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Originally Posted by LeiaOrgana

Batman Forever line doesn't look like as much of a home run as the B&R wave - maybe it will be different once we get more detailed pictures, but it looks like they might not have even gotten Carey's likeness. I also wish they had gone with the suited outfit - the jumpsuit just looks very...basic and generic as a figure. Also not a fan of the BAF Bat - I guess they had limited options, and it was too much to hope they'd instead have made like Two-Face the BAF and then did Chase or a Sugar'n'Spice 2 pack (I know, a pipe dream).

I'll still pick it up - I guess because I think the B&R wave was so awesome, there isn't much they could have done with BF that could have matched it for me.

A bit surprised we didn't hear any Batman 66 news, especially since some of the leaks made it sound like there was at least one more classic villain from the show coming. We also still so badly need Bruce and Dick at least, if not Alfred - I mean, we have that awesome Wayne Manor playset for them already.

You have to wonder if the likeness rights are why we'll never see Chase or Sugar & Spice - consider we never got a figure of Queen Atlanna, either, and Carey's figure has the mask to hide the likeness issue. Same reason I question if Burton's Joker and Catwoman/Selina Kyle figures will ever happen. Marvel Legends still hasn't given us a movie Janet van Dyne, and I have to believe it's because Michelle Pfeiffer won't sign off on it, like Nicholson.

As far as Batman '66 goes, technically we DID get Alfred already, since a variant head of Alan Napier (as well as Michael Gough for the Batman Forvever/B & R movie line) was available.