You know LoL....I was just thinking I love Batman. I love action figures. I loved the 1989 Batman Tim Burton movie so much. When the figures came out I didn't even think twice about how 'movie accurate' they were...it was the packaging that sold it for me....I never really questioned...I was always like "Sure! These are the movie figures!" I have been collecting action figures for about 20 some odd years and I have seen the evolution OF the action figure...what it can be, what a truly beautifully designed action figure can be (i.e. Terminator 2 NECA action figures)
..now some figures vary in degrees of detail and accuracy if they are based off of say a movie property. Even though Mattels 6-inch movie based Dark Knight figures aren't really in the same league of detail as say, NECAs T2 figures...they are still a great size, have great articulation, great sculpting and are just damn fun to play with.
When Batman Begins came out I was for sure...FOR SURE thinking I'd see some decent, accurate/sculpted movie based figures in a good size. We got ****. Bad ****. All the years growing up after Burtons Batman longing for decent figures to be made off of the Batman films and Mattel blows it.
THEN "The Dark Knight" comes out...with two of my most favourite villains in ONE Batman film..together--The Joker & Two Face. I was sooo happy but bummed at the same time thinking we'd get the same crap Mattel gave us earlier with "Batman Begins". THEN...thhhhhen we get the beautiful Batman 6-inch Movie Masters line. I could finally breathe a sigh of relief. I remember I snuck upstairs at my old job at the sex shop (...solid job by the way) I used work at ..went onto my boss's computer and logged on to this very forum and saw what was the most beautiful Batman movie action I had ever seen, along with a Joker Goon. I had the biggest smile on my face. Finally...finally the fans were going to get something that had been absent all the years--REAL Batman movie action figures. None of this 4 inch non accurate garbage or figures with stupid gimmicks or whatever, but a full line.
Now fast forward, it's been 2 years. 2....friggin....years since The Dark Knight came out. And in that 2 years I have been on the biggest pissed off slash happy slash pissed off slash disappointed slash ..pissed off rollar coaster with these figures because of Mattel. They are just toys? Yes, sure...pieces of plastic nothing to get upset over I get it...I understand...but I can't help it LoL...they mean so much to me..its for the little kid in me and the adult collector in me to get all of these 6 inch Movie Master action figures (and Batpod which is just friggin' awesome!)and Mattel has not made it easy to get them. And for that I am very upset at this company.
Agreed I don't understand the exact reasoning behind why it's been such a tumultous, ardous long, hard friggin' road to get the figures: from lead paint scares, to recalls, to cancellations to MattyCollector and their ******** SOLD OUT banner across many of the figures I tried to get, waiting for figures because they were pushed back, or waiting every MONTH to high prices to eBay and the ****ing scalpers to comic shops paying through the nose for these figures...it's been a road that I can't say I am too fond of. However I just recently purchased my last figure I needed. Two Face Harvey Dent. And I can't tell you just how happy I am to have him come to my house so I can rip him out of the package and have him re-create the hospital scene with my Jailcell Joker (which is an WICKED action figure..so detailed and SMOKES the 1st Joker) and have him fight Batman (...yes yes I know they didn't fight in the movie but..I'm going to make them fight!
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I know that if I was able to go back in time to the summer of '89 August when my father took my brother and I to see Batman...and show myself all of the complete "Dark Knight" 6-inch Movie Masters action figures along with the Batpod...I'd go ballistic LoL. So it's been bitter sweet and now it's over.
Hopefully now...or when I get my Two Face figure..I can finally unclench my arse and relax LoL.
I really wanted a Gordon figure, Bruce Wayne, Ra's Al, Ducard, Ducards Ninja Goon figures....but I am happy I got a decent Dark Knight line..and even though we don't have a suited up Bruce Wayne figure, I'm glad I got the Survival Suit Bruce..a Harvey Dent figure...Joker with Rocket Launcher, 2 different Goons, Batman in his Dark Knight armor, Scarecrow (2 versions..even though some moron let him slide with a bolo tie) and again...the Batpod. I'm very glad.
Just wanted to share what I was thinkin' to anyone who cared in this forum..just a shout out to my fellow collector brothers who maybe share similar feelings or can look back at all the good and bad times with this line.
Anyways good luck to everyone out there trying to get their action figures, I hope you get every one you want
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