I want to make clear that the slight lean seen in the pictures, as well as some of the paint issues I don’t talk about (scrapes, etc…) were because I bought this as a heavy discount due to it being damaged. I’ll be repairing it to mint condition later, so ignore any paint problems I don’t specifically mention in the review.

The cape has a clear seperation from the rest of the body, which I thought was a little strange. He’s in a very strong pose. Standing up straight, fists clenched at his sides, and a stern look on his face.

Everything is sculpted rather nicely, especially the face. It has a simple paint job, but for what it is, it’s done fairly well. The black parts are done the best, there aren’t any brushstrokes that I noticed. However, on select parts of the grey paint, and the flesh colours on the face, there’s some brush strokes visible if you give it a bit more of an indepth inspection.

I suppose one issue would be that due to his size, he doesn’t fit in with most of the other Batman animated maquettes. I don’t mind mixed scale pieces, but I know it bothers some people. There are a few other WB Store exclusive pieces, such as Robin, Harley Quinn, and Joker, he’d probably fit with those. There are some custom maquettes available that I believe are scaled to this piece as well, but they’re very expensive.

Overall, I’m going with 4/5. Well-done sculpt, but as a maquette, it’s geared less towards collectors and more to artists. The paint could be a little better, and the price is very high on the secondary market. But this is my favourite Batman animated maquette, and it’s a good size. Pros and cons!

Buying Options : This sold out about a decade ago. Ebay time