I have a weakness for several things when it comes to action figures: translucency (note the clear variant Dr. Manhattan that I'm have a difficult time not getting. If I get any Watchmen figures I'll have to get all of them. Maybe the movie will be the final straw and I'll cave, but I digress), glow in the dark, and unusual variants of classic characters.
This Man-Bat, which is clearly not the normal Man-Bat from the Batman mythos, caused a lot of anger at its release. Plenty of people out here in action figure-land want Man-Bat, but they tend to want classic reflections of the characters. There were intentions of doing Man-Bat in the DC Superheroes line (which is technically what the albino version is, and why you see him here with other AWESOME DCSH figures) but something prevented a brown Man-Bat from being released. Now there's talk that he'll be released in wave 10 or 11 of DC Universe Classics.
Altogether, this figure is great. He's an unusual interpretation of a classic, which I appreciate for the sheer novelty of it. He's got awesome sculpting too, which is no surprise since he's a product of the 4 Horsemen. There was also a clear variant that sells for way too much money online, and I never really liked the way the clear effect was used on this figure (again, despite my ultimate love for translucent figures) so I opted for the albino version. Because of coolness, obviously.
He's huge, with a wingspan that takes up almost the whole shelf. Definitely a great figure that I'm glad I got.
He also came in one of the coolest packages ever. The sleeve around the actual box is made out to look like a Wayne Enterprises crate, complete with warning labels. The actual box is shaped like a coffin and is covered in... fur? When opened up, the inside of the box lights up, a blood-curdlingly annoying scream is unleashed, and there-- hanging upside down like a real Bat-Man, is Man-Bat.
*insert annoying wail here*
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