THE DARK KNIGHT's Batman, Christian Bale, Finally Dons Comic-Accurate Costume Thanks To New Hot Toys Figure

THE DARK KNIGHT's Batman, Christian Bale, Finally Dons Comic-Accurate Costume Thanks To New Hot Toys Figure

Hot Toys has revealed a new Batman figure based on Christian Bale's likeness in The Dark Knight Trilogy, albeit with a grey, blue, and yellow colour scheme that's more in line with what we've seen on the page.

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2023 06:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy is rightly considered one of the greatest series of comic book movies ever made. However, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises were very much grounded in reality. 

There were plenty of nods to the comic books and an exciting spin on characters like The Joker and Two-Face, but Bruce Wayne's Batsuit was rooted in the real world. 

For those of you wondering what that costume would look like with the classic grey, blue, and yellow colour scheme from the comic books, Hot Toys has you covered with a new "WB 100" 1/6th scale figure that puts a new spin on Christian Bale's Batman. 

Honestly, we're not sure what to think. This might have worked on the big screen, but the design doesn't necessarily lend itself to multiple colours. Perhaps The Brave and the Bold's Caped Crusader will head down this route? 

Fingers crossed someone asks Andy Muschietti about that. 

Hot Toys has also revealed a new Wonder Woman figure based on Gal Gadot's appearance in the 2017 movie. Will a new Superman follow? Considering the fact Henry Cavill has been ousted from the role, we wouldn't necessarily bank on this Trinity being completed as he may be unwilling to lend his likeness to it. 

We're sure many of you would welcome a new Man of Steel based on Christopher Reeve or even Brandon Routh, though!

Check out these figures below. 

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DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 6/5/2023, 6:24 AM
Too glossy and vibrant. The light blue should have been less saturated.
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 6/5/2023, 11:41 AM
@DrReedRichards - yeah, and the cape needs to match the cowl.

It's interesting but could be improved.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/5/2023, 6:25 AM
That clour scheme makes he hate that suit even more. I still think the Begins suit was better aside from the clear difference of the fabric of the cape to the suit.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/5/2023, 6:28 AM
@UniqNo - Say what you want about Snyder, but this suit was hand's down the best Batsuit in all of his live action appearances.

DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 6/5/2023, 6:31 AM
@UniqNo -

Same for his Batmobile. Sleek and tactical, just like the Arkham games. Shame it was used as a meat-grinder instead.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/5/2023, 6:35 AM
@DrReedRichards - Agreed, though I was loving the Tumbler when it was the first piece of imagery we got for Batman Begins.

The Arkham city 1, if it ever got realised in live action, it would be the best.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 6/5/2023, 6:39 AM
@UniqNo -

Nolan's bat-vehicles might be the one element I never vivbed with from his trilogy. Even the tumbler's front that turned into a motorcycle, which sounds insanely cool in concept, just looked way too tactical and militarized, missing a lot of the earlier one's sleek.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 6/5/2023, 6:42 AM
@UniqNo - I actually think that's one of the worst bat suits, it's fat and makes Ben look like a sontaran from doctor who. Sndyer batmobile is great though
Conquistador
Conquistador - 6/5/2023, 6:53 AM
@Taonrey - I thought that about the one in BVS, but i much prefer the slimed down sleeker version they redid for JL, where Affleck was actually bigger.

@DrReedRichards - Yeah i think the Bike was an after thought, but I liked that sequence in TDK. The one Batfleck seems to be using in Flash looks dope though!

I also did quite like Nolan's version of the jet/copter aswell in Rises though.

TheClungerine
TheClungerine - 6/5/2023, 6:26 AM
Would rather see the Batman Begins suit in this colour scheme
CoHost
CoHost - 6/5/2023, 6:27 AM
This was the best Batsuit ever but yikes at this.
case
case - 6/5/2023, 6:48 AM
Terrible! Worse than it was already.
Fogs
Fogs - 6/5/2023, 7:18 AM
Nah. Doesn't work at all.

I once saw a '89 color scheme edit and it looked way better.
bcom
bcom - 6/5/2023, 7:33 AM
Honestly, it looks terrible. Far too shiny and I don’t think the ‘comic accurate’ colour scheme works on the Dark Knight suit. Maybe the blue and grey would’ve worked better with Bale’s Batman Begins suit as it’s a simpler, less busy suit?
toylled
toylled - 6/5/2023, 7:40 AM
That looks [frick]ing awful!
Deklipz
Deklipz - 6/5/2023, 7:42 AM
Forget off whomever chose the glossy paint instead of a matte paint colors should be flogged. Taking that into consideration if the cowl/gloves/etc… were in a darker blue where it looked borderline black/dark grey in the shadows and a flatter grey across the suit it would help. Afflecks latest is a blue and grey and it works fine. It’s the shiny here that [frick]s it. Looks like robocop armor instead of Batman.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 6/5/2023, 8:07 AM
Looks awful.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 6/5/2023, 8:15 AM
ngl looks like shit.
ImBatman4realz
ImBatman4realz - 6/5/2023, 8:18 AM
“Finally dons comic-accurate suit”…. Josh, it’s a toy. And it looks horrible with this color scheme. LMFAO
Winston19
Winston19 - 6/5/2023, 8:20 AM
“Comic accurate” lol no
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