The Bat-Blog totally digs creativity, in any form, and here's a GREAT example! Here are some photos from a Fan who likes to create Custom Batman Toys. He takes Hasbro MIGHTY MUGGS Figures & repaints them. Now, for Non-Toy-Collector-People out there who don't know, Hasbro has the license to make Marvel Comics Superhero Characters & Mattel does DC Comics. So, since Mighty Muggs are made by Hasbro then they will NEVER do any BATMAN Figures. So, for the people who want them your only choice is to... customize them!
Our Friend Ryan has done an extremely excellent job on his Customs. First up is Robin & he looks great! He has also done Bane, Clayface, Batman, & Azrael. Please check out the photos because they are AWESOME!! The Bane & Clayface are my 2 top favorites, then Robin. Which ones do you like?
I wanna thank Ryan for sharing these pics & if you want to see more of his cool artwork then just click HERE!
Here are some BATMAN TOYS Wallpaper Backgrounds I made using some photos I found of some recently made ( 2003 ) Batman Collectibles. These Kubrick-styled Batman figures were made by a toy company in Japan called Medicom. Series one included: Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Azrael, Mr. Freeze, and Scarecrow. I thought these pics were kinda fun & the images might be interesting for backgrounds... so, please give one or two of them a test!
OK Kids, here's some really great photos to totally drool over, ha! While at the 2010 Comic Con the Mattel Toy Company gave a presentation of some upcoming toys they will release later this year & early 2011. This post is about their DC UNIVERSE CLASSICS Action Figures & we're mainly covering the Batman-related characters. As you can see they're gonna make some really great figures for this series. Just to be clear, what is shown here is "WAVE16". Wave 14 is shipping now & Wave 15 will come out in early fall. But back to Wave 16, look at what they have here! We got AZRAEL from the 1993 Knightfall storyline, the Villain BANE looking all buff & mean, The RIDDLER ( looking like he's from the Silver-Age, cool! ), & 2 different versions of Dick Grayson as ROBIN, The Boy Wonder! The Robin figures look the same to me except for the heads. One kind of looks like he's from the 1940's, while the other one reminds me of the 1970's Super Friends. Please tell me, which Robin do you like the best? Alright, now the very last photo is some of the mini-figures from the ACTION LEAGUE series. They're gonna have a ton of these of Superman, Green Lantern, etc...but here are 2 favorites, Batman & The Joker! I really like these, they're pretty cool!
OK, Because of a few personal things I needed to get done I sort of took off doing the Bat-Blog on Tuesday & Wednesday. Well, I'm back! Now as every reader knows we post 2 brand-new Batman Desktop Backgrounds every Wed. It's called "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday"! So, to make up for it I'm gonna post 3 of them today...YEA! The 1st one shows the graphics to an original 1966 Batman TV Show Theme Record Album ( I hope this brings back some good memories for a lot of people ). The 2nd one is more modern & shows a current DC Comics image. The last wallpaper is a photo of a Custom Toy made by a friend of the Bat-Blog. Actually, it's a wacked-out model kit of the 1966 Batmobile. I hope you enjoy all of these & we'll post more next Wednesday, I promise!
Early next year be sure to keep an eye out for this very cool Batman-related DC UNIVERSE Action Figure 2-Pack Set. It includes Batgirl & Azrael. But, remember, this is a TOYS-R-US Exclusive so you can only find it there. I think the Batgirl figure looks pretty cool!
Yesterday I posted a story about the release of the New LEGO BATMAN Video Game & then later I got an e-mail from a friend named Kev who wrote, "Check this out, I never got into MUGEN, basically its modding a PC Capcom style game engine, replacing sprites, and adding your own characters, effects, etc. I wouldn't mind playing this, Azrael and Catwoman look particularly bad ass". Here's a video:
Kev continues, "I work in the games industry so I'll see if anyone knows more about Mugen and if its easy to sort out, and then see if I can get a copy. I hear its normally download-able easy enough but a bit of a pain to set up. Still, looks like its worth it".
WOW! Thank You Kev! This game looks pretty fun & I really appreciate the links. I know my readers will love this! Even if you're not into retro-video games it's still very cool to see. Just a few of the characters are Azrael, Catwoman, Ra's Al Ghul, Bane...awesome! Thanks again. If anybody is interested here's the dude's website: http://www.scruffydragon.com/
