Hat is glued on, but a dip in hot water should allow it to be removed. Penguin looks like a decent base to make Kingpin, add longer legs, beefier arms, and a bald head.

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Went on the hunt since I saw that penguin auction was from my town. But based on the 4 lonely Zods at TRU I'm guessing the scalper cleaned this town out

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Dr. Bindy, still need the unmasked head? I stopped at my Target and found one hidden with the Spidey figs. If interested let me know!

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Got a Penguin in the mail yesterday, and immediately set to work on it.

It is a great figure, with a fantastic face sculpt. However, as pictures have shown, he was too tall. Way too tall.
Thankfully I found that this is fixable.

His coat is removable, as is his vest. His vest requires a little convincing to come off, it has a little glue in the front, but it came off easy enough. I then cut almost an inch out of his mid section, and reattached the two halves. He has no waist articulation now, but the factory waist swivel was pretty much pointless anyway. (it had a peg and divot in the front that seriously limited the range of movement to like a millimeter or two to the left and a millimeter or two to the right.)
I also shortened his calves, when I replaced his feet. I may change out the feet for some a little smaller.

I like him a lot more now.




I didn't take any before pictures, but here is a comparison with the Toy Fair image.
On a side note, I think this is one of the few times where I like the actual production figure more than the early proto version.
Although it would've been nice to keep the painted pin stripes on the pants.




His hat can come off, but it was glued pretty tight. Upon removal, I found that he has a peg on top of his head that is basically as thick and tall as the inside of the hat. As I worked on cutting it down, with the intent to give him a regular head, I found that the cavity for the neck ball sits very high up in the head. You can see the little black spot on top of his head where I trimmed a little too much, and you can see the black neck ball. Not sure if I'm still going to work on giving him a regular cranium, or just glue the hat back on.





His hat does fit on other figures too.

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Nice fixes.

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So the coat is separate from the vest?

If so, that's great news, as I'll probably just ditch the coat and use the vest as the suitcoat when I remake mine into the Kingpin.

Gray will be easier to paint white, too.

Yep. Completely separate pieces. The vest is a single piece all the way around, no seams, and the coat is the typical type we're use to.

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Decided to add different feet.
I think these work much better. Also gave him a couple of his 'babies'.





This wave is WAY better than the first "Arkham" wave.
The Mr. Freeze was really nice, but these are just so much better.

I can't wait for the next wave, and to see what else they decide to do. I'm REALLY hoping for more movie figures.
Especially if they continue to make them at least as good as the current wave.

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I'm glad people like these, but I've never liked the Burton movies. I have no interest in them, so, who is in the next wave? Is there a next wave?

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Currently the next wave has just Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman and Christopher Reeve Superman.
I'm hoping they will add more to the wave.
I know I've said it before, but I would LOVE a Nicholson Joker, Hackman Luther (with removable hairpiece), and Ursa and Non to go with Zod.

Hell, I'd take any and all of the characters from the Keaton Bat-Films and the first two Reeve Super-Films.
Bring on Ned-Beatty-Otis and Michael-Gough-Alfred! (after the ones mentioned above, of course)

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Oh. That does nothing for me either haha. But thanks for the info! At least this line is giving customizers some interesting pieces to work with. I'll just enjoy them in the way of customs for now.

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kneel before ZOD!

Zod is so superior that Mattel gave him swiveling arms!
Now that's real power.

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I'm saving one Zod back, unaltered, just in case they do round out the Superman 2 cast.

As much as I love the first Keaton Batman, the Penguin one just didn't do it for me. But I love your mods here, and I'm thinking that I might still use this as Penguin, but find a more traditional looking head to go with.

Also digging Spin's view of the vest as a Kingpin base look. Might have to consider upgrading my existing one, though finding the right arms with white joints would be key.

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