[Raine24]

Re-registered out of sheer excitement! Few lines have burned me as much as that truly abysmal Mattel line, and even if these aren't perfect, they're already so much better looking that I can't bring myself to be upset.

That said, I know it's a pre-pro pic and nothing's final (blue ears and black nose on Batman? Sculpted buckle? Fins pointing out? Tapered cape? His whole-ass headshape?) but that Mickey Rooney Robin is... something else. The Batmobile looks promising. They seem to have haphazardly photoshopped the rear of the door to look seamless, which I hope is a sign the doors open but just weren't looking presentable at this stage. The rear canopy is a a lot better than Mattel's. Theirs was chopped down to make it easier for figures to get in with those sealed doors. And it's so nice to see a Romero Joker that doesn't look like Herman Munster at a Halloween party.

And are those hinges I spy on the Batcave walls, implying that thing folds up into something more compact? Are we looking at a legit kids line!? I could totally get into that, perhaps even more than if they went full McFarlane with the hyper-realism. Especially if the rear of that set looks like stately Wayne Manor....