Batman Beyond is a great show, and it showcases some evolutions of the characters from the original Bruce Timm series, as well as a darker future. A prevalent villain (created by Batman and Cyborg, unintentionally) in the show is Brother Eye, an all-seeing artificial intelligence. Brother Eye sees human beings as a poison and seeks total control over humanity. To that end, Brother Eye has assimilated many heroes or forced them into hiding. It can meld its technology into organic beings to force them to its will.
Brother Eye created Bat-Joker aka Jokerbot aka Jokerborg as an assassin to eliminate Terry McGinnis, the new Batman in the show. Bat-Joker has a dual personality set and head; the cunning and tactical analysis of Batman, and the viciousness of Joker combined with the order of the Eye.
The figure is a really neat build a figure. The claws that look wing-ish at the back are more poseable than any backpiece I've ever seen, especially at this price point. The figure is tall and imposing, and the dual faces you can switch are pretty neat. There are no accessories in particular if you don't count the wing/claws which are meant to be part, but that doesn't take away from it being a really cool build-a-fig.
Sculpt & Paint: 2/3 As per usual, McFarlane does amazing sculpting details with a ton of wires, tubes, buttons, and pieces on this figure, but paints nearly nothing. The head is well done, as is the brother eye/bat symbol, but after that, everything is just a little dry brushed over the black. No other paint details or shine for the clawed wings or other parts of the body.
Articulation: 3/3 Pretty much all the points of articulation you could hope for in a McFarlane figure, good leg movement, decent double-jointed knee and elbow range, OK torso motion, and good shoulder rotation. Also, love love love how easily and well you can move the claw wings.
Accessories: 1/1 None really needed here, but I haven't watched the Bat Joker in action in comics, so maybe a swap out of the weapon arm? Not sure.
Fun Factor: 2/3 Pretty fun to pose around! A little tricky to balance with the size and the fact the claws are so wide in certain poses.
Verdict: 8/10 Worthy Definitely a cool figure but requires you buy a bunch of others that you may or may not care for. That said, if you want this figure you'd probably want as many Batman Beyond figures anyway.
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| Back view with drawn-in claws |
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| Joker side (appropriately maniacal, check!) |
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| Batman Side (appropriately vengeful, check) |
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| a surprisingly balanced figure. The ratcheted ankles and other joints in bigger figures is where it really starts to pay off with McFarlane figures. |
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| The running Joke! |
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