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I'm almost positive that Alfred body is a repaint from another line. Which makes me wonder what the hell took so long.
This rivals Grand Moff Tarkin and Obiwan Kenobi as the top of the heap old man action figures.
Can't wait for the " generic old guy" action figure now with matlock watching action. With this figure I can now reenact my grandfather's funeral since he looks like my dead grandpa. Thanks Mattel.
There's already a Com. Gordon figure, yes?
Although it's early in 2012 and certainly the dbags at Mattel will have many more opportunities to make figures with zero shelf appeal, I'm going to nominate both of these as "2012 Pegwarmers of the Year."
Yeah, there's a Gordon figure as he appeared in Batman Begins- It's part of a two-pack and I think it's of the Batman: Legacy line.
I'm 99% convinced that the reason we all have affection for Bob the Goon is a combination of the toy and the fact that he had more of a role in the novel than anyone who wasn't Joker.
Good Old Bob.
Considering Alfred doesn't do a whole lot in the films besides being a moral compass and sounding board for Batman, I'm surprised they didn't go the same route as the 2001: A Space Odyssey Monolith figure and do the exciting "Zero points of articulation!"
Sure having a Michael Caine figure is cool and all that, but I want a fucking DCUC Alfred!!
Bob the goon! He had such a sad ending... and a cool figure by Kenner back in the day.
the only reason most will proably buy officer blake is for the part of the bat signal he comes with and nice michel cain version of alfred gets made in plastic though kind of thought mattel would put a comissioner gordon or a lucius fox or maybe finaly a talia figure . though there is still one more slot left to fill for the bat signal in the line.
"the only reason most will proably buy officer blake is for the part of the bat signal he comes with"
Well, unless he suddenly turns into someone important in the actual movie, a la Ducard / Ra's in Begins.
The fact that it is Alfred is secondary to the fact that I can now have a Michael Caine action figure and that is awesome. Now I need someone to make a figure of Craig Ferguson as Michael Caine.
Two pack with Craig Ferguson as drunken Sean Connery would make me cry tears of joy. And hilarity. But mostly joy.
Shame on you, Rob. Judging action figures by the colour of their skin and not the content of their blister-cards? Somewhere, action figure Martin Luther King is crying.
Which is better than the Luthor from the followup line whose action feature resulted in him punching himself in the head.
Bob is the only Batman figure I have left for some extraordinary reason. I also still have my Batmobile, so Bob's taking a little joy ride.
That Michael Caine action figure is classier than I'll ever be in real life. I hope it has a pull string that makes it say "Tangerine."
