Hot Toys The Dark Knight Rises: Bat-Pod Specs & Pics

[Hoody999]

Justin has his review up. Like he says, it's probably not the most exciting looking vehicle,, but for $290 still seems well worth picking up for the TDK collection.

....until Catwoman is straddling it

 

[Bleah]

I know it's suspension of disbelief but I'm still puzzled as to how the front wheel rotates sideways and to what purpose. The guns should have fallen apart if it keeps doing that.

 

[jinkazama]

I watched Justin's review of the Batpod, and he mentioned that the original release of the hot toys Tumbler back in 2009 had some where the wheels were cracked or deformed.Did anyone here who got the original release Tumbler have those issues, and if so, what was the cause?

 

[creasy]

I watched Justin's review of the Batpod, and he mentioned that the original release of the hot toys Tumbler back in 2009 had some where the wheels were cracked or deformed.Did anyone here who got the original release Tumbler have those issues, and if so, what was the cause?

Think it’s the same old humidity/temperature problem that happens with most hot toys rubber, a lot of people reported the wheels of the tumbler and the 89 Batmobile sticking to the surface of whatever they displayed it on too.
some people put some fabric between the wheels & the surface it was on to combat it.
Iv had the 89 Batmobile on display & tumbler since release & both are fine here. Humidity is not a problem here in Scotland

 

[bangooface]

I know it's suspension of disbelief but I'm still puzzled as to how the front wheel rotates sideways and to what purpose. The guns should have fallen apart if it keeps doing that.

Omg! I thought I was the only one who thought of that.

 

[davejames]

I know it's suspension of disbelief but I'm still puzzled as to how the front wheel rotates sideways and to what purpose. The guns should have fallen apart if it keeps doing that.

If you watch the clip it's actually both tires that rotate like that. No idea how that would be possible though given the design.

 

[sj2106]

Watching Justin's review, the figures don't seem to sit on it very naturally. Might skip it and get the Tumbler afterall.

 

[LiamNeesons112]

Watching Justin's review, the figures don't seem to sit on it very naturally. Might skip it and get the Tumbler afterall.

This made me cancel mine. I laughed out loud when he showed what Batman looks like riding on the Batpod. It just looks so…weird

 

[Nine Inch Nails]

To be fair, this version might accommodate the new versions than the old since they will be updated figures. But we shall see.

 

[sj2106]

To be fair, this version might accommodate the new versions than the old since they will be updated figures. But we shall see.

The new figures are taller than the old ones so they might look even worse.

 

[Bleah]

If you watch the clip it's actually both tires that rotate like that. No idea how that would be possible though given the design.

Hard to see for me but if it did, maybe Batman can also rotate his lower half to match the back wheel spinning.

 

[davejames]

Watching Justin's review, the figures don't seem to sit on it very naturally. Might skip it and get the Tumbler afterall.

Yeah I'm doubtful we'll be able to get any of the figures to lay on the Batpod as naturally as they did in the movie. But then a pose like that wouldn't show off the figures well anyway, so it's not something I have much interest in. Just like I've never tried to fit the Keaton Batman into the 89 Batmobile, of the Ghostbusters into the Ecto-1.

 

[Jedha Patrol]

 

[Ropen]

Oh snap, so this is coming in sooner than expected, there goes my budget hahaha, Just got the emails heads up from Sideshow about the figures I got preordered haha

 

[user 72759]

Mine showed up yesterday and I really love it. Batman sits on it perfectly IMO but I’ll leave him standing over it.

 

[rory]

The reissued Batpod showed up today and I'm well pleased. I think the big deciding factor here is if one actually likes the Batpod design as it appears on film. Some people really hate it's dull bare bones aesthetic. And admittedly, it does at several glances appear as little more than half obscured chunks of tire, wire, and flat metal on screen. But I actually liked that look, after years of hyper designed and over the top bat-vehicles.

So as a fan of the original design, I think this Hot Toys recreation does a bang up job getting the look right. I agree with some, it'd be nice to see more diecast and metal parts here to give it some heft. But on a shelf it screams accuracy to the film.

If you hate the design of the Batpod itself, this will hunk of rubber and plastic will not win you over. But if you love it like I do, then the HT replica does a great job. I can't wait to pair the new 1/6 Dark Knight figure with it when it comes out.

 

[medicomsucks]

does it stay together when you move it or does it fall apart when you roll it or tilt it one cm? That was my biggest complaint with mine, which was the 2nd version (TDKR 1.0 if you prefer)

 

[a-dev]

does it stay together when you move it or does it fall apart when you roll it or tilt it one cm? That was my biggest complaint with mine, which was the 2nd version (TDKR 1.0 if you prefer)

Just the arm-guards right? I mean that was always a problem. I don't remember anything else falling apart when I used to own one.

 

[medicomsucks]

Mine also has a foot pad that comes off on one side, that may have been stuck on there with glue originally, but yeah those arm guards were awful.

 

[rory]

I don’t know, since I’ve never owned the previous versions. But it seems pretty stable to me. The arm guards don’t fall apart when you move them. But they are delicate. I mean how could they not be, the parts are so thin and tiny. Don’t know how they would get around that aspect of the bike’s design at this scale.