Let’s talk about Bruce (Patreon)

Where the print excels to a full 360 pad print around arms, legs, and torso, the limited possibility really takes away from it. With the armor on the fig,  it’s basically a glorified showpiece.

While the legs are mostly unhindered by the belt to hinge forward, the back pivot for the legs is basically non-existant while the arms can only go up so high.

Additionally there’s no movement in the head whatsoever and due to the way the hair is designed to fit with the armor. Without it,  it’s not a great look when you take the armor away and leave the hair alone.

Now granted, narratively, this Batman is basically dressed in a walking neck brace anyway so his range of motion is clearly going to be limited. But when you couple that with a traditional minifigure’s microscopic seven points of articulation, it really can take away from the “figure” part of the minifigure.

Of course how I was mentioning it earlier, that limitation also can take away from the design in certain ways too (for example the side-torso print is hardly visible from most angles) which is a shame considering the subtle nature of the design.

Another thing to note, that weird hair and the cowl both were extremely tight to the head! So in tandem with fingernails and a soft cloth and the “no baggie” shipping, left this fig pretty dusty for taking strongly lit photos *shrug*