Nightwing has always been one of my personal favorites. He has the dashing charm of a rogue and the morals of The Dark Knight coupled with a fun, acrobatic fighting style. While Nightwing had a role in a story-line in Arkham Knight, he was only present in the Arkham City as a playable character in Challenge maps.
This figure does a few things well. The shiny blue suit highlights are great, the electrified kali sticks are very well detailed and dry brushed to create a blackened metal tone. The back has clips to hold his sticks, which is a nice touch. The face and eyes are well painted.
The pelvis area is a bit odd. The way the leg ball joint joins the hips gives this figure an odd, lower half silhouette. The articulation isn't abundant, but after collecting DC Collectibles in the Arkham game lines, that isn't a big surprise. The head is a little too big perhaps, and sunk into the neck to allow every little up and down movement. He isn't able to do the splits, but some cool poses are still possible!
This one may not be as poseable as the Arkham Knight version, but it's got a great aesthetic and I prefer the face design on this version.
Sculpt & Painting: 7/10 The body suit lines, blue paint application, eyes, and mask are well done here. The hair sculpt is decent here too.
Articulation: 3/10 Not fantastic, just 15 points. No ab articulation or ankles. Elbows and knees have little range of motion.
Price point/Availability: 6/10 Though harder on Amazon, on eBay this figure is close-ish to its original price, albeit with an annoying shipping price depending on where you live.
Accessories: 6/10 While only having two kali sticks, they are very well painted and sculpted, and fight quite well into his hands. +1 for having a cool place to store them!
Total: 22/40. Not bad! See below comment.
It's a very fun figure to have. If I had my way, the head and body design would be coupled with the Arkham Knight version! (review for that one to come later).
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| I thought it was a nice touch they made these electrified in the game. It made for fantastic fight scenes. |
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