Toy Review: Hot Toys Bank Robber Joker (Guest Review by Metin Seven)

The first Guest Toy Reviewer for TRE starts off 2009 with Hot Toys' 1/6th-scaled BANK ROBBER JOKER [tagged] and Metin Seven (of Seamour Sheep & Marty Mole-fame) shares with us his impressions of the much sort-after figure from The Dark Knight - Movie Masterpiece series. (Metin has my envy for owning it and I can but drool a waterfall on the computer-screen LOL).CLICK TO READ-ON.[FYI: All text via

bank robber joker repaint by jc hong

"Not widely known among collectors and Hot Toys fans, JC Hong – a talented Korean painting artist in collectible market, who had passed his unique painting technique on to various sculptors and painters in Korea. We can say JC Hong is a mentor of most of the Korea collectables’ artists in the market. He is also the Chief Paint Art Director of Hot Toys Ltd., besides (of) painting prototype

hot toys' 1/6 bank robber joker and bat-pod available from dc direct

Possibly good news for US-based collectors: DC Direct has listed Hot Toys' 1/6th-scaled BANK ROBBER JOKER [tagged] and BAT-POD [tagged] for your procuring-pleasure, with definitive drop-dates, no less! Do check with your local comicbook or toyshops for availability (FYI: The Dark Knight and Joker figures has also been listed on DC Direct / blogged] ... no sign of the Tumbler tho :p - CLICK THRU

hot toy's 1/6 bank robber joker product description update

"Welcome to a world without rules! The Joker, the most evil and deranged criminal in Gotham City, does things according to his own twisted sense of logic, and does not desire money. Today, we are so excited to bring you the much anticipated version of The Joker collectible figure - The Bank Robber Version. The fact is, when our artists YULLI and JC Hong watched The Dark Knight movie, they think

this city deserves a better class of criminal - and hot toys is gonna give it to ya! movie masterpiece 1/6 joker (bank robber version)

Further to my earlier post (featuring "live" figure display pics) about the impending 1/6th-scale JOKER (BANK ROBBER) from Hot Toys' Movie Masterpiece line (the second Joker figure to be released / FIRST) - Blister.jp has it listed @ SRP of 22,000YEN (US$202 / SGD$286) - which happens to be quite a difference compared to the earlier blogged HK$920 (US$118 / SGD$167 / based on the Hong Kong

1/6 bank robber joker by hot toys

The Hot Toys x Dark Knight 1/6th-scaled articulated action figure onslaught [tagged] shows absolutely no sign of slowing down - what with a brand "new" 1/6-version of Heath Ledger's Joker dubbed: BANK ROBBER JOKER! (altho thank gawd they didn't go for the Joker-in-Nurse outfit, innit? heh) - featuring what I reckon would be cooler-looking headsculpts than the earlier version, IMHO - and of coz