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I think you understand why Montoya is the BAF more than you let on. I am glad people are getting figures from this they like. I loved TAS, but I much prefer the look of TNBA. It's sharper, more distinct. So I got all the figures I wanted originally - TNBA Batman, Robin (Tim Drake), Batgirl (love the black costume), Catwoman (massively improved redesigned, and love the white face makeup), Poison Ivy (sadly, they made the skin too green -- it's gray), and Joker. So the only figure from McFarlane's re-releases that I bought was TAS Scarecrow simply because my original was so valuable I could never bring myself to open it. The only figure I want from this line now is Lois Lane. If they released a Wonder Woman, I'd probably buy it, but I've felt very satisfied with my little collection for years.

Not sure why they made Renée Montoya as a build-a-figure, when she had a 1-piece toy in DC Collectibles already. They could have made her part of a regular wave... Ah well, I have to buy the whole wave again for her. Sadly, could not sell off most of the previous wave so far. And yeah, odd that TAS Penguin is still not in a wave. I have him but missing some umbrellas... At any rate, I am grateful this line gave me Scarecrow, Two-Face and Batgirl without me needing to pay 200$ for them, and now Montoya too. But yes, so many characters remain unmade... Leslie Thompkins, Rupert Throne, TAS version of Baby Doll, Roland Daggett, Dr. Hugo Strange, Ubu, Red Claw, Rhino, Kyodai Ken, Lucius Fox... Not to mention variants like the civilian identities of Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson. TNBA should have made a Batwoman 3-pack too, same mold, 3 different alternate heads! And a TNBA Penguin, while I was never a huge fan of the design, would have been cool (especially if he came with Lark, Raven and Jay). I understand the JL figures were sadly attached to the short lived DC streaming service, and could not be reproduced... but if they could re-release Girl's Night Out, why not Superman and Lois? I hope when Mattel takes over, they will not abandon this line.

Yep, gotta grab that one now.

That is so cool. Will definitely be keeping an eye out for their other work!

I know they've said they won't do it, but this a big reason I would have loved Jada to do them. Sure, they take forever to get out, but they've been methodically building out the entire SFII roster nicely at a good price point and excellent availability (here in NZ at least). I'd love to see that sort of long-term care and planning being given to a MK line. McFarlane could have nicely peppered the ninjas out as he built up the rest of the roster, giving him and easy repaint figure to pop into every wave and spread the cost of the new figures out a but, but no...

It's insane that we haven't had a Red Claw, even as a BAF. Her, Rupert Thorne, Hugo Strange, Kyodai Ken and Roland Dagget would be my ideal 'finish the BTAS villains off' wave, but you'd never sell that many old guys in suits to retailers. TNBA is a whole 'nother list...

That ain't how Todd rolls. He'll repaint an existing figure to death, regardless of if anyone wants it or it makes any sort of sense.

I’m sure McFarlane regrets not doing build a figures on the TNBA side. The build a figures got people to buy figures they already owned to get the new ones. Those cells, not so much.

The recycling of old figures with new paint apps is becoming laughable with this line. Now they are going into clear, colored plastic using old molds. Are people really buying this stuff? McFarlane is going for the final cash grab on this line. Why couldn't he that thrown in a few new characters like the Mad Hatter or FalseFace from Batman '66? Louis the Lilac too? He could have used a lot of those old figures with modified extras & at least they'd be new characters....oh well.

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It's not a face plate. It's a head. The hair is removable. I have pics above showing the hair can go on the other recent Supergirl figures. The main problem with Milly Alcock figures is that the neck is too wide and the arms are really skinny, making them seem too long. For those curious, I'm attaching pics below of how I ended up. My two favorite Supergirls are First Appearance wearing Milly Alcock's hair and Benoit's hair. The Benoit hair is a better sculpt and the Alcock is a better blonde. Both are better than the yellow crayola hair First Appearance comes with.

OMG this is just so nice. All the vibes are there. Excellent execution on all levels.

TNBA Penguin, Rupert Thorne and Red Claw are some of my most wanted figures, even though I don't display the New Batman Adventures figures.

There’s more than just Penguin. There’s still TNBA Robin which we’ll never get because the tool is lost so youll have to make do with Dick Grayson in Tim’s suit in this wave or just buy one off eBay. He’s cheap. There’s Superman and Lois Lane as well as the entire Justice League done in the Timm/Randomski style. There’s the 2 Bat Signals and version 2 Harley and Harley in her Mad Love 2-pk nightie and a tweaked Joker. There’s Klarion and his cat which were supposed to be with Etrigan. There’s still Roxy Rocket and her rocket and there’s 3 expression packs for Batman, Joker and Harley. We’ve gotten some of them sprinkled throughout the line. Lastly, there’s the 6-8 figures Mcfarlane released on the The Adventure Continues cardbacks early on before these boxed figs started up. And Todd needs to do a TNBA Penguin. It’s a massive hole and mindboggling that DC never made him. We need Rupert Thorne and the alter egos for the rest of the Bat family on the btas side. Not sure why we didnt get characters on the tnba side. I certainly dont care about the cels that took their place. Those went in the trash

Found black condor and gangbuster at target for $24.99 so much for in-store exclusive at GameStop...they were also charging $34.99. So glad I waited and didn't buy on eBay for double the price. Every now and then I get a win, but with Mcfarlane it's getting harder and harder. Happy collecting!

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I like him. The color palette is just right outta the cartoon Feels like he belongs

Saw the supergirl movie figs today. Not AS bad in hand I thought. It's the way they did the face plate, it makes it stick out and it has to be wider to fit from what I could piece together.

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Should be interesting to see if this is the last BTAS BAF wave by McFarlane before their DC license ends in December. They still have BTAS Penguin out there as the only re-release from the original DC Direct BTAS line unproduced. Will that one be a stand alone Page Puncher or will McFarlane cobble together (pun intended) one more BAF wave? Will they just ignore BTAS Penguin entirely?

Just a head’s up- I have the Asuka blokees figure (ordered from China before they hit the US), and while it looks great, it is a bit tall compared to SH Figuarts or Figma figures. I was able to make it work by having it a little farther back in the display, but if you are picky about scale consistency, you may be better off with the Figuarts figure. I believer there is also a Bandai model kit option in the 30 Minute line which I generally scales well with articulated anime figures.

Tim wasn't in Batman the Animated Series Line, he was in The New Batman Adventures from DC Direct and that line seems done.