Your 'Dark Knight Rises' Fix: A Bunch of Goofy Merchandise Images

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:03 Written by Jordan DeSaulnier

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Your 'Dark Knight Rises' Fix: A Bunch of Goofy Merchandise Images

For all their epic sprawl, tick-tock precise storytelling, and self-seriousness, it's easy to forget that Christopher Nolan's Batman films are still big budget superhero movies. That means that, no matter how unsmiling Christian Bale's Caped Crusader may inevitably be, The Dark Knight Rises will be accompanied by a merchandising bonanza that includes lunchboxes, stickers, PEZ dispensers, personal pleasure devices, and endless toys. Today we have a handful of looks at some of those toys, which are varying degrees of ridiculous, but will be greedily gobbled up by fans of all ages nonetheless.

Probably more than any other superhero, Batman has a vast collection of questionable action figures like Bola Attack Batman, Viking Batman, and Slalom Racer Batman, so these really aren't so bad.

The first image is courtesy of USA Today, but everything after that is here thanks to Hero Complex.

For some reason, that adorable Pop Heroes Bane reminds me of Mr. T, and I now hope that some industrious soul out there cuts together a video in which Bane's dialogue is replaced by classic Mr. T-isms about jibbajabba, staying in school, and eating greens. Please, someone.

Christopher Nolan and company are currently hunkered down in post-production on the finale of the story that started with Batman Begins back in 2005. The film is set to debut on normal and IMAX screens on July 20th, but you'll be able to get your hands on all this merch well before then.

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