Posts tagged batman
Toy Con 2010
Jun 20th
Toy Con! 2010! This is the 9th Philippine Toy Con — and this is my 7th time attending, wew!
Toy Con is still my favorite convention of the year — you could either be surprised by seeing a toy you were looking for, or by the people you bump into. Also, people kept touching my butt. LOL
For this year, (on-a-budget), I managed to buy 5 DCUC figures — my first five. I still have this hate/love/hate/love relationship going on with DCUC — they’re up to series 12 or 14 now, but I’m now just catching up because I refuse to pay 800+ for a single figure LOL — so here’s what I bought, all LOOSE, of course! (all of them except for Detective Batman don’t have any accessories)
- DCUC Gotham City 5-pack Batman (the black one) – Exclusive repaint from a 5-pack. Is exactly the same figure as Detective Batman.
- DCUC Series 1 Detective Batman – The “Neal Adams” Batman. Comes with a grapple gun and batarang. I’m surprised at how much I’ve grown to like him. Classic Bats, o yeh.
- DCUC Series 3 Robin - Much, much better than the one from the Batman series. The collar hinders neck movement a bit. Sad without his birdarang and staff.
- DCUC Series 4 Batman Beyond Variant – Terry McGinnis! Awesome! Also, just in time before the new BB books come out. A bit sad that the mask accessory isn’t here, but if I didn’t grab him, someone else would have!
- DCUC Series 7 Barry Allen Flash- Bought him simply because he’s slick. Great paint and sharp detail!
I was actually looking for a loose Superman without a mullet (the newer one) and a coupla others, but hey — any day I come home with a new Batman toy is a good day! Although it’s 2010 and I still don’t have a Batman figure that could crouch LOL
What’d you get?
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Again, thanks to all who made Toycon possible! Also, thanks to Mikko for the assist!
Arkham Asylum 2!
Dec 15th
How could they not make a sequel? He’s Batman! Here’s the world premiere trailer from Gametrailers:
This one looks to be set OUTSIDE the asylum, as most fans speculate. Let’s just wait and see. 
Bruce, You Magnificent Bastard.
Dec 11th
… how can it ever truly be Batman without you?
You might’ve already heard: next April in the comicbook world, we’ll get to see the Return of Bruce Wayne.
As revealed by The Source, (and as we’ve seen in the last pages of Final Crisis) instead of outright just dying, Darkseid‘s Omega Sanction just sent Bruce to the past. (Another type of Omega Effect is the Omega Sanction, that traps the organism in a series of alternate realities, each worse than the previous one.) News: Bruce is still alive, etching bat symbols in prehistoric caves.
In a USA Today interview with Grant Morrison about Bruce Wayne’s return, it would appear that Bruce has also lost his memory. And from the preview images, it would also seem that he’d be doing like a quantum leap across time, without fully knowing why or to when.
With all his friends and enemies thinking that he’s dead, what lies in store for Bruce Wayne? And what of the Dick Grayson Batman? (Admit it, the Dick/Damian partnership’s growing on you…)
We’ll just have to wait for 2010 to find out. Let’s just hope he doesn’t return as a baby or something.
[Info/images from The Source and USA Today!]
Superman/Batman Public Enemies 09.29.09
Sep 21st
Goes to show how much I HAVEN’T been keeping up — there’s a new DCU Animated Feature out — this time, it’s Superman/Batman Public Enemies! Although not knowing about this until today gave me a pleasant surprise, so there!
Obviously, this one’s based on Jeph Loeb/Ed McGuiness’ first story arc on the Superman/Batman comics. A DCU Animated feature BASED on Ed McGuiness art? Awesome. Tim Daly and Kevin Conroy voice acting? YES! (Somewhere out there, Jeph Loeb is laughing hysterically.) What’s exciting is FINALLY seeing some McGuiness art rendered in animated form! (Damion Scott Batgirl next feature, please?)
Also, Composite Superman/Batman robot wut wot!
Here’s a link to the official Superman/Batman DVD site, and here’s the trailer from that site:
Superman Batman: Public Enemies – Official Trailer
Also, they have twitter! Release is on 9.29.09! Woot!
ramblings.