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Old 10-23-2020, 01:53 AM   #1
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This one I assume a lot of people wanted to see - I’m one of them

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Old 10-23-2020, 06:57 AM   #2
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This might be one of my most anticipated Batman figures of all time.

The last figure I owned of him was this guy...
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Old 10-23-2020, 07:13 AM   #3
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Found a better image via reddit
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Old 10-23-2020, 07:19 AM   #4
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Thanks RamenRider! Uploaded another scan here: Preview of the DC Comics - MAFEX Azrael Batman from Knightfall - The Toyark - News

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Old 10-23-2020, 07:34 AM   #5
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This might be one of my most anticipated Batman figures of all time.

The last figure I owned of him was this guy...
To be fair that looks like a fun toy

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Huh - gotta say I don't like this as much as I thought I would.

The claws look off, especially in the closed fists as they should cover the entire fingers up to and over the knuckles and not bend away like that.

I also don’t know if this is a Knightquest thing where the mask looks fabric but I prefer the metal helmet look from Knightfall. Could’ve done without the sculpted wrinkles around the eyes and nose.

To be fair though - it’s incredibly hard to get this one right as the mask especially was almost always drawn most prominently with dark shadows covering it. To get that right you would have to paint parts of it black which I'm not a fan of either. So... I guess I wait for more pictures to see if I like it better.
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Old 10-23-2020, 08:03 AM   #6
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To bad we never got this story in the cartoons.
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Old 10-23-2020, 08:33 AM   #7
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The claws look off, especially in the closed fists as they should cover the entire fingers up to and over the knuckles and not bend away like that.

I also don’t know if this is a Knightquest thing where the mask looks fabric but I prefer the metal helmet look from Knightfall. Could’ve done without the sculpted wrinkles around the eyes and nose.
Definitely a Knightquest thing. While it was meant to be a smooth helmet, one of the most popular comic covers depicting it had prominent wrinkled brows, and most companies simply followed suit.



As for the claws, in fairness they were very inconsistent throughout the comic. Sometimes it'd have all the fingers in complete silver , other times it's actually similar to how they did this figure. That said, the sharp edges of the claws rarely sat on the knuckles, so the figue isn't wrong for depicting it this way.

I'm personally loving it. I feel like this is the classic blue AzBats I've been waiting for all this time and the 90s styled shiny finish on the metal parts really help in selling the whole look. If they were to do his Knightsend suit, I'd personally prefer it in red over the initial blue.

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Old 10-23-2020, 08:44 AM   #8
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I'd love a Nightwing from this era as well



I'd like one from Hush too, though. Basically I just want a Mafex Nightwing.
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Old 10-23-2020, 08:46 AM   #9
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Updated with official photos.

Preview of the DC Comics - MAFEX Azrael Batman from Knightfall - The Toyark - News

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Old 10-23-2020, 08:47 AM   #10
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Definitely a Knightquest thing. While it was meant to be a smooth helmet, one of the most popular comic covers depicting it had prominent wrinkled brows, and most companies simply followed suit.
I see. Shame, I like the helmet better.

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As for the claws, in fairness they were very inconsistent throughout the comic.
Also true - guess I just compare this too much to the Knightfall comic but that's the look I'm most familiar with.
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Old 10-23-2020, 08:53 AM   #11
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I never got to read this storyline, so don't have any nostalgia for the character but looks like a cool figure.
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Old 10-23-2020, 09:08 AM   #12
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I also don’t know if this is a Knightquest thing where the mask looks fabric but I prefer the metal helmet look from Knightfall. Could’ve done without the sculpted wrinkles around the eyes and nose.

To be fair though - it’s incredibly hard to get this one right as the mask especially was almost always drawn most prominently with dark shadows covering it. To get that right you would have to paint parts of it black which I'm not a fan of either. So... I guess I wait for more pictures to see if I like it better.
I agree about the mask being a difficult one to pull off right. Unless the rest of the costume has a slight wash on it, then it seems the detail is a bit too forced. The Prime 1 statues went with the washed look and those sculpts seems to be pretty good, overall... but then we are talking an order of magnitude higher in price.

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Old 10-23-2020, 09:09 AM   #13
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This looks awesome. we need Barbara's Batgirl, The new 52 red hood and Batman Beyond. Top 3 on the wish list
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Old 10-23-2020, 09:22 AM   #14
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Old 10-23-2020, 10:44 AM   #15
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Man, if I was at all into buying Japanese import figures...
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Old 10-23-2020, 11:29 AM   #16
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Man, if I was at all into buying Japanese import figures...
Do it! Mafex has been on a roll lately.
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Old 10-23-2020, 12:36 PM   #17
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Better version of any previous Knightfall Azrael. Perfect? I'd have liked a slightly better paint application (slightly darker shade of blue for armor and cape and better gold metallic on armor and pauldrons), few more helmets (smoother version and the version 2.0), and have the claw gauntlets removeable/swappable. Extra optional if there is some reflective/light feature for the chest light/crest. But this is very nice for MAFEX Batman collectors. Wonder if McFarlane is going to give us his version of this.
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Old 10-23-2020, 01:03 PM   #18
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Holy mierda i need this!!!
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Old 10-23-2020, 01:55 PM   #19
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Damn that looks amazing.
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Definitely a Knightquest thing. While it was meant to be a smooth helmet, one of the most popular comic covers depicting it had prominent wrinkled brows, and most companies simply followed suit.



As for the claws, in fairness they were very inconsistent throughout the comic. Sometimes it'd have all the fingers in complete silver , other times it's actually similar to how they did this figure. That said, the sharp edges of the claws rarely sat on the knuckles, so the figue isn't wrong for depicting it this way.

I'm personally loving it. I feel like this is the classic blue AzBats I've been waiting for all this time and the 90s styled shiny finish on the metal parts really help in selling the whole look. If they were to do his Knightsend suit, I'd personally prefer it in red over the initial blue.



That's some seriously bad art anatomy going on there.
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Old 10-23-2020, 05:56 PM   #21
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This is just too cool. I preordered him immediately! Mafex has really stepped up their game.
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Better version of any previous Knightfall Azrael. Perfect? I'd have liked a slightly better paint application (slightly darker shade of blue for armor and cape and better gold metallic on armor and pauldrons), few more helmets (smoother version and the version 2.0), and have the claw gauntlets removeable/swappable. Extra optional if there is some reflective/light feature for the chest light/crest. But this is very nice for MAFEX Batman collectors. Wonder if McFarlane is going to give us his version of this.
Yeah, if I was a fan of this design, I'd just wait it out in the hopes that McFarlane would get to it eventually.
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Old 10-23-2020, 11:31 PM   #23
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This is pretty deep cut Batman stuff. Normally I wouldn't take a second glance but this is AWWWWWWWESOME. Looking just SO GOOD!!!!

MAFEX I LOVE YA!
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This is pure gold, there's going to be plenty of older collectors snapping this one up.
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Old 10-26-2020, 02:23 AM   #25
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I'm liking this trend of re-using the batman hush body mold, with some tweaking, they could and hopefully do the male versions as justice league eventually, just need to make a comic wonder woman, then hawkgirl. I'll be happy then. I've pre-ordered everything from HUSH and can't wait till they arrive. Hoping mafex keep the comic based figures up and running.
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