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Originally Posted by Mumble-bee

My stores are still clogged up with the Frank Miller Dark Knight figures, especially the Mutant Leader

Weirdly the Mutant Leader is possibly the best engineered and sculpted of that group of figures. I just completed the Doomsday BAF (or whatever Mattel calls it) for reasons that completely escape me at the moment, beyond lots of clearance finds. Ugh! What a pack of horribly made figures. Especially when I have it sitting side by side on my desk with the just completed ML Monster Venon and Apocalypse waves.

The Mutant Leader is ugly, unattractive, pointless and unknown outsideof hardcore geeks. So no consumer interest. But he has the best joints and least bad paint of the wave. His sculpt is accurate even if the character is hideous. But the others? Dear lord! I have glue fingerprints all over the Doomed Superman. Supergirls paint is just awful and her limbs may as well be immobile. We will not speak of the horrid blobby painted thing that I lovingly call "Downs Syndrome Robin". Oh and the finished Doomsday BAF (whatever) is rather awful itself. Lousy articulation everywhere. Thin paint. Gappy glue seams. Just yech!.

I am a little hopeful for the newer stuff. I recently picked up the Batwoman from a newer wave (I assume I was drunk at the time) and she is actually a pretty nice figure. Good smooth movement. Decent sculpt. Paint is better that before. Still not ML or import quality. BUt not as bad as previous.