Mezco’s One:12 Collective is a new bar for collector level figures, doing a mix of movie accurate and classic figures from DC, Marvel and even some vintage properties. Today we are taking a look at one of their recent Batman offerings – Ascending Knight Batman! This is the first in a series of Batman related figures from Mezco that is not based on any specific look or story from the lore. It’s their own vision of Batman through the years.
Ascending Knight is the equivalent of a “Year One”, an early-on version of Batman. He pulls cues from his Detective Comics debut with the elongated ears, shorter gloves and wide black Bat Symbol. This is all done in a modern way though, with upgraded tech and materials throughout both as a toy and what it would represent in the modern world of gear.
His accessories are deep with 10 Batarangs, 3 sets of hands +1, wrist dart gun, grappling gun with 3 interchangeable hooks in different states of deployment, and a “Bat-Brick”. The Bat-Brick is a super big Batarang that folds in half and has slots for his fingers. He also has an unmasked Bruce Wayne head and a One:12 stand featuring this Bat Symbol.
All in all it’s a solid entry to the Batman shelves. The draw will be when all of the Mezcoverse Batman figures are out, the next being modern day Sovereign Knight. Once these can all be on display together it will be an awesome setup.
We’ve done up some shots showing him off, you can check over 70 HD images after the break courtesy of Entertainment Earth!
Related Entertainment Earth links: All One:12 Figures, One:12 Sovereign Knight, One:12 Catwoman, One:12 Darkseid, One:12 Jason Vorhees.
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Key shots here, all 70+ below!
One:12 Ascending Knight Batman Photo Review - The Toyark - News
Solid piece. Head sculpts are awesome. Cape - ok, still doesn't lay flat in front without effort. Not a fan of the body suit, but I prefer traditional plastic figs so hard to judge.
Remember - iron your capes. Put a towel over it, stretch flat so no creases, and steam iron it a bit. Be slow and gentle and it gets mostly flat. Feels weird ironing my toy's clothes, but it's necessary.
Didn't even think about ironing the cape, great idea, thanks. Just got mine, and I like it. Maybe not the best (or my favorite) of the Mezco One 12 line, but still really solid. And, comes with a lot of accessories. I know people complained originally that they weren't releasing enough figures per year, now I think they might be over doing it a bit. I still think the Daredevil and Punisher along with their first Dark Knight are their best figures.
But the Superman Red Son, Old Man Logan were great (hoping they do a Red Son Batman, and yea I realize that would be like the 10th Batman they've made). I like the body suit on this figure more in hand than I did seeing pictures, but I think I'll like the Sovereign Knight Batman better, looks more like he's from the Arkham games. Well now I kinda hope they do an Arkham Asylum Batman, that would be awesome.
The hands always get me. Why can’t he have two trigger hands? Why can’t he have a pair of regular tight grips for the bat brick, wrist crossbow, etc.? Not exactly bowled over by this one. The limbs tend to look awkward and lumpy also. And the batarangs are freakin tiny, no wonder they give you ten—you’re gonna lose most of ‘em. It’s a good look, but I am really not feeling it’s well executed.
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