Would you say that this is the best Batman figure Hot toys has produced?
I guess this is a separate but related question; is this new figure the most quintessential Batman figure in your opinion? If not what is?
Btw this is an honest question I’m not trying to start **** here
"Quintessential" is an interesting word because we've had 10+ live action batsuits and, in my opinion, all these years later we still don't have a "definitive" live action batsuit that feels like it just stepped off the page. You've either got the hard molded rubber of the Burton/Shumacher era, or these more modern armored up suits. The general sense I get is that people prefer when Batman's suit is high tech armor, but I've personally always been more of a fan of the cloth suits, the way he's still drawn in the comics to this day, so my biased opinion is that the more overly complicated the suit, the less "quintessential" it is.
The Affleck BvS suit probably comes the closest to looking like the typical comic suit, being predominantly cloth, but I've never liked how fat the neck on the hard molded cowl is and I dislike how ill defined his bat symbol is. There's also the Arkham City Batman, which is an almost perfect version of the comic suit, but in my opinion, that design's heightened comic book anatomy prevents it from even being in the same category as the live action figures.
The other side of the coin is that regardless of how good or bad the suit looks, I can't fully separate it from how the character is portrayed on-screen. I like the Batfleck suit more than the Dark Knight suit, but I vastly prefer the Dark Knight character to the Batfleck character. If I had only those two to pick from, I'd go with the Dark Knight even if I prefer the look of Batfleck.
With that in mind, this Battinbat figure is definitely my favorite up to date, in that it has the best balance of suit design to character portrayal, at least as it pertains to my personal tastes.
I like that the suit is still predominantly cloth and thick leather, with the armor plating reserved for strategically important areas. I like the way Pattinson carries himself in the role, as even though he's far from the most physically imposing actor to ever play the character, his body language absolutely sells his ability to intimidate. I also think he has the best jawline of any of the various Bat actors, so that even though his cowl isn't my favorite, I think he wears it the best out of any of them.
And lastly there's just the fact that the Hot Toys figure is gorgeous. Irrespective of suit design or character interpretation, I do think this is the best figure of the character to date.
