Batman Power Attack - Dual Destruction Two-Face

I started collecting the Batman Power Attack series of figures because they have an interesting and unique look to them, with a range of figures available at a price I can readily afford. At $9 a figure, I'm not expecting top-of-the-line collector material, but rather something that will grow steadily over time and look great as a group. These figures are something for me to be pleasantly surprised at, rather than anxious to track down. So I was pleased to find both Mr. Freeze and Dual Destruction Two-Face this past week.

Two-Face's card matches the rest of the line in terms of design and art-work. The figure and accessories are effectively displayed and protected, though a good portion of the gun is hidden by the insert. The card back features an action drawing with a small caption, along with shots of the other figures in the "mission" series. No twist ties on this guy. The axe is made of plastic and the gun is made of rubber, and comes out of the tray bent. The axe pegs into the underside of the gun to make a super-weapon. Two-Face doesn't have any way to store either the axe or the cannon.

The gun slides over Face's arm (either one will do), and is pretty snugly in place. It's huge, so he'll topple over without some support, and the articulation is restricted enough to where he can't hold it with two hands, enough if one of them wasn't in a permanent fist. The open hand can hold the axe, but the grip on the cannon is too wide, so sliding it over the forearm is the way to go.

Two-Face sports a neat sculpt with some great details. I'm not crazy about the simple paint application to the right (human) eye, but he's otherwise well-done, if rather unspectacular. Either profile, by itself, is rather good, with the creepy purple side stealing the show. His squished nose makes for a bit odder look from the "regular" side. Harvey sports a turquiose turtleneck under his jacket, which sports matching buttons and a cool silver badge on the left breast. The forearm bracers are individually sculpted with neat differences, as are his arm details: the white side is whole and gets a shoulder pouldrun while the black side is unprotected and torn, showing purple flesh through the tear.

Two-Face has a swivel neck, swivel shoulders and hips, a cut waist below the jacket and single pin elbows. He's sculpted with a permanent bend in his knees and large feet, but is still unbalanced enough to topple forward if both his elbows are bent at the same time. You won't get many dynamic poses from this figure.

Dual Destruction Two-Face is a well-sculpted figure with an interesting pair of accessories at an excellent price, and I would NOT recommend him to anyone. Why? Two-Face has a HUGE flaw, one that there's just no getting around, no matter what: he's way too big. Just see the pictures below. He towers over Batman and even Killer Croc. In fact, he fits in better with my DC Universe Classics figures than with the other Power Attack Batman figures (his head is out of scale even for the DCUC). Simply put, beside the other figures, he looks ridiculous. And this is something you can't tell while he's still carded. My advice is to keep him in-package for display, or pass on him entirely, unless you can overlook his gargantuan size. It's too bad, because Hagrid Two-Face is otherwise a pretty good figure...