Hot Toys Unmasks Batman Returns
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One of the best dialogue exchanges in ANY superhero movie:
“Selina Kyle! You’re fired. And Bruce…Wayne? What are you doing dressed as Batman?”
“He is Batman, you moron!”
“WAS Batman.”
BANG!
As much as I liked the first Keaton Batsuit, Returns improved on it, making the Bat-logo the “correct” one (to me, at that age, it was as sacred as Superman’s S-shield, and not quite as malleable as it has become since), and I figured if you’re going to make the suit body armor, have it look like armor rather than fake muscles.
By the looks of it, if you want you can even glue the cowl back together on this guy if you choose – and have a Keaton Batman without the annoying, vanishing black paint around the eyes (I was SOOO hoping Batfleck would ditch that, but leaked images indicate he has not). And you can presumably strip Bruce Wayne down to his undies to make a Riggan Thompson figure.
The only thing missing is the pop-out glider cape. But knowing Hot Toys, that would have added $350 extra to the price.
About The Author
Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist