MAFEX Batman: Hush - Scarecrow and The Riddler Review and Images

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means: ToyFarce review!

This week, we're having a look at the Batman: Hush Scarecrow and the Riddler figures from MAFEX/Medicom Toys. They both came out relatively close from each other, so I decided to group them. MAFEX keeps adding awesome figures to that line, even if those two were a bit short in terms of accessories...



Another week, another Scarecrow! Last week, I posted a review of the Batman: The Animated Series Scarecrow figure from Mondo, and this week, it's the Batman: Hush version from MAFEX (Is this a sign that I need therapy?!). Scarecrow didn't appear for long in the Hush comic book, we see him riding Huntress's bike and get rapidly dealt with by Batman. It is nice to have him as part of the rogue's gallery of villains for Batman, still. Scarecrow comes with 3 heads and 4 pairs of hands, and... that's it. It does feel a bit low in terms of what you get compared to the price. However, it is still a gorgeous figure, and might be one with the most details on (since all the other ones are either superheroes or villains in tight bodysuits or suits). The 3 head sculpts are really nice, I especially like the one where we can see his mouth screaming through the burlap sack mask. The unmasked head, as ugly as it is, is what it looked like in the book. The extra hands are also great for different kinds of creepy poses. All in all, it's a good Scarecrow figure, I only wish he had more accessories (gas effect, removable hat,... Hell, why not Huntress's bike, since he's riding it in the comic book).




















The Riddler is one of the aforementioned figures in a suit. He comes with 2 heads, 7 pairs of hands, his cane, a bag of money and a wad of cash to put in his hand. That's more like it, in terms of accessories! The Riddler was the secret main villain behind everything in the Hush comic book (or the actual main villain in the not-so-great animated movie adaptation. Still trying to wrap my head around why they would do that...). The body is fine (again, figure in a suit, usually hard to miss), but the heads are... not great. There's something off with the nose, which looks more 'pointy' in Jim Lee's art, while this one seems to have a flatter nose. It's close enough, and obviously, you recognize it's the Riddler, but the face has bothered me since the promo pics. My figure had a really loose left arm also, which keeps popping off. It is unfortunate, but I'll see if I can figure out something to fix it (or I'll just try to get a replacement).





















2 more figures for the MAFEX Batman: Hush line, and I had a theory that this line was 'copying' the same roster as the DC Direct Batman: Hush line from the early 2000s, and we're now down to missing only Ra's Al Ghul, Commissioner Gordon and Alfred. Well, after seeing the reveals from MAFEX at the Medicom Toy Exhibition last year, I can safely say that I was wrong! There are a ton more figures coming, including Robin, Batgirl, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Ra's Al Ghul (ha!) and more Batman figures (Battle damaged and 'Reminiscence Blue'). That Batman: Hush shelf is going to look pretty crowded once they are all out! The next figure should be Robin.



More news at 11:00... "Riddle me this... Who is that under Batman's Mask?"