Batman Modern Age Premium Format Figure

[KevinS]

Originally Posted by jpuli28

Alex says the PF is already in production so any hopes of a belt modification, or any other, are squashed.

That's good news! The belt doesn't need to be modified!!

[AlbertR213]

I agree Kevin. I think it looks great!

Originally Posted by KevinS

That's good news! The belt doesn't need to be modified!!

[floreairfoot]

Originally Posted by thebatmanfan

It would be awesome if someone did a dick sprang custom head sculpt to go with this variant. Missed out on the ex for the first batman so most likely Im going to jump on this one. It's going to look freaking sweat next to the balent catwoman!

They'll look perfect together!

[adee]

Originally Posted by jpuli28

Alex says the PF is already in production so any hopes of a belt modification, or any other, are squashed.

I was thinking this would come out fairly quickly being most of it already existed.
I was going to go sell my OG but I think I'll hold off for awhile.
I can't be Batmanless till then

[Matches Malone]

Originally Posted by COI

I don't want to get rid of my original PF.

I don't want to buy the same sculpt twice.

I want this statue.

Damnit.

This is kind of where I am at. I love OG blue Batman but I have enough issues with the original sculpt that I can't justify owning it twice myself.

A re-engineering of the neck (however unlikely), wired cloth cape or, at a minimum, new base may have made the decision more difficult but $430 is a lot to spend on what equates to a gorgeous (personal favorite of the 3), head sculpt.

[Peedi]

Originally Posted by KevinS

"Modern Age Batman" is actually the Silver Age Batman, and he didn't have the pouches. The Black and grey Batman is actually the Golden Age Batman. If you get the Silver Age Batman, take off the belt and put on the belt with the pouches on it, I always found the newer belt too bulky looking.

I consider the Black and Grey Batman that SS did to be Modern. It's actually from after "No Man's Land" in 2000. In "NML" Batman switched to the pouch belt. When that story ended he ditched the yellow symbol for the old school style plain Bat logo but the cape and cowl was either blue, black, or some mix. I think it wasn't until Superman/Batman #1 in the early 2000s that the black/plain bat logo/pouch belt combination was used consistently.


The costume has its basis from the Batman Year One storyline in the late 80s which introduced the pouch belt.


Golden Age Batman used Black (and also blue) but always had the same belt as the "Modern Age" belt, except with a circular belt buckle. He also had purple and then blue gloves. The ears were shaped different and he often had either a winged or partially winged cape. He looked a bit closer to a bat.


Yes, I am a nerd. Lol.

[COI]

Kevin is right; this statue is oddly named because the original PF is more "modern" as Peedi just posted, and this blue/grey with the yellow belt was conceived in the SA, when the Batman books took a drastic turn from the 1950s and ealy 1960s silliness towards what we recognize as Batman today. It's "modern" if we take modern to mean 1966-2000.

You can see the drastic turn from one month to the next, not just with the costume, but with the style/tone:






Getting progressively darker and more realistic until Adams started doing the art in 1970:

[JAWS]

SSC has gotten me twice now with Double dips...

I already have the original and will be getting this...

The first time they got me was with Gladiator and King Hulk..

This new Batman looks too great to pass up.

[Smooth Criminal]

Any guess on edition size I'm thinking 3000

[CtrlAltElite]

2500