Fans of the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game have been clamoring for action figures, and DC Direct is stepping up to the plate. According to Previews, Toyfare #156, on newsstands on June 9, will reveal DC Direct’s upcoming line of Arkham Asylum toys.
At DC Direct’s show room at Toy Fair (the event in January, not the magazine), Jim Fletcher told us that they used the 3D materials from Rocksteady to produce their Arkham Asylum Bats in their Black and White statue line. So I’m confident that the figures will be look great – I’m just wondering how much articulation they’ll put into the figures. I hope it has as much as the awesome Arkham Asylum Batman custom by DoubleDealer.
TOYFARE #156 BATMAN ARKHAM DC DIRECT CVR
Heads up, game boys and virtual girls. The only thing better than toys and video games are toys based on video games, and ToyFare #156 is packed with all three! Get ready for the sequel to the best comic book video game of all time as we go inside DC Direct’s red-hot new toy line based on Batman: Askham Asylum. New figures will make their world debut and Arkham Asylum Batman will appear on one of our covers.
Then, get a sneak peek at some of 2010’s hottest video games and hottest video game toys, featuring companies like NECA, DC Unlimited, Square Enix and more. One of the coolest video game collectibles of all time–the insanely detailed Gears of War bust from TriForce–appears on our second cover.
All this, plus new toys in Incoming, Big Shots and, in Twisted ToyFare, it’s the long-awaited return of Mego Spider-Man! It’s been over a year since he graced our pages…who knows what kind of craziness he’s going to get himself into now.
More then 12 points of articulation and the same amount of detail.HA,i wish
Ron do you happen to what’s the scale of the figure, or figures? I suppose they’ll be making Batman, and maybe some others? What would be a given, Joker, maybe Harley Quinn as well? By the way I also posted about [url=http://actionfiguresbuff-jon.com/batman-arkham-asylum-action-figures-by-dc-direct/]Batman Arkham Asylum action figures[/url], and thanks for the heads up. And I agree, doubledealer’s Batman is pretty cool…
Jon, I don’t have any more info, but would guess these would be between 6 and 7 inch scale. DCD can be inconsistent with scale, so there’s really no telling.
I hope that they commit to two series of four figures each. they could anchor both with Batman, one in his normal suit and another in his armored suit. that would leave six slots for other characters from the game. the Joker, Harley, Scarecrow, Szasz, Bane, and Killer Croc would be a dream lineup! [edit – how did I forget Poison Ivy? now my perfect lineup has one too many characters!]
I hope we see prototypes of the line at San Diego Comic-Con.