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Collectors of the SH Figuarts Iron-Man figures will be looking enviously at the upcoming Marvel Age of Heroes event in Japan this week and it's own exclusive - the Marvel Now Black & Gold Mk3 Iron-Man. In reality this is a repaint of the 2016 Mark 3 cinematic Iron-Man suit, it also looks to come complete with the same accessories like the repulser effects. This release will be sold exclusively at the show for 5800 Yen (£42 / $52). Expect the secondary market to be much more if you are going to try and track this down for your own collection.

McFarlane are bringing the popular Destiny video game to life in their Color Tops 7" series of figures, and confirmed the first three figures earlier this year as Vault of Glass Titan, Kings Fall Warlock and Iron Banner Hunter. On top of these 7" figures, collectors will also be able to get a 10" deluxe Lord Saladin But it seems the 2017 Destiny line will be even bigger with the announcement of these US Retailer exclusive. There will be four additional figures, one per retailer - Gamestop, Walmart, Walgreens and Target. Each exclusive is numbered as part of the main Color Tops range. Where this leaves UK collectors is unknown. Gamestop do usually ship internationally, but the others are unlikely to reach UK shores - at least in the mainstream. WARLOCK HOLLOW SHADER – GAMESTOP EXCLUSIVE HUNTER MILLON MILLON SHADER – WALMART EXCLUSIVE HUNTER BLACKSMITH SHADER – WALGREENS EXCLUSIVE TITAN AMDUAT INK SHADER – TARGET EXCLUSIVE

Review : Obi-Wan Kenobi (A New Hope) Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : 40th Anniversary Released : March 2017 Price : £24.99 In early 2017 Hasbro announced a series of 6" scale Black Series figures to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, A New Hope. The intention was to replicate the original 12 Kenner figures by releasing the 6" versions on retro Kenner style cards. The first wave was released March 2017 and was made up of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. All five figures were re-releases, although Leia did get a revised headsculpt. The new card backs are sized to accommodate the 6" figures, without being a direct upscale of the original 3.75" figures. They utilise the same character image as well as the Star Wars and Kenner logo's. The character name is set into a coloured box, with the same colouring used behind the figure. A neat 40th Anniversary logo sits in the top left corner. Round the back of the card is a checklist of the 12 figures that will be released. These are framed in various colours, each colour matching the scheme that will be used on their card. Under the 12 figures is an image of the Legacy pack, the stand that revisits the original Early Bird pack and gives collectors who aren't keeping these on card a display option for loose figures. A subtle Black Series logo is atop the card and of course being 40 years after Kenner & Lucasfilm, we now find the Disney logo at the base of the card along with the present day safety notices and legal logo's Obi-Wan stands 6 inches in height and is probably one of the best Human character likenesses they have done in the past 12 months. The likeness is a reasonable one to Alec Guinness particularly capturing his cheek-bones and the fierceness of his stare. There remains a lack of any paint application on the skin tone, but with a more define aged face than say a General Hux, the light and shadows falling on the sculpt does part of the job for you. The beard and hair also helps, and I am pleased they didn't just go with a stereo-typical grey, but more the grey/blonde colouring that Kenobi had in 1977. The torso is a hard plastic with the outer cream robes over an inner darker one. Neither of these carry any real paint depth, just a base colour. The belt is a dark brown band with gold buttons and hook to the right as you look on which Ben can hang his light saber hilt. And to the left is a pouch. The lower robes are a more flexible plastic and are a slightly different colouring to the top half. These lower robes are fitted on top of sculpted, and very detailed, legs. These legs are dark brown with texturing on the trousers and a sculpted seam, and these trousers then tuck into a sculpted boot. You wonder if these legs will make an appearance further down the line in another figure as Hasbro didn't really need to put any detail into a pair of legs that are completely hidden at all times. The outer robe is done in soft goods, similar to how Emperor Palpatine was realised in phase 2, and is fully removable - although I found one of the arms on mine was a very tight squeeze to get over the flared cuff of Obi-Wan's sleeve. Straight out of the box and the robes are a tad flat and need some work to get them to hang right. The fabric is light enough and does flow and hang fairly well to the scale it is representing. The hood is stitched and therefore does sit like a hood when up, but is a bit bulky when folded back. I compared the supplied robe to another that was fan made, and they are probably about the same in terms of how they work on the figure with pros and cons to each. The custom version is a bit better in terms of stitching and finishing, and I worry that Obi-Wan's cloak will fray pretty easily over time. Articulation is standard to the Black Series. Starting at the feet there is ankle rockers, double jointed knees, a thigh cut swivel and ball jointed hips. None of this is really of any use as you can only move the legs within the confines of the outer skirt piece. That being said, Obi-Wan stands really well and isn't going to fall over easily. The waist is jointed so the torso can swivel and this joint is hidden nicely in the wrap around the belt. The arms are where you will tweak Obi-Wan's look so it's good to find the arms are really maneuverable on the ball jointed shoulders either up above the head or out to the side. The elbows are single jointed, but do swivel. And as you can see from my pictures, with a bit of tweaking of great wrist movement, you can get Obi-Wan to hold his saber in both sides and ready to take on Vader. The articulation ends in the ball joined head, so Obi can look around a full 360 degrees and up and down. This is the third release of this Obi-Wan figure in under 12-months, and there is an element of saturation now for poor old Ben. The initial release as the SDCC pack with his table & holographic Leia. He then arrived in the Phase 3 red box, and now again here in the 40th Anniversary packaging. The price has also risen in just a few months from the £23 you paid for the Red Box release to £25 now for this retro card. The card is what this release is all about and many collectors will simply keep these on the card back for the nostalgia element. Either way the figure is a good one, despite being plentiful, and whether your a loose collector who still needs a Ben figure or a MOC collector wanting your own 2017 version of the 12-backs - then this figure is an easy 4 out of 5 release. Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US

Review : Luke Skywalker, Farmboy (A New Hope) Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : 40th Anniversary, Wave 1 Released : March 2017 Price : £24.99 In early 2017 Hasbro announced a series of 6" scale Black Series figures to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, A New Hope. The intention was to replicate the original 12 Kenner figures by releasing the 6" versions on retro Kenner style cards. The first wave was released March 2017 and was made up of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. All five figures were re-releases, although Leia did get a revised headsculpt. The new card backs are sized to accommodate the 6" figures, without being a direct upscale of the original 3.75" figures. They utilise the same character image as well as the Star Wars and Kenner logo's. The character name is set into a coloured box, with the same colouring used behind the figure. A neat 40th Anniversary logo sits in the top left corner. Round the back of the card is a checklist of the 12 figures that will be released. These are framed in various colours, each colour matching the scheme that will be used on their card. Under the 12 figures is an image of the Legacy pack, the stand that revisits the original Early Bird pack and gives collectors who aren't keeping these on card a display option for loose figures. A subtle Black Series logo is atop the card and of course being 40 years after Kenner & Lucasfilm, we now find the Disney logo at the base of the card along with the present day safety notices and legal logo's Out of the box and Luke stands 5 3/4 inches high, so accurate in terms of how he stands shorter than Han Solo. The head sculpt, or certainly the hair, is a new sculpt with the face being similar to the Stormtrooper Luke from phase 2. The facial element is a decent enough likeness to Mark Hamill, but suffers from being too glossy and also quite basic in paint applications - something that has deteriorated over time with the Black Series. I say this in nearly all my Black Series reviews now - "I would love to see what a talented painter would do with the sculpt". The glossy skin tone continues into the chest and arms and these are covered by the controversial soft goods tunic. There will be loads of arguments to and for soft goods for this type of clothing. Purists will want no soft goods at all, or just reserve them for capes/robes. Others will applaud Hasbro trying something different - and how it helps cover unsightly joints without holding back the articulation. I've taken a few days to consider how I feel about the tunic. It is a light enough material so holds a decent shape across the body - but is too puffy on the sleeves. The longer edges are stitched, but the sleeves and the bottom are not and look very susceptible to fraying at some point. My biggest issue is that I think it is too white - it needs dirtying up a bit. Out of the box it looks like Luke is advertising Tatooine's version of Daz. The belt does a good job holding the tunic in place and is pretty well detailed with a darker wash over the brown and then various implements and pouches hanging down. I do find myself frustrated here though where they can apply washes and highlights to a belt, but not to a characters face. The trousers are a pale sand colour and up close do have a bit of texture to them, although the paint is a plain colour so there is no attempt to bring out the texture. The boots on the other hand are weathered to look like they are sandy and dirty - which then makes the difference between boots (dirty) and tunic (Daz white) not make any sense. Articulation is pretty awesome however, one of the better Black Series figures. The head moves freely and can rotate fully as well as look up and down. The arms are pretty amazing, with no constraints from clothing or robes thanks to the soft goods. The ball jointed shoulders rotate fully and go up and down, and the elbows - well wow - these can actually fold back on themselves so Luke can easily get into double handed light saber action poses. He can even touch his own chest if he feels the need. A torso joint also sits neatly under the tunic allowing Luke to bend back and forward and rotate his torso. Legs are fully maneuverable at the hips, again unencumbered by the lower part of the tunic. There is then a thigh swivel, which is probably a bit unnecessary, but is hidden behind the tunic also so isn't a detraction. Knees are double jointed, and the ankles are on a ball rocker so not only do they point forward or back but they also move side to side which means Luke's feet can always be planted flat to the floor despite how wide his stance is. Accessories are a light saber and the binoculars that Luke uses in his pursuit of R2-D2. The saber fits well into either hand, as well as being held double handed. The blade is clear coloured plastic, perhaps a little pale than I would like and on mine there was also a flaw which is a shame. The blade comes out from the hilt, and the hilt can then be hung on Luke's belt if needed. The binoculars are also well done - cast in black plastic with painted silver details. They fit into either or both hands, and thanks to that awesome arm movement you can pretty much get Luke into a pose so that he is looking through the binoculars looking for Sand people. And here is my big issue with this figure, not the head sculpt, not the soft goods - but the lazy lack of accessories. Had this figure come in 2013 at at launch we would have had a wealth of options to allow us as fans to choose which Luke from A New Hope we had on display. For an ultimate collectors figure then this Luke should have also come with his Tatooine head gear & rifle, training ball and helmet from the Falcon and perhaps even the Stormtrooper belt from the Death Star escape. Luke was a 3 out of 5 figure for us when he arrived in the Red Phase 3 packaging in 2016. While the sculpt isn't perfect, it is passable as a 1977 Mark Hamill. The soft goods aren't too bad either once you've played with and arranged them. The big issue is the cleanliness of them for a character that lives on a Desert planet and has been fighting Tusken Raiders and Storm Troopers. The big selling point is the retro card, and I suspect the most of these will be kept on card on display. For those of us around in the very late 70's and then into the 1980's the card will also play heavily on the nostalgia aspect and you won't help but feel like a child again when get your hands on one of these - especially if you find it in store. The price has gone up, to £25 in most places, so value for money is now being stretched. And with all that factored in I will be scoring the 40th Anniversary release of Luke the same as the previous version. Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US

Review : Princess Leia Organa, A New Hope Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : 40th Anniversary Released : March 2017 Price : £24.99 In early 2017 Hasbro announced a series of 6" scale Black Series figures to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars, A New Hope. The intention was to replicate the original 12 Kenner figures by releasing the 6" versions on retro Kenner style cards. The first wave was released March 2017 and was made up of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. All five figures were re-releases, although the Leia we are about to look at has been given a revised headsculpt after some long running criticisms of the original prototype sculpt and the subsequent Phase 3 release. The new card backs are sized to accommodate the 6" figures, without being a direct upscale of the original 3.75" figures. They utilise the same character image as well as the Star Wars and Kenner logo's. The character name is set into a coloured box, with the same colouring used behind the figure. A neat 40th Anniversary logo sits in the top left corner. Round the back of the card is a checklist of the 12 figures that will be released. These are framed in various colours, each colour matching the scheme that will be used on their card. Under the 12 figures is an image of the Legacy pack, the stand that revisits the original Early Bird pack and gives collectors who aren't keeping these on card a display option for loose figures. A subtle Black Series logo is atop the card and of course being 40 years after Kenner & Lucasfilm, we now find the Disney logo at the base of the card along with the present day safety notices and legal logo's Out of the box and Leia stands a touch over 5" high. This means she is comparable to the original Slave Leia, but a good half a head shorter than the Boushh version. In 1/12 scale 5" would equate to 5ft - and Carrie's bio has her standing at 5ft 1 inch. That is good enough for me and well done to Hasbro for sticking with the scale on this release. This figure has courted controversy since it was announced with the choice of going full soft goods for the clothing - the first time Hasbro has done this having used a mix of soft goods, rubberised plastic and hard plastic on other releases. There was also a lot of negative commentary about the original facial sculpt and paint when it went on display at Celebration London 2016. I was there, and saw the figure briefly before it was taken down - and this production version has certainly fixed a number of issues. The head we eventually got on the Phase 3 release figure did improve on the prototype but was still not the best likeness to Carrie Fisher. The 40th Anniversary figure was seen as an opportunity to put this right. And boy, did they put it right! The new head captures Carrie's likeness really well and rather than rounded and harsh looking, the new head is elongated a little and now represents that "snooty" look that Leia carries through much of A New Hope. While the sculpt is improved, the painting is standard fare for a human character. That means there is no depth or shading, even with the high cheekbones. There is a touch of blusher to either cheek and the lipstick is a bright red. The eyes are neat and painted brown with thinly lined eyebrows. The hair, the iconic danish side buns, is replicated perfectly and up close you can see the lines and strands of the hair. This isn't brought out too well in the paint job with just a flat brown applied. From this point down the outfit is soft goods. It is cut from a lightweight white cloth that is sheer against a light source and shows off the shape of the figure underneath. The torso section looks great, flowing down to a rubber silver and cream belt that draws the fabric in at the waist. From here it then flows down as a long flowing skirt. There isn't as much folding or creasing here so it doesn't look quite as good as it did further up. It does however hang very well on the figure and splays out at the ground with two splits about half an inch up on each side. The soft goods for me fail at the arms and at the hood. Neither sit right out of the box. The sleeves look ballooned rather than hanging naturally to the position of the arms. The hood sticks out terribly not matter where you have it, as you can see on our images. The positive it adds being soft goods is that you can put it up over Leia's head, and this works a little better - although in the spirit of the movie, this hood wasn't worn in too many scenes. You kind of feel that this hood would have been better served as a rubberised piece like Maul and this would have then held in the soft goods at the neck. The other visible parts of the figure are the arms which are slender and flesh toned, but with no real detail. There are then knee high white boots with a trim back sole. And above these the legs are sculpted and flesh detailed. You can remove the whole soft goods leaving you with Leia in a white one piece bathing suit of sorts. I guess this will give Hasbro a good base for a number of female figures such as Mon Mothma or even a number of the female Jedi's we saw in the prequels. While the soft good robes are not to everyone's taste, the articulation they allow is brilliant. The head sits on a ball joint and rotates fully and looks up and down. The arms are jointed at the shoulders, elbows and wrists and can easily reach most positions and can also hold weapons with one or both hands. You can twist the waist under the dress, and this allows the torso to rotate separately to the legs helping the firing poses in particular - like the one she adopts when blasting out of the detention centre. The legs are really articulated with ball jointed hips, thigh swivels, double jointed knees and ankle rockers. With such a wide flowing skirt to the dress you can knee Leia, have her down on one knee or take u wider action stances. With a bit of work (my attempts weren't great) I also think you can bend her into the pose where she is loading the Death Star plans into R2-D2. She is packed with two accessories, each representing a different scene in a New Hope. Her first is the long barreled elegant blaster she is using aboard the Tantive when its attacked by Vader. This fits into her right hand and even with such slender fingers, they do still slip into the trigger. The other is the E11 blaster she takes from Luke to blast her way out of the detention centre. The cast is the same one used on the Original Trilogy Storm Troopers to date and that came packed with Luke & Han in their Storm Trooper Armour. It has been tweaked ever so slightly with a touch of silver paint to the side of the barrel. With such articulated arms it is easy to get Leia to hold this in two hands and this really defines the figure - a princess in a pure white dress, but toting a blaster rifle and looking determined. That just about sums up Leia and Carrie. Getting a tweaked update of a figure is nothing new in the Black Series, nor indeed in figure collecting in general. However, the 40th Anniversary Leia tweak of that head does elevate the figure considerably to its predecessor. The appeal of the 40th Anniversary figures is of course the packaging, and this lovely vintage representation of a 12-back will most likely be kept mint by most collectors. It also scores high on the nostalgia factor. We must dwell on the increased price, another 10% or so since the start of 2017, and that this is a re-release. That all being said, the head improvement alone takes this figure up a notch, and while the soft goods aren't to everyone's liking our Princess in her 40th Anniversary guise is easily worth a 4 out of 5 score. Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US

Review : Baze Malbus (Rogue One) Star Wars Black Series (Hasbro) Wave/Series : Wave 10 (Phase 3) Released : March 2017 Price : £24.99 Arriving in Wave 10 alongside his partner, Chirrut, is Baze Malbus. Baze is packed in the tweaked phase 3 packaging with the wider base panel and artwork, the reduced window down the left hand spine and with no overhead window on the top flap. That aside, the design basics remain the same with a lovely grey lined artwork of Baze adorning the front of the box. To the right is the bright red gloss spine with the #37 emblazoned in big bold black text above a smaller line of text repeating the character name. Around the back is a larger version of the grey portrait and a short paragraph that talks about Baze's home under Imperial occupation and how that hardened him to his current role as a soldier. Interestingly there is no mention of the Guardian of the Whills. Out of the box and Baze is strapped into the plastic insert atop a bright red card back. To the right, as you look, is the Repeater Cannon. And to the left is the backpack and what appears to be a communicator or similar device. The ammo strip is slung under Baze, hidden from site when in the box. Baze stands a touch over 6", and slightly higher than Chirrut. He is a hefty figure with plenty of weight behind him. Sculp wise and the likeness to Jiang Wen is a good one, although as is the case with most Black Series human figures of late the lack of any paint application on the head loses what could be a spectacular looking likeness. What you actually end up with is a skin tone that looks translucent with eyes and beard floating on top. The hair is also a little lumpy and looks too thick, particularly on the front locks where the ties look really thick and too brown. Once past the head the rest of the body is really well done. Baze is wearing a brown combat uniform, and this has a good level of creasing and folds to replicate cloth. The colouring is a touch too light, but Hasbro have weathered the suit and by dirtying up Baze you capture the grittiness and grime of Rogue One and the Jedha scenes in particular. Over the combat suit is a variety of parts, starting with the large red collar come chest piece. This is smooth and glossy with a "V" decal to one side, and to the other some wiring parts which unlike the lumpy and undefined hair are actually slim and well detailed. Just under this collar is a chest piece in a cream colour. This too is washed and grubby and with some additional grey painted detail. Baze's right shoulder carries a red shoulder panel, in the same style and finish of the chest piece. Other accessories around the body include red cuffs at each wrist and some panels on the right thigh and knee. There is also a belt from which hangs a couple of large pouches. The outfit ends in some ankle combat boots in a darker brown and these have been painted to look scuffed / weathered also. Baze only really becomes the Baze we know when we assemble his weapon. The easiest thing to do is to start with the back pack which slots firmly into a corresponding hole on the centre of the figures back. This back pack uses the same red colouring as some of the armour. But it is much more than that when you look at the gold coils and the silver panelling. There is also a rubberised plastic cloak that hangs down one side - reminiscent of the small side cloak/sash worn by Boba Fett? With the backpack in place the Repeater Cannon can be placed into Baze's hands. This is a solid piece and like most of the Rogue One weapons is more defined and in a harder plastic than a lot of the ones we saw on the Force Awakens figures. The gun is cast in a light grey, but is then painted in parts with a darker grey and a red decal on the centre above the ammo socket. The final piece is the ammo strap itself. This is a harder plastic than I thought it might be, but it is flexible enough to work with a number of poses. It slots into corresponding slots on the back pack and then snakes round under the figures right arm to connect to the gun itself. The final accessory is this communicator device. I don't recall it being significant in the film (correct me if I am wrong) and it took me a while to work out if Baze should hold it or whether it has a home? It actually goes on the rear of the figure in a pre-cut slot on the back of the belt. This seems like an over complex detail for something that goes on the back of the figure and that is obscured by the cloak? Articulation is standard although with the armour and the bulkier stature of Baze you may find posing limited. The head is ball jointed but will barely move within the neck section and with the way the hair is sculpted around the head and onto the shoulders. The shoulders are ball jointed and raise up enough to work with the rotating elbow to allow Baze to hold his weapon in a natural 2 handed pose. The wrists are pegged to help with this grip. The shoulders continue up from this weapon pose if you wish to a 90 degree position and from here you can rotate above the head. There is a torso joint tucked neatly behind that chest unit, and this makes it possible to twist the torso independent of the legs if you wish for more action oriented poses. The legs are ball jointed at the hips, followed by a thigh swivel then double jointed knees and an ankle rocker. These combined to allow Baze to stand solidly even with the weapon and backpack pulling either side to overbalance him. You can spread the leg poses wider, and if you really want to Baze will kneel on both knees - the belt pouches stop you doing it on one knee. You can't fault Baze for the amount of gear that is packed in his black & red box. The Repeater Cannon is a nice piece and is engineered very well. Head aside, the Baze figure is well sculpted and in the main well painted and weathered so he looks gritty and grimy and not just having stepped out in brand new clothes. As with any human figures the head lets the figure down. While the sculpt is there, the flesh coloured plastic does not work and leaves the painted features look like they are floating on wax. Even the hair on Baze is poorly executed vs what we have seen on recent figures like Rey or Kanan. I score Baze 4 out of 5, one better than his counter-part Chirrut. And I recommend that you buy these figures as a pair, they just look right paired up on display. Buy from Amazon UK Buy from Amazon US

Bandai have confirmed they will be re-using their 1/12 figure kit for the Star Wars prequel Battle Droid and releasing an Attack of the Clones two pack. The new pack will contain two 1/12 Droids in the revised brown colouring as seen on Geonosis. The kit will include the standard droid blasters, macro binoculars and display stand. It is also shown in the promotional images with a swapped out C-3PO head. The 3PO head will be included in the kit. These kits are already difficult to obtain outside of Japan due to licencing issues. This one will be even more so as it is expected to be a Bandai Hobby Store exclusive. The RRP in Japan will be 4572 Yen (£34 / $43). The kit should be released in June 2017.

The new trailer for Spider-man Homecoming has landed. Doesn't reveal much new but does seem to indicate the "homemade" suit has a bigger part to play. There is also some extended shots of Vulture and Iron-Man's new suit which seems to be a tweaked version of the Mark 46. There are some shots of Shocker also and a cameo by everyone's favourite Star Spangled man with a plan. Figure wise we know Hasbro will bring us most of the above in the Legends 6" scale. Figuarts and MAFEX have a 1/12 Spider-Man planned. Hot Toys are doing 1/6 proto-suit. And Diamond Select will bring us a 7" Spider-Man. Question is will Disney Store be giving us an unmasked 7" Select version or even an exclusive Select Iron-Man in the new colours - after all the sculpt already exists.

Happy Sat-TOY-Day everyone! CLICK HERE for this week's issue Happy 50th Issue to us. Over the past 2 years we've brought you 50 jam packed issues of Sat-TOY-Day, filled with all the Action Figure news that caught our eye. This week is no different as we look at two brand new lines from Diamond Select, see what DC goodies Medicom are putting out and finally finding those Star Wars 40th Anniversary figures in stores. In reviews we look at NECA's Rescuing Newt box set.... and just to see how it all started, we replicate our first issue at the back of this 50th edition. www.facebook.com/mephitsu www.twitter.com/mephitsu www.issuu.com/mephitsu

DC Collectible figures seem to be getting everywhere at the moment and seem to be on a real mainstream push vs their previous comic book existance. Following B&M and Toys R Us in stocking these, Smyths have new DC figures in stock including the Batman Animated Series figures for £9.99 (same price as Toys R US / £2 more than the £7.99 in B&M). They also have the Greg Capullo figures at £14.99, including Superman, Nightwing, Two Face.

Smyths Toys are now stocking the larger 12" scale Marvel Legend figures, and have put them out on an immediate price reduction down to £44.99 each, The store we looked at had the Captain America and Iron-Man figures. These are also listed online, and we suspect are the only two they have on sale at moment - but let us know if you find any others out there via the Disquss option below, or via FACEBOOK

Despite all the new Batman and DC material out right now, Medicom are sticking with the Christian Bale era with this release of a Dark Knight Trilogy MAFEX Batman 1/12 figure. Batman is based on the look from Batman Begins, and is cleverly designed so you can swap out the chest piece and the unmasked head to recreate the look of Bruce trying on the prototype suit. Packed in the release are a masked and unmasked head, with a good likeness to Bale. There is an interchangeable chest plate, grapple gun, battarang and the cape is also removable. He will hit stores in November and is priced at 6800 Yen - £49 / $61