{"id":26618,"date":"2014-01-19T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26618"},"modified":"2014-01-19T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T02:37:16","slug":"dcclassics-com-club-infinite-earths-batzarro-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26618","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.Com Club Infinite
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<\/a> I\u2019ve started this review a few times. Typically, I start off complaining about the DOA 2014 subscription and my irritation with all involved (be it the licensor, the licensee, and, yes, some folks among the fanbase too). But, really, that\u2019s all water under the bridge. After one relatively good year and one not particularly noteworthy one, the DC Subscription is over. There are five figures left in 2014. I may not get all of them, but I am excited about what I consider my personal apology figure: Hook Aquaman. But while I\u2019m waiting for him, I sorta got review this other guy that I\u2019ve been putting off. <\/p>\n

Mattel didn\u2019t \u201cknow\u201d that Batzarro would be the last subscription figure, but I wish they\u2019d have thought better about Batzarro for the December slot all the same. Heck, I kinda wish they\u2019d thought better about Batzarro at all. I\u2019m not going to lie: I love the idea of Batzarro.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not generally a fan of Jeph Loeb (not even a little bit), but Batzarro was cute. A nice update to the 60s Bizarro-Batman to be sure. But it just seems like he might\u2019ve been a better May-July sandwich choice. One not showcased during the sign-up period. I\u2019m not blaming his choice or timing on the sub failing, that had much bigger problems (like that monkey-faced Superboy), but I would like to be feeling a bit more warm & cuddly about the DC sub like we did with last year\u2019s Metal Men. I have my personal list<\/a> of better choices, many with this level of low-tooling and I\u2019ve seen countless others. I don\u2019t know \u2013 I\u2019m not one to typically harp on a what toy isn\u2019t. I just can\u2019t believe we\u2019re going out on Batzarro (course, the retail line went on Vampire Batman, so we\u2019re doing better than that at least). <\/p>\n

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Anyway, like I said, I\u2019ve started this review many times. I get pretty far into the whole thing without even talking about the figure, so let\u2019s just cap all that talk about what could\u2019ve possibly gone into Batzarro\u2019s selection there and move on. <\/p>\n

When Batzarro was first introduced, I snagged his DC Direct figure not too long after (along with Kryptonite Batman, they both crack me up). As you can from them being side-by-side, they\u2019re both pretty faithful to the original design. The chains, while a fun addition to the DCD version, aren\u2019t really necessary and I don\u2019t mind not getting them here. Mattel used their basic Batman buck and then tooled up the pieces they needed to get Batzarro right, namely the head and \u201cfutility\u201d belt (in the old comics, I think it was the \u201cuseless\u201d belt. I\u2019m not sure which name I like better). Both sculpts are nice new pieces and look good. Batman looks a little bit like a Xenomorph Alien, but I think that\u2019s the design. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure if the cape is a new piece \u2013 I believe it is, but it seems like such an odd thing for Mattel to do. A flared out Batman cape would\u2019ve been great earlier in the line to give some options to the various Batmen over the years. Now, it\u2019s moot. So I\u2019m wondering if it possibly belonged to a different Batman and I\u2019ve just not noticed. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Since he\u2019s almost all buck, articulation is what we\u2019ve come to expect. The ball-jointed neck has decent range for a DCUC and then everything else works like we\u2019re used to: ball-joints as the shoulders, swivels at the biceps, waist, wrists, and thighs, hinges at the elbows, knees, and ankles, the ab crunch, and the Horsemen hips.<\/p>\n

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With so much reuse, paint becomes key, but it\u2019s probably what keeps me from being truly satisfied with the figure. It\u2019s sloppy in a lot of places. The chest tampo is messed up for one. Oops. The lines on the gloves and boots are a little sloppy, as is the paint on the chin. I anticipate a little slop here and there within the realm of QC, but a lot of the little messes here and there add up a bit. I do love that the interior of the cape is painted gray though. That provides a cool effect. <\/p>\n

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Accessorywise, Batzarro includes a Batarang that he can kinda sorta hold. I would\u2019ve preferred a couple guns here. See, Batzarro is the bizarro Batman, he uses guns. It even says so right in his Mattel cardback bio. <\/p>\n

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Overall, can you tell I\u2019m just not that into the Batzarro figure? I really tried to muster up some enthusiasm for this guy, but ultimately, I just don\u2019t have much to give. I\u2019ve divvied my DCUC collection up between storage & display for the time being. (I keep meaning to get that on the ReCollect blog\u2026) and Batzarro is likely destined to head straight to the storage bin. He\u2019s not a bad figure, the buck is still solid and the new pieces done well. I can give him a couple guns and put him to work if I ever feel like displaying him, but I\u2019ve got a metric ton of figures that aren\u2019t coming right now and I just can\u2019t get my mind off of those enough to truly enjoy Batzarro. <\/p>\n

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