Batgirl

Big surprise I got the 13” DC Direct Batgirl a wile back actually. Even bigger surprise is it is the variant version. I have not taken her out of the box yet but so far she looks pretty good. The head sculpt is good and in scale with the rest of the body. The eyes kind of have that surprised look that the Catwoman figure has. Like I said it is the variant and has the rooted hair which is a nice touch. The costume well done it is the black and yellow outfit. She has three sets of hand fists, gesturing and grasping hands the look a little small but forgivable. As for accessory’s she has the standered stand, a folding batarang which in my opinion looks a little big especially for her small hands, there is a grappling hook with a length of string which does not look right it, because it is packed wrapped around the grappling hook and when you un wined the string the kinks remain and it does not sit right. Then there is the “batpurse”. I don’t know if it really counts as an accessory instead of it coming pre attached to the belt it is packed in a compartment in the box. Over all I think it is a good addition to my collection.

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New 1/50 scale HW Batmobiles

Quite excited about these; even the Batman and Robin Batman Forever ones. I hope they make there way up to Canada this time.

http://www.hotwheelscollectors.com/news/news.aspx?news_id=969

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ACTION FIGURES

I have been looking at my DC direct 13” figures, I know they are not perfect but I really like them. I know there are coming out with a couple of new ones; there is the Poison Ivey and a new Catwoman, nether of which I am really crazy about, though I will in all likelihood get the Catwoman maybe Ivy as well. I am really hoping the do some more because there are a few figures I would really like to see in 13”. I would really like a Dark Knight Returns Batman, Knight Fall Batman, The Batman from the show of the same name and Tim Drake Robin. How about a Riddler? He is really under represented in my collection. I just hope they keep them coming.

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BATMAN 1966 MOVIE
I have also picked up the 1966 Batman movie for us to watch together. It was a blast to watch with him he was so into it, everything was new and exciting for him. I then realised I am turning him into a bit of a nerd, If you remember the movie during the opening credits there was a sort of searchlight effect and it would highlight a characters and he named all the big ones Batman, Robin, Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman. The searchlight sort of chases this guy dressed in a trench coat and fedora so my son asks who it is, I tell him I don’t know so my four year old asks if it is The Question…..and no he did not mean the Riddler he meant The Question as in Vic Sage The Question. I had recently picked up the DCU novel Hell town by Dennis O'Neil which has a picture of The Question on the cover. Did I mention my son is four years old? I don’t know I thought it was pretty impressive.

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BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD

I have given Batman the Brave and the Bold another look. I rented the first four episodes to watch with my son. He is getting more interested in Batman and he seemed to enjoy it, I liked it as well.

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Hot Toys Two Face

Well I did get my Hot Toys Two Face, for my birthday no less. I must admit he is creepy looking! Don’t get me wrong it is a great figure it’s just that with two young children I can’t really display him right now even if I did have the room. I am really pleased you could say it is a dream come true, I remember seeing the HT Batman figure and thinking I will never have one of those, which is kind of true although I did end up getting a MEDICOM Batman begins figure which I traded big for( totally worth it I might add.). But now I have four HT TDK figures.

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BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES

I picked up the first season of the animated series, I watched the first two episodes with my four year old son and I have to say, it rocked! I watched it when it first aired a bit and enjoyed it but I did not follow it religiously. It is just my opinion but it does not seem dated, the animation is crisp, stories well written, voice acting\characterization is spot on. I am feeling kind of silly droning on about essentially a show that has been around for, 18 years? But man it is a really good show. I know a lot of people were not crazy about the 2006 The Batman series which I do like a lot, But Batman the animated series I love. Great show!