Just where does he get those wonderful toys? Sideshow Collectibles, that's where! Available to pre-order from Sideshow now is The Joker Collectible Figure that is described as "truly movie-accurate" to Tim Burton's 1989 classic and we would agree, a 1:6th scale of Jack Nicholson's smiling crown prince of crime that I really wish I could get my hands on. Hot Toys and DX have simply outdone themselves on this one. Just look at what poses you can make with him; The 12 inch figure comes with the following features;
Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Jack Nicholson as The Joker from the 1989 Batman movie Approximately 30 cm tall TrueType body with over 30 points of articulation Detailed hair sculpture Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS) patented by Hot Toys Limited Highly detailed make-up, expression and wrinkles Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted Eight (8) pieces of interchangeable gloved palms including: One (1) pair of open palms One (1) pair of relaxed palms One (1) right palm for holding pistol One (1) right palm for holding remote radio One (1) right palm for holding magic stick One (1) left palm for holding walkie talkie One (1) purple hat One (1) purple tuxedo One (1) purple overcoat with turquoise scarf and poison orchid One (1) orange shirt One (1) turquoise vest One (1) turquoise tie with dotted pattern One (1) pair of white gloves One (1) pair of purple and turquoise checker pants with suspenders One (1) pair of purple shoes One (1) long pistol One (1) short pistoOne (1) remote radio One (1) magic stick One (1) walkie talkie One (1) speaker One (1) chattering teeth One (1) mask One (1) Joker card Four (4) piles of US money Light-up figure stand with Joker nameplate, the movie logo and DX series title
Not to be outdone, there is also a new Batman 1989 12 inch figure to go alongside The Joker, which I believe the pose above is his stance before that crazy gymnast goon makes his spectacular but in the end disastrous attempt to martial arts The Dark Knight down. The likeness of course is that of Michael Keaton and it looks scarily like him. You can't really have Batman without The Joker (as he says in The Dark Knight "you and I will be doing this forever") and if you have the cash (we don't recommend you taking out a loan to buy these... as tempting as it may be!) you really need to pre-order them both together. Here's what comes with the Batman figure; Authentic and detailed fully realized likeness of Michael Keaton as Batman in the Batman (1989) movie Approximately 30 cm tall Newly developed Batman body with 30 points of articulation Newly developed head sculpt with three (3) interchangeable faces capturing the classic Batman facial expressions Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS) patented by Hot Toys Limited Seven (7) pieces of interchangeable gloved palms including: One (1) pair of relaxed palms One (1) pair of fists One (1) right palm for holding grapple gun One (1) right palm for holding remote radio One (1) left open palm Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted One (1) Bat-suit with cape and Batman logo on chest One (1) utility belt One (1) pair of black boots One (1) extendable gauntlet One (1) batarang One (1) remote radio Light-up figure stand with Batman nameplate, movie logo and the DX series title One (1) grapple gun One (1) gauntlet Three (3) smoke capsules One (1) timer bomb Two (2) Ninja wheels Batman retails at US $239.99 and The Joker at $264.99 Both are limited edition so make sure you pre-order whilst you still have chance. The 12 inch figures will be shipped in the first quarter of next year.