2023 BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES RETURNS | CONDIMENT KING Wave One | McFarlane Toys 

The shading is killing these awesome figures. Neca seems to be the only company that’s doing it correctly. Mondo I wish didn’t do the shading as well. These figures would look better without it. It doesn’t look good. 🍻

Nice to see Scarecrow reissued as the original is one of the hardest DCD figures to find (the whole final wave is)

The cell shading on Batman can easily be removed with onyx nail polish remover. Be careful with the regular black though because that’s painted on grey plastic

Honestly I wish Hasbro and Mcfarlane just get rid of this "Cel-shading" gimmick and just do regular paint on them. In the animated shows, they are just simple shadow and highlight on the character. It just doesn't work when translating into action figure form, the "cel-shaded" parts look like some ugly paint slop and don't look like shading at all.

A very honest and accurate review! I hope McFarlane is taking notes.

I'm totally digging these. But I agree with everything you said. These bigger toy companies need to do better.

i just bought wave two and now i really want wave 1, esp. Condiment King!

McFarlane Toys has been re-using alot lately and I wouldn't mind it if they at least updated the joints on the figures.

I actually liked the shading a lot , gives them the animated touch imo

So when I bought all 4 last night I did notice my Scarecrow has the platinum sticker lols… I looked for other platinum figures but didn’t see any, and now I understand why. I need a Batbike tho…

Im predicting 2nd wave baf is manbat.

Looks like Robin lost the battle with the condiment King with the mustar cell shading lol

That Batman chest is quite different not just the crunch but they hollow a bit the size of the pecks on the sides so he can grab the batcycles steering wheel. As far as I can tell

Maaaaan that bike with Batman is saaaaa-weet

dang. Bittersweet. I myself also missed these years ago, so digging the second chance, but 'ol greasy legs gary... Thanks Shiz!

Mr. Freeze not having an elbow joint is a huge fail to me. It's the only kind of articulation he needs, for using his gun.

How to change the Bat-teries? 😁

I might pick these up. DC Direct line was hard to get for me, and after market is high. Plus, it looks like the plastic is a bit sturdier, and they stand easier compared to older lines, the ones I had would fall and break all the time

Robin looks like he got Mustard all over him from the King lol

The only cell shading I dig is the scythe

Man, I was very excited for this line since I wasn't too keen on the DC Collectibles line and thought this was a possible second chance. Any and all enthusiasm I had went out the door when I discovered that these were just inferior repaints.

Are you getting the joker interrogation room scene from Mcfarlane dc multiverse

Cool 😎

Todd has to stop shading. However, I'll still buy them (Batman New Adventures Penguin) but I wish he would expand on Justice League Unlimited and give us Mattel's Holiday Hal Jordan!!! Hawkgril with mace would be appreciated too.

Ugh McFarlane is being McFarlane with this line unfortunately. Really glad to see this line being re-released but just wish McFarlane would refrain from interjecting anything and just copy the originals.

Man these are sooo ouch lol thank god for scarecrow re release - i have a nice amount of the original ones

Best review of this wave by far. These are a bitch to find. I have only the Platinum Scarecrow lol. I need the rest. Sold my original DC Collectibles Robin and Freeze in anticipation of this one. McFarlane Toys needs to curb the cel shading for sure and keep going forward. Give us Lock Up!

I would be all over these if not for the cel-shading. It's way too much.

I really liked the shading...don't know why it bothers people so much.

What a bummer.. they seriously need to make up for it with future waves. Alfred is a good start. But perhaps something new, in scale and no sunburn cellshading. Batman looks awful.

I wonder if any other BAFs like Condiment King are planned - theres some characters DCD never managed to get to like Clock King and Red Claw which would be nice

Oh.....now i wish i got this instead of my arc trooper jesse

These prices are absolutely ridiculous in store and in a year or two you'll probably come across them in a ROSS'S store or Ollie's for a fraction of that price

Target cancelled my Alfred

Can't wait 2 get Batman on Amazon.

Nice review! Sculpts look great! Cell shading... nope!

10.31.23😮

How's the quality/plastic VS the orig DC Collectible ones? Hasbro feels or still the same McFarlane feels?

Great video and review man 🦇🔥

Guess I should've watched your review on Batman before I got it, I broke the left leg within the first 5 mins of opening it 😢

we should start a petition for the arm paint and leg joints

Hey, Shiz! I saw the platinum variant of the scare crow at my local target. Let me know if you still need him!

Are these figures full blown re-issues of the originals? It will make collecting, such as that Alfred, great additions to my original figures without having to re purchase

Honestly was not a fan of the Batman figure from this release. Wish they could have kept the BTAS body mold from DC collectibles and got rid of the shading... other than that I like the rest of the figures

Sadly I didn’t get these when they came out and I just started collecting figures found out they started to do this reissued line and I’m kinda bummed with the shading it just looks sloppy but I do think the scarecrow and mr freeze looks decent so hopefully I can pick these up

End cel shading!

I really liked these till I saw Batmans chest crunch I hate that so I won't be getting any of them

The shading and articulation hurt these figures. I get that a lot of people prefer their figures having lots of articulation (including me) but Bruce times art style does not lend itself to this level of articulation.

Are these softer than the DC Direct releases? The old ones would break at the joints a lot because of the cheap and delicate plastic they were made of. A lot of DC Direct figures did that tbh.

i have a couple of million to spend

Are the capes from the original releases swappable with these?

Coool review, the self-shading is really odd. Robin looks like he peed on his pants. On this one the Bad guys win...

That cell shading may sound cool in theory but really does not look good at all.

I'm also not a fan of the $30 msrp

I can't stand the "cell shaded" figured Marvek and DC have been releasing. I'll stick with my originals

Please don't bring back this show. We don't need it for a "MODERN AUDIENCES".

The face shading kills the figures for me; hard pass.

Bruce Timm's WB BTAS streamlined lazy designs don't hold up or lend themselves well to the action figure community. Action figures have gotten pricey - and nostalgic less detail might be easier for Timm and co to animate for cartoons - but it sure as shit makes for an eyesore unspectacular action figure. It didn't work for the BTAS 90s inarticulate overrated toys, and moreover doesn't work now. They've gotten stale and boring. Too many perfect comic book detail perfect action figures now to settle for these.

That's not the Animated Series scarecrow he's supposed to look funny and wimpy?

Why not just put some Kiki on his legs? Will tighten em right up.

Give us some women figures jesus my shelf looking like a huge sausage fest

Now I understand, that's not cellshading, it's Condiment King's doing :D

Despite the size difference, I can't wait to build Condiment King! I'm a sucker for whacky one off characters and he is one of the most memorable. I'm also REALLY hoping Todd rereleases the animated Batcave, which I am now ready to purchase for MSRP (I was not back then and it remains one of my biggest toy regrets).

What's holding me back from picking these up is the price, I'll wait for them to go on clearance then I'll buy the wave.

I'll stick with the original DC Collectibles Batman from Batman: The Animated Series. That has better proportions and the biggest selling point, doesn't have the awful cel shading. Batman on the new one looks particularly bad. I recently bought my holy grail Batman: The Animated Series figure, Combat Belt Batman by Kenner.

I saw all of them minus batman at target.....I'm gonna gamble and hope they eventually make these minus the terrible cell shading! I have some serious FOMO though. But I'm hoping Todd does Todd with these and even puts out the condiment king with more paint. These things aren't worth 30 bucks as they are now

Robin got a whole new P job.....on his pants

I really like the Batman, and the things that seem to bother most people about it (cape and cel shading) don’t bother me at all. He at least looks somewhat accurate and he has boot swivel and ab crunch, along with a cloth cape, that’s all I wanted.

ugh that cell shading, what were they thinking???!!!

It is incredibly loose. Unreal! Mine is too.

They don't look as good as the original 90s releases just because they are new doesn't make them better

They went lazy with freeze

So 6 inch

I had the entire collection of dc collectibles btas . Sold three items last year, scarecrow, rogues gallery and mad love set. Mainly because I got a good price for them. These look so bad to me that i dont think i will struggle selling the rest of my figures. DC collectibles look like collectibles. These look like cheap toys. To each their own.

You were so much nicer about these than I was. 😆. These are my #1 worst figures of the year.

Why would they use grey for the highlights on the blue? That looks weird.

Is the condiment king out of scale?

Toy shiz! You know that robin figure has a good paint job and no it is not hasbro ish

Condiment King was "Mcfarlane-ized" with his height 🤣...too bad Robin wasnt improved with extra articulation and a cloth cape with extra helmet for the cycle....

I believe the platinum scarecrow is one per case. When I was directed to a Target that had them in stock the Target that directed me to that one said they had 6 pieces in stock. When I asked customer service to get a Batman and Robin they said they are all under the same dpci even though the site has them on their own separate ones. I went back to that target to get the other figures I didn't get the previous day and if you add them up it's 6 in a case. So count is Batman x 2, Robin, Scarecrow, Plat Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze. Also I put a little bit of cotton in the legs of condiment king and that helped with the looseness a lot. The legs for him just pop off and pop back on super easily.