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Originally Posted by jwyss234

My gut feeling is that if McFarlane/WBD went this far to get the likeness rights for 5 actors from the most hated Batman movie, then they want to make figures from all of the Batman movies.

Ditto, but I also see it as testing the waters to see if more comprehensive lineups of figures from older media will actually sell before snagging the likely much more expensive likeness rights for the other movies' stars. If B&R can sell, it's pretty much guaranteed that any of the movies will.

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

I see it breaking down as:
Batman Forever - Sonar Suit Batman, Robin, Riddler, Two-Face, Two-Face Goon BAF
Batman Returns - Batman, Catwoman, Max Shriek, penguin with rocket on back, Penguin BAF

Ooh, realistic wishlists? If they stick with the BAF waves, I think it'd be something like:

• Forever - Panther Batman (using most of the Clooney tooling), Robin, suited Riddler, Chase (she's name-dropped on the card bio), Two-Face BAF
• Returns - Batman, Catwoman, Penguin, tattered Catwoman, Circus Strongman BAF
• '89 - Batman, Joker, Bob, Vicki (also mentioned on the card), and Lawrence or Belltower Goon BAF

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Originally Posted by jwyss234

Getting Jack Nicholson’s likeness rights is expensive so they may skip an 89 wave.

From outside appearances, anything '89 Batman has been selling cartoonishly well, to the extent they need to put out press releases to assure people more is coming. I can't think of any other time they've done that, no matter the level of fan outcry, so I can't see them leaving that kind of money on the table.

Joker could get his own string of individual exclusive releases outside of the wave to pay for the likeness rights. Considering that even something as striking as the Uncle Bingo costume is literally his normal outfit in B&W with a new hat, it would be cheap cheap cheap to pull a Malibu Stacy and pump out versions across a boatload of retailers to get a healthy return on the likeness and tooling investment, all essentially prepaid.

Off the top of my head:

• standard outfit
• coat and hat from the parade
• standard outfit w/ beret & flesh makeup head
• standard outfit w/ beret & melted makeup head
• standard outfit w/ bloodied head & glasses
• mobster suit w/ flesh makeup head
• mobster suit w/ Napier head
• coat and hat w/ Napier head
• "Uncle Bingo"

There are more costumes but pretty much all of those use the same lower body, and most use the same upper body with different overlays. If they decided to commit, they could make a lot of figures with mostly shared tooling.