chaos
09-09-2009, 12:23 PM
Let me start by saying I'm not the biggest Batman fan around, I've got all the films including Batman and Robin but only have three batman graphic novels and the only reason I have them is that they are the Judge Dredd crossovers.
But when I heard about the new game I got really excited. Then when I found out they where releasing a collecters edition that included a 14" batarang, I had to get it.
It arrived last Friday and to say I was disappointed is an understatement. The game is brilliant and I'm really enjoying it. Trying to find all the Riddlers secrets is keeping me busy. But the batarang just sucks!!!
I got it off the HMV site here in the UK and this is the pic they had up on the site:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/458/341699ps500h.jpg
Now I wasn't expecting a steel batarang, that would be silly and dangerous, but I did expect something that looked better than this:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/415/batarang4thumb640xauto8.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2593/batarang3.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5996/batarang2.jpg
I forgot to take pics of it, so these are ones I found online.
It just looked cheap and plastic. It had been painted with gloss black paint and then someone scratched all over to give it a used look. Some parts were scratch that much that the white plactic under the paint was showing through. The stand wasn't that much better, silver plastic. The batarang was also glued to it. Theres no way I would display this.
This is the pic on the back of the box:
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4124/eidosbatarang.jpg
Even this looked better than what was inside.
I decided I could do better job, so I did. A few days, some wet & dry and some spray paint later, here what it looks like now:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4319/dscf6443.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2756/dscf6448.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1557/dscf6451.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/6907/dscf6455.jpg
Heres some shots in a darker room, just to show off the details abit more plus you get to see the size of it compared to a MR Maul:
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/2415/dscf6473.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2301/dscf6488.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1948/dscf6490.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6491/dscf6492.jpg
It now comes of the stand (which I also painted) very easily and if I want to throw it at anyone, Batman style, I can.
I'm really happy how this turned out and I'm no longer disappointed. Plus I now have a one-off Batarang!! Good Times. :D:D
But when I heard about the new game I got really excited. Then when I found out they where releasing a collecters edition that included a 14" batarang, I had to get it.
It arrived last Friday and to say I was disappointed is an understatement. The game is brilliant and I'm really enjoying it. Trying to find all the Riddlers secrets is keeping me busy. But the batarang just sucks!!!
I got it off the HMV site here in the UK and this is the pic they had up on the site:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/458/341699ps500h.jpg
Now I wasn't expecting a steel batarang, that would be silly and dangerous, but I did expect something that looked better than this:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/415/batarang4thumb640xauto8.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2593/batarang3.jpg
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/5996/batarang2.jpg
I forgot to take pics of it, so these are ones I found online.
It just looked cheap and plastic. It had been painted with gloss black paint and then someone scratched all over to give it a used look. Some parts were scratch that much that the white plactic under the paint was showing through. The stand wasn't that much better, silver plastic. The batarang was also glued to it. Theres no way I would display this.
This is the pic on the back of the box:
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4124/eidosbatarang.jpg
Even this looked better than what was inside.
I decided I could do better job, so I did. A few days, some wet & dry and some spray paint later, here what it looks like now:
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4319/dscf6443.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2756/dscf6448.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1557/dscf6451.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/6907/dscf6455.jpg
Heres some shots in a darker room, just to show off the details abit more plus you get to see the size of it compared to a MR Maul:
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/2415/dscf6473.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2301/dscf6488.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/1948/dscf6490.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6491/dscf6492.jpg
It now comes of the stand (which I also painted) very easily and if I want to throw it at anyone, Batman style, I can.
I'm really happy how this turned out and I'm no longer disappointed. Plus I now have a one-off Batarang!! Good Times. :D:D