Batman: Arkham Asylum Batarang

[chaos]

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

[Kal El Rah]

An excellent redo.:D:cool:;)

[ARKM]

Looks good.

[Lonewind]

Nice job. :p

[kyncaid]

Wow i thought the same thing when i got mine.

You really did make yours the way they all should have been

[thejedilestat]

looks alot better now great job

[Sairon]

Much much better, nice.

[cannibal869]

Very nice job. Looks much much better now. And yes, the plasticky appearance of the batarang has been mentioned in other video game reviews.

[Barmic Rin]

I had one of the boxsets held for me by my mate, who's AM of my local Game store, but was on the phone to another friend when he opened his set.
He was so disappointed, and i've since seen his one in person, and the description they made on JoyStiq is pretty accurate "Looks like a Happy meal toy'.

The 'Book' you get with it is pretty disappointing too.

As always, an awesome job salvaging a real disappointing purchase.

[chaos]

Thanks guys.

I was disappointed in the book as well, Barmic. Apparently the american maket got the leather cover but us in europe got the paper one!!!

[sekrogue1985]

so that's what it looks like lol i always wondered what was in that set.