As a kid, Batman Forever was one of the first times I had to grapple with a harsh truth: The things I like can also be bad. Deep down I knew the film was awful (fun, but awful), but I still lied to myself by suffering through the even worse Sega Genesis game, and I even got the film's Batmobile for Christmas (okay, that was actually cool). However, these new figures of Val Kilmer’s Batman and Chris O'Donnell's Robin courtesy of Sideshow Collectibles are so good, they almost fool me thinking Batman Forever isn’t so bad by association. Almost. 

Kudos to The Nerdist for pointing these out. First up is Batman, who is rocking the Sonar Suit he donned towards the end of the film. He measures up at 32 cm tall, features 30 points of articulation, and comes with 9 interchangeable hands. Of course, he also has gadgets, including the sonic batarang and bat clamp launcher. Batman even has his bat sonar lenses that can be attached to the head. 

Everyone’s favorite Boy Wonder measures 30 cm tall, boasts the same amount of articulation, and has 6 interchangeable hands. Robin’s lacking in the gadget department, but he does have his suit nipples, which is the attention to detail that really matters for a Joel Schumacher-era Batman figure. 

You can pre-order both right now, with Batman going for $255 and Robin at $245. Don’t worry about making space for them any time soon, though. The estimated arrival for both is between April and June of 2022. You can check out more photos and stats by visiting Sideshow’s website. You can also check out other cool Sideshow figures we featured previously, including those based on Critical Role, Insomniac’s Spider-Man, Kojima Productions’ Ludens mascot, and Rogue One’s Death Trooper. For a more personal perspective on the hobby of figure collecting, our own Liana Ruppert wrote a wonderful piece about what the hobby means to her. 

[Source: The Nerdist]

Krogans in the Mass Effect universe have an additional set of secondary organs and yes, that includes testicles. While that bit of knowledge has been around for awhile, what many might not know is that this hardened race of warriors actually has Star Trek to thank for their additional...um, assets.

Krogans have secondary organs with an extra heart, an additional pair of lungs, and more all in the evolutionary effort to be the strongest of the strong. The additional set of nether regions was established in the first game but what's interesting is how that decision came to be. In an interview with The Gamer, Mass Effect 3 writer Chris Hepler shed this much-needed light on the talk about ballsacks. 

"I think the most exemplifying bit of lore has to do with the Krogan," Hepler told the site. "I initially thought it was super cool to have a species with backup secondary organs until I watched more Star Trek than I used to and realized that the [first] Mass Effect team probably got the idea from the Klingons.

"But Mass Effect went where Star Trek never would, and somewhere in Mass Effect 2, they concluded, 'well, Krogan must have backup testicles, too.' By the time Mass Effect 3 rolled around, the dialogue was full of slang about 'not having the quad for it.' So the evolution from a stodgy Codex description in [the first] Mass Effect to jokes and entertaining character voices by Mass Effect 3 makes me feel like the team got better at some things as we went along."

The more you know.

So where Star Trek didn't add the extra pair, the team at BioWare did, and fighting the good fight paid off because talking about Krogan testicles will never get old. Now if only BioWare would let us actually romance a Krogan... 

To learn more about Mass Effect Legendary Edition with some of our exclusive content with the team at BioWare, be sure to check out our Game Hub here. Don't forget to also check out this month's issue of Game Informer magazine where we've got not one but three cover variants to celebrate the upcoming remaster that drops on May 14. 

[Source: The Gamer]