REVIEW: MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 2 - PART 1!
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MCFARLANE TOYS DC MULTIVERSE YEAR 2 - PART 1!
It’s Wednesday, you know what that means… ToyFarce reviews!
This week, we’re gonna continue what we started earlier this year, with the big reviews on multiple waves of McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse figures. The reason is just that I have a huge backlog of pictures of figures that I have taken throughout the year, and wanted to post them at some point, when there is some downtime between deliveries. New stuff will be back next week!
Here are links for the ones from last year: https://www.toyfarce.com/news/review-mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-wave-1 , https://www.toyfarce.com/news/mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-year-1-part-2 , https://www.toyfarce.com/news/review-mcfarlane-toys-dc-multiverse-year-1-part-3
The last figures we checked in ‘Year one - part 3’ were the Flashpoint Batman and Red Hood figures, so we’ll pick up right where we left off with the Batcycle, which came out in early 2021.
BATCYCLE
This version of the Batcycle was taken from the Dark Nights: Death Metal comic book. McFarlane Toys seems to be doing great when it comes to vehicles, which are affordable and look awesome. That bike has a ton of nice details, and looks pretty much like what your bike would look like if you wanted to disguise it as a skeleton bat!
Packaging
Wouldn’t you look badass driving that in your neighborhood?
Front
Ribs… ?
The details on the bike parts are pretty great too!
RANDOM FIGURES WAVE
This wave didn’t really have a theme, so we’ll call it the ‘Random Figures wave’. A Dark Nights: Death Metal Batman, a giant Robin, a Red Son Superman and the Drowned from Dark Nights: Metal, to complete the Dark Multiverse gang.
The Random Figures wave
Packaging
Let’s give him a leather jacket and a scythe! Because Batman wasn’t badass enough, right?
All jokes aside, that is a gorgeous Batman figure.
*BADASSERY INTENSIFYING*
Packaging
That is a TALL Robin!
That South Park facial expression <3
This figure is the new standard scale to measure other figures against.
The robot dance!
Superman, from the classic Mark Millar story arc Red Son, in which Superman did not land in Smallville, but in Ukraine during the Soviet era
Serious Superman is serious.
He reminds me of an actor, but I can’t place who. If you have any idea, let us know in the comments!
Also, HE GOT FAT WRISTS!
Packaging
The Drowned, the last one from the Batman who Laughs’ gang.
This is a version of Batman from another universe where Batman (Bryce Wayne) killed all the metahumans after the death of her lover, and basically became that world’s Aquawoman, after a huge war with Atlantis drowned Gotham City in the ocean. FUN TIMES!
“Under the sea… under the sea…”
BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH WAVE (with BANE build-a-figure)
Finally, a wave with a theme! This entire wave is based on the comic book “Last Knight on Earth” which saw Batman wake up in an asylum, being told that all of his Batman adventures never happened, and he had been in a mental institution the whole time, imagining them. Of course, it’s Batman, so he’ll escape and try to get to the bottom of it. Great story!
The Batman: The Last Knight on Earth wave
A nice different design for the Bat, inspired by Greg Capullo’s art from the book (of course, it had to be Capullo).
Cape made of the straight jacket’s belts
There’s a lot going on on that design
“Oh that? Yeah, that’s just the Joker’s head in a jar, that I carry around.”
Omega was the main villain in the comic book, and was actually (SPOILERS). Crazy, right?
Another cool design by Greg Capullo
Small cape!
Wonder Woman with a mohawk. Because why not?
Nice details on the cape, the texture is very fabric-like.
“It’s not just a phase, mum. I love punk!”
Guess who got a weird super-creepy design in that comic book? The Scarecrow!
His head is inside a transparent red plastic “shell”.
Here is what he looks like without, in case you were wondering. Gilbert Gottfried, anyone?
The Build-a-figure for that wave is none other than the massive Bane!
Built! Does he have crap articulations? Yes. Did you expect to put Bane in Spider-man poses, though?
It still has great details all over!
In the comic book, Bane is mostly used to transport Scarecrow around.
“This is my ride!”
BATMAN - DESIGNED BY TODD MCFARLANE
I forgot to take a picture of the packaging. I brought shame upon my family.
Behold… one of the ugliest Batman figures ever!
The proportions are weird, he’s got a giant forehead (or fivehead). I’m not a fan of the design of the cowl.
Knives go in the back! (No, not like that!)
It’s weird to me that Todd McFarlane would design a Batman like that, after giving us awesome character design for years.
He even drew some awesome Batman back in the days… Maybe it looked better on paper, and the execution was botched?
I AM… DISAPPOINTMENT.
DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL WAVE (with DARKFATHER build-a-figure)
Another comic book drawn by Greg Capullo means another wave of McFarlane Toys figures (the prophecy!). Dark Nights: Death Metal was the sequel to Dark Nights: Metal. More Dark Multiverse characters, more dark versions of Batman, and even a soundtrack full of big metal band names to accompany it.
Batman with a Plastic Man guitar. Yep.
Same figure, different accessory, still needed for the BAF parts. Damn you, Todd!
Batman SHREDS
*Bitchin’ guitar solo sounds*
That Superman is… certainly a Superman.
It’s like Danzig met Rosie O Donnell and WWF Superstar Chyna and they had a child, and he worked out a lot. (The paint mess on the nose only makes him more powerful!)
“METAAAAAAAAAAL !”
That Wonder Woman figure looks great! The design translated really well into figure form.
She just kinda looks super bored…
“Yeah, I have a mini-chainsaw… sigh”
The Robin King was an interesting character in the book, it was the Robin that had had the shittiest possible life in the Dark multiverse.
Oh, and of course, it’s also Batman (or Bruce Wayne).
“We’re ALL Batman!”
Time to build a Darkfather! Here are all the parts.
For those wondering what it looks like under his trunks (I know you wanted to know)
The DarkFather (aka Batman, if he were Darkseid)
In his universe, Batman defeated Darkseid and took his powers, becoming one of the most powerful beings there.
That figure has so much spikes, it’s impossible to assemble without hurting your fingers.
Colorful!
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT BATCYCLE
Finishing on a high note, that Batcycle is an amazing toy. The front wheel can be “cocked”, so you can extend the front a bit more to make it longer. The Batman: White Knight comic book already had some of the best figures from McFarlane Toys, and now it also has the best vehicle.
Uncocked (or normal)
Cocked (or happy)
Bask in the awesomeness of that Batcycle
That figure was already one of the best from the DC Multiverse line, and has now been upgraded with its badass batcycle!
LOOK AT IT!
Of course, there’s a lot of details on all the bike parst too
And that covers the first half of 2021! Going forward, I might skip more figures, and the next wave I’ll review will be the Suicide Squad movie wave with the King Shark B.A.F.! Can’t wait to get my hands on those, that King Shark figure looks really fun.
More news at 11:00… THAT’S A LOT OF PLASTIC!
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