Bandai Tamashii Nations have started to produce figures for the videogame Injustice: Gods Among Us through their S H Figuarts line. And when I saw just how cool these things looked, I found it very hard to turn down Batman.
Batman is one of my favourite superheroes (isn't that the same for EVERYONE?!) but I like getting him in some different costumes, and a new armoured up suit, complete with die cast pieces, had to become part of my collection.
Batman comes in a nice window display box, which shows the figure inside off nicely and displays the accessories. And Batman comes with a few.
Batman comes with several interchangeable hands (one of which kind of holds his grapple gun)
The grapple gun is surprisingly over sized. I really would have thought it would fit nicely into Batman's hands, but nope, it's sadly too big to fit well.
The grapple gun also comes with 2 attachments. A grappling hook and a grappling hook on a bendy wire
There are 2 batarangs which re nicely sculpted
Batman also has an interchangeable head. It really adds to Batman's overall look I think. It gives him this fantastic armoured up, ready to do battle look
And lastly, this isn't so much an accessory, but you also get Batman's cape which comes in 3 sections. Unfortunately the cape is a hard plastic mould which means you can't really pose it. In saying that though, it does look really nice. It's got a nice blue tinge to the blackness and the tears and tatters on the bottom are sculpted really nicely.
You can put Batman's 'middle' cape on separately but he looks much better with all 3 pieces clipped into place.
The work that's gone into this figure is just great. The details and paint work is just absolutely brilliant, and those details go right through the figure.
The gauntlets on Batman are incredibly sharp, as are the points of his ears but they look amazing!
Batman is super poseable too which should be expected from SH Figuarts. His head rotates and there's a joint at the base of his neck, his shoulders have a ball hinge joint, there's a bicep swivel, elbow joint and swivel, and his hands rotate round, up and down.
There's an ab crunch, swivel, hips swivel, double jointed knees, his ankles swivel rotate and pivot. And his cape swings out. In 3 places. Really, there's no lack of articulation in this guy!!
But for me, as much as I love the articulation, the best thing for me about Batman is the look. The gorgeous silvers, greys and blacks used on this figure look amazing, and the metallic blue on his armoured mask really pops.
There are a few die cast metal pieces on this figure too - the thigh guards and the ankle bracers. These help give the figure some nice weight and help him stand nice and steadily.
DC heroes, Marvel heroes, Star Wars and more coming your way soon! Go Figure!
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