[En Sabah Nerd]

PHANTASM!!!!!!! With Batman accessory figure!

I'm glad they went with TAS Hatter, NBA may have been closer to the comics but he was only used in one episode and it was weak compared to how he was handled previously.
We've all already discussed Scarecrow on another thread.
I was right they'd use NBA Bane, whether I get it or not is still undecided. I like everything beneath the collar better from his redesign, particularly the uniform coloring and more advanced looking venom controls, but the spiked collar is the main detractor. Yeah the mask is pretty gimpy, but it's not enough to lose that many points from me. My biggest problem with TAS Bane design was the leggings being a different color than the rest of his attire and his nose sticking through his mask, it was just too luchador. Obviously Bane always had the strong Mexican wrestler vibe, but he wasn't one.

Honestly the big reason I'm happier with gimp Bane over luchador Bane is just the episodes themselves. In TAS Bane is introduced as a mercenary/assassin hired to kill Batman, he is fairly well established as big, strong, and intelligent (at least they say he is) but he just plain loses to Batman. No Knightfall mimicry where he wins and then later Batman scores payback, he just gets very easily outmaneuvered. In NBA, however, he kicks the shit out of Batman. Yes it was just a dream sequence, but he was treated much more as a threat. Stronger and faster than Batman, plus a wit that again implied he's certainly no idiot. That fight ended in a sort of draw, Batman won the initial struggle but then Bane threw the Bat-signal at him and he fell off a building.
Ideally the design wouldn't have had s&m gear, but my greater appreciation for the "over the edge" episode brings a big bias in favor of NBA design Bane.