Spotted Online – Assault Gauntlet Batman is Pointless?

Personally, I think Kenner’s 1990s Legends of the Dark Knight action figure series (Amazon.com search*) is pretty damn awesome. Sure the designs can get a bit hokey and silly, but that’s all part of the charm of the line. I should find more of these!

Anyway, during a recent search for something completely unrelated I ran across this io9 post from 2013 where the 1996 Assault Gauntlet Batman is listed as one of “ten of the most pointless action figures ever made.” What? No way!

The post states:

There are lots of terrible Batman action figures out there — here are 10 more — but I remember this entire toy line being kind of useless and missing the point of Batman.

I disagree with everything stated here! Hell, I reviewed Assault Gauntlet Batman in 2013 and all seeing the io9 post does is make me wish I could take a month off from work and devote all of my energy to posting pics of these toys across the web. Take that, unfun people!

Seriously, I can admit that the Legends of the Dark Knight action figure series (Amazon.com search*) is silly. BUT THEY ARE TOYS! Relax and have some fun with the kooky designs and over-muscled sculpts. This line is as nineties as it gets, people.

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