It looks like they corrected the slots in the hands as I bought another one that between both hands can hold all seven batarangs.
DCSH series 3 Azrael & Mr. Freeze. Both figures are amazing and were worth the wait. I picked them up this morning at the Monroe NY Wal-Mart for $9.88 each. Which is still about $2 too much for them seeing there's no accessories or comic book pack with them, but to me they are still worth it.
Mr. Freeze has more articulation and is much more detailed than the original version. It's the same amazing sculpt as the original, but this time they actually painted all the ice & snow that was molded onto the figure. And his articulation has gone from 11 POA (original) to 21 POA. Consisting of - ball jointed shoulders, cut biceps, elbows, cut forearms, wait (turns head), T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees, top of boot cuts, & ankles. This figure looks amazing even though Mattel put the boots on backwards.
Azrael is a very impressive figure also. Personally, I think it blows the old Hasbro KFN Azrael away. Although I do see a couple problems with mine. The sculpt looks fantastic Although the legs look a little odd. I'm not sure if his legs were preposed like the Joker's were or if his right leg got a little warped in the card. He has 21 POA consisting of- a ball-jointed neck (limited range because of cape), ball-jointed shoulders, cut biceps, forearms cuts, wrists (limited) mid-torso, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips(limited), cut thighs, knees & ankles. I do wish one of his hands could have been molded to hold things, but that's OK seeing he doesn't come with any accessories.
The problem with my Azrael is his hip hinges are so tight that it looks like they are adding stress to the pins/posts when I go to widen his stance. He can still get his legs in a wide stance, but I don't want to try and move them fully. I can move them to about the width that Superman's are when they are closed...Anything more than that and it starts putting stress on the pins so it's not that bad.
Group pic-
Batman -
Orion -
Penguin-
Red Tornado-
Etrigan-
Rex Mason (Metamorpho)-
Batman -When it comes to Batman I'm a blue & gray fan, but this figure is pretty sweet. Bats is a repaint of the Series 3 Batman with a Zipline Batman utility belt. He has 21 POA consisting of - a Ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut upper arms, elbows, forearm cuts, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees & ankles. He comes with 3 different styled batarangs
Comparison Pic with Series 3 Batman -
Clayface - has 16 POA consisting of a ball-jointed head, soft rubber arms with wire frame, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, knees hinged & swivel and ankles hinges & swivels. As much as I love the scult I'm not a fan of the real feel arms. I'd much rather they were plastic as I'm afraid these will get brittle & break in a couple years.
Catwoman - She has 23 POA consisting of - a Ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut upper arms, elbows, forearm cuts, mid torso hinge, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees, top of the boot cuts & ankles. ( I do wish Mattel would stop giving their femail figures the upper arm swivels though, because the joints seem very weak) She comes with her cat Isis, a whip, backpack & necklace.
Joker - He's a straight repaint of the original Joker and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He comes with a gas mask, mallet & some sort of gas gun.
Comparison pic with original Joker -
Nightwing- He's a straight repaint of the original Nightwing and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He comes with a baton & shield.
I'm not a fan of the wash in Nightwing's hair, although I didn't notice it until I posted this pic.
Comparison pic with original Nightwing -
Bruce To Batman -He's a straight repaint of the original Bruce to Batman and has 10 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, wrists, waist, T-crotch & knees. He also has turtle head action as his head drops into his torso to put on the Batman head.
Comparison Pic with Series Overseas Bruce to Batman -
Kal-El -
Mongul -
Darkseid -
Darkseid Comparison pic -
Bizarro-
Bizarro Comparison pic -
Superman's Rogues Gallery Group Shot
Steel has 22 POA consisting of - ball-jointed head, ball-jointed shoulders, cut biceps, cut elbows, wrist cuts, left forearm cut, mid-torso hinge, waist cut, t-crotch & hinged hips, upper thigh cuts, knees and ankles.
Steel -
Parasite has 21 POA consisting of - cut neck, ball-jointed shoulders, bicep cuts, elbows, wrists, Mid-torso hinge, waist, t_crotch & Hinged hips, upper thigh cuts, knees & ankles.
Parasite -
Lava Fury Doomsday -
Doomsday Comparison Pic-
Kal-El - Has the same 21 POA as the Superman
Sculpt - Personally I think this is the best comic styled Batman figure ever made. At first I didn't think I was going to like the utility belt with the extra backing on it, but in person it looks fantastic. And I'm loving the other little details that were added also...like the Bat logo on his chest is actually etched on and not just painted on. He's got a few wrinkles in his costume on his his torso. The gloves have seams and texture to them. The trunks actually have molded on seams and not just painted on. His boots have seams and zippers. The folds of the cape are very nicely done. I have nothing to really complain about with this figure. The Horsemen did a fantastic job on it...Because it IS Batman to me.
Articulation - He's got 23 POA like Superman consisting of - ball jointed head, Ball jointed shoulders, upper arms swivels, elbows, forearms, mid-torso hinge, waist cut, T-crotch and hinged hips, upper thigh swivels, knees and ankles hinges and pivots. But unlike Series 2 Superman Bats legs can get much closer together. And all seem to be nice and tight.
Of his 7 batarangs I was able to have him hold 4 pretty easily. (The ones omn the right) They seemed like they were a harder plastic and he was able to hold them OK, but the ones on the left were softer and I couldn't get them to stay.
*Update* - It looks like they corrected the slots in the hands as I bought another one that between both hands can hold all seven batarangs.
DCSH series 3 Azrael & Mr. Freeze. Both figures are amazing and were worth the wait. I picked them up this morning at the Monroe NY Wal-Mart for $9.88 each. Which is still about $2 too much for them seeing there's no accessories or comic book pack with them, but to me they are still worth it.
Mr. Freeze has more articulation and is much more detailed than the original version. It's the same amazing sculpt as the original, but this time they actually painted all the ice & snow that was molded onto the figure. And his articulation has gone from 11 POA (original) to 21 POA. Consisting of - ball jointed shoulders, cut biceps, elbows, cut forearms, wait (turns head), T-crotch & hinged hips, thigh cuts, knees, top of boot cuts, & ankles. This figure looks amazing even though Mattel put the boots on backwards.
Azrael is a very impressive figure also. Personally, I think it blows the old Hasbro KFN Azrael away. Although I do see a couple problems with mine. The sculpt looks fantastic Although the legs look a little odd. I'm not sure if his legs were preposed like the Joker's were or if his right leg got a little warped in the card. He has 21 POA consisting of- a ball-jointed neck (limited range because of cape), ball-jointed shoulders, cut biceps, forearms cuts, wrists (limited) mid-torso, waist, T-crotch & hinged hips(limited), cut thighs, knees & ankles. I do wish one of his hands could have been molded to hold things, but that's OK seeing he doesn't come with any accessories.
The problem with my Azrael is his hip hinges are so tight that it looks like they are adding stress to the pins/posts when I go to widen his stance. He can still get his legs in a wide stance, but I don't want to try and move them fully. I can move them to about the width that Superman's are when they are closed...Anything more than that and it starts putting stress on the pins so it's not that bad.