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Zipline Batman
Batman, Wave 1: Mattel, 2005 SKU# B4979
Zipline Batman marked Mattel’s beginning of production on the Batman action figure franchise that Hasbro lost just the year before. Zipline Batman was originally released in the direct market (comic book stores) along with Battle Board Robin and Quick Fire The Joker prior to making their debut a couple of months later in the regular mass market line.
Zipline Batman is the base figure sculpted by The Four Horsemen and is the base figure for all of the many Batman variants that have followed. Zipline Batman has a “Retro Traditional” Gray and Black look to him and is very similar to the Jim Lee interpretation of Batman that appears in the HUSH story line in DC Comics.
SPECS:
The figure stands 6.5 inches tall (to the ear tips) and has 12 points of articulation (head, shoulders, gloves, waist, hips, and knees) and a cloth cape. It comes with a Zipline and a Batarang Launcher that fires a projectile that snaps on his arm.
PROS:
A dead on classic Comic Book look by The Four Horsemen. Ball Joints in the shoulders are a welcome addition over the previous Joker figures and add new range of motion and poseability over previous figures.
CONS:
My only gripes are that it could have had articulation at the elbows and a little bit larger wrap around cape as well. It looks as if this will be addressed in the next generation of figures as Mattel has shown a super articulated Batman figure at the 2004 San Diego Comic Con and Wizard World conventions.
OVERALL:
This is one of the best Batman figures ever released. Great playability and a really good value. In addition to being released as a single in the first three waves of figures, the figure is available as a part of two different Two Packs. The Direct Market Batman & Superman Two Pack (B8742) without any accessories and a Batman & Robin Two Pack (C7034) with Battle Board Robin with accessories.
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