The White Knight of Gotham

Picked up Harvey "Two-Face" Dent from XL-Shop just now. I was out with my sister when I decided to drop by XL. As I walked in, I could see Sam lifting up something from a box. "Aaa Armand, Two-Face sudah sampai, first batch!" I wasn't really planning to pick up anything today, let alone Two-Face as I was still contemplating whether I should get him or not. Impulse buy! Kinda hard to resist not picking this one up. The last Hot Toys figure (I think) from their Dark Knight series. Since I already had TDK Batman, Bank Robber Joker and Joker ver.1 (on the way), I might as well complete the whole set.

I just love the new packaging from Hot Toys. Gone were the shiny golden generic outer sleeve which in my opinion was o.k but it just looked to plain. The Bank Robber Joker was nice but I think this one takes the cake. On Harvey's side of the sleeve is a nice smooth surface with gloss finish, whereas Two-Face's side has the same texture surface from the previous TDK sleeves. Hot Toys really took the whole Two-Face thing all the way.

Two-Face is a bit light on the accessories department, sporting only an extra head sculpt of Harvey Dent, 2 interchangeable hands, 1 set of coins, his "I believe in Harvey Dent" badge, a Smith & Wesson 625 and an extra suit (pre-burned).

The pre-burned suit fits rather nicely and looks natural compared to the burned jacket. Maybe its due to the fact that the burned jacket uses 2 different materials. A PVC'ish material for the burned side and normal fabric on the other. I played around with it until I got the jacket to sit right.

I think Two-Face is a pretty decent figure. Maybe not as good as Bank Robber Joker (I might be a bit bias on this one cos I love the figure, hehe!) but is certainly up there with the greats. If you have extra cash lying around I suggest you get one. And if you're not a fan of the figure just get it anyway for the sake of completing your TDK Masterpiece line, hehehe!

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Rise of the Pictures

G.I Joe! G.I Joe is there! Newly released posters from the upcoming G.I Joe movie. Special thanks to www.firstshowing.net for the pictures. 

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The Dark Prince of Gotham

When Hot Toys first released their Movie Masterpiece Joker from The Dark Knight, I was forced to pass it on as I had other figures to pursue. My financial situation before forced me to be very selective about what I pick up. Since the head sculpt was a bit off It was easier for me to let Joker go. Bad move on my part. So when Hot Toys announced they were doing another Joker figure with a new head sculpt I told myself not to pass on this figure.

To be honest I was a bit doubtful, fearing the head sculpt would be just the same as the first one, but after seeing more photos of the figure, I was immediately sold. I had to snag mine from Singapore cos KL was out of stock. And guess what? XL-Shop has pre-orders for a second batch of Joker Ver.1 and I have safely placed my order for the figure. Now thanks to my new job I won't have to miss another figure again.

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Monthly Purchase

It's December and my monthly purchases came a bit early this month. Well actually the only thing I bought this month was the comics. Even then the comics were last month's batch, but due to late shipments it just came in hence the whole stack of comics. The Joker and the Sniper are birthday presents from my mum (my birthday's on the 10th). So technically I haven't bought anything for December. But what the heck I'll just post em anyway.

I'll be posting up pics of Bank Robber Joker and the US Army Special Forces Sniper soon.

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