Aybaig did say there was another Bale and Keaton coming down the line soon and his sources have been right every single time (BvS regular and armored).
It would be in bad taste for it to be another TDK/TDKR version, but it wouldn’t surprise me. For as ugly and terribly designed as that suit is, their internal metrics probably show that it’s a way better seller for whatever reason. So at the end of the day, they’re not really picking it, the customers and fan base are. The next one will be just a little different to get the crazies to spring for that one.
I remember back when the only options for a 1:6 Bale Batman were the Hot Toys MMS13, the Takara and the MMS67 Original costume (all three obviously being Begins suits) there really wasn’t a lot of customizing going on outside of stuffing the suits with padding and cotton. My Takara and MMS67 still have the cotton balls in their chests, shoulders and biceps.
It wasn’t until TDK with the new suit and Joker that this **** really blew up. Thats when the hype and obsession reached critical mass. MMS67 and MMS71, compacted with the unveiling of the DX figures was the start of the obsession of bettering Joker and TDK Batman and it really hasn’t ended since. Makes me wonder how different things would have been had they actually designed a brand new suit for Batman in TDKR instead of dusting off the 2008 one. The merchandise and sales would have been radically different.
As nice as it would be for
the next one to be a proper, all new Begins Batman, I think there’s a reason they halfassed the 595 as much as they did. It just doesn’t sell like the others. It’s like how every company neglects to do the Panther Kilmer suit from Forever other than Prime 1. The market doesn’t know there’s a desire or demand for it because it hasn’t been tested yet. It’s always just the armored Sonar Suit.
