Rovanic Studios expands Batman portfolio

[Yellow Oval]

I don't collect anymore but if I did I'd pass on all of these. The Ovan ones are close but the cape interior colors don't cut it for me. The rest, except for one, are all Frank Miller's ridiculous fantasies. I swear that skinny little guy must have gotten beaten up in school and always wished he had a big brute as a friend to defend him. That, or he dreamt that was what he wanted to be. Either way, his insane reworking of turning Batman into DC's version of the Incredible Hulk and then Iron Man never, ever cut it for me. The exception figure is Lee Bermejo's Batman which still falls under the ridiculous 'too-armored up to barely move' syndrome. As far as I see it Batman, as a concept, has completely gone off the rails. Then again, so has the whole superhero comicdom concept.

[BiffPow]

I don't collect anymore but if I did I'd pass on all of these. The Ovan ones are close but the cape interior colors don't cut it for me. The rest, except for one, are all Frank Miller's ridiculous fantasies. I swear that skinny little guy must have gotten beaten up in school and always wished he had a big brute as a friend to defend him. That, or he dreamt that was what he wanted to be. Either way, his insane reworking of turning Batman into DC's version of the Incredible Hulk and then Iron Man never, ever cut it for me. The exception figure is Lee Bermejo's Batman which still falls under the ridiculous 'too-armored up to barely move' syndrome. As far as I see it Batman, as a concept, has completely gone off the rails. Then again, so has the whole superhero comicdom concept.

[Lou Szabo]

He’s moving to a slightly larger scale now, see below

[Lou Szabo]

Just got back from Vacation to find my Dark Knight returns figure arrived. Ordered in late March/early April.
He’s in Indonesia. The shipping should have taken 5-7 days, but there was an error in the address so after going thru a circular phone, web, phone , web hell with DHL, I got it sorted out. Luckily he included pictures of the customs form and address label, so I saw the error. Minor point, but it could have been lost.

There is no outer mailer box like a Hot Toys, but cardboard paper/bubble wrap.

Outer Box 2

Outer box 1

Outer box

Loosely, it is a 9 x 14 box

It has a nice cutout on the sides but the top and bottom fit like a . Luckily I got it apart.

Side cutout

Front cover art

Lid removed

[Lou Szabo]

Front art

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Figure as packaged

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In the upper left, I have an aged Wayne head. Need to take a new photo which I’ll add here. Three weeks straight business travel leaves you backed up, and I have another week to go.
7 months and 10 days to retirement!

[BiffPow]

Looks well made, Lou.

[Lou Szabo]

I’ll try to take it out. I’m trying to make a 1968 Batman animated display for Halloween, and these colors are close. Finally got a box for the Ideal cowl, now I need the face insert. Chuck made the face insert for his comic book cowl, I just need to white out the eyes.

[BiffPow]

One thing you can do for a 1966 Batman Halloween Display: take the clear plastic sheet from a cheap poster frame and then adhere your choice of foamboard “fighting words” to it. I did that for a Batman themed Halloween a few years ago. We would hold the plexiglass surreptitiously in front of us (the edges weren’t too noticeable) and pose for photos as if Batman had hit the Joker, etc. It was a fun effect.

You can even suspend the sheet from the ceiling using fishing line, then just stand behind it and pose.

[Lou Szabo]

His latest creation

[AndyFish]

If he does a Lewis Wilson Batman I'm all in.

[Lou Szabo]

I suggest you ask him. These are all customs.

[Lou Szabo]

Some of his latest designs

The one on the right is from some new project

And SSR has a new 1/6 Gotham by Gaslight coming in February 24

[AndyFish]

Love the Batman Gargoyle figure on the right-- that's a fun series even if the story isn't all that great-- the art is. I'm pretty much done with pre-orders-- getting sick of waiting for stuff. If it's not available right now, I'm out.

[Lou Szabo]

I thought you might like that gargoyle version. It calls back the original 1939 cowl, and the mid 2000 animated series. What network carries the show?

[Lou Szabo]

I picked up the black and gray figure too. Great set