The Comedian 12-Inch Figure from 'Watchmen' (click to enlarge)

Here’s the latest in the Hot Toys’ Movie Masterpiece Series, Watchmen – a 12-inch figure of ‘The Comedian’ as played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Zack Snyder’s film adaptation of Watchmen, the famed DC Comics graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.

The Comedian comes complete with 21 points of articulation and a variety of add-ons including:

• Tactical full body harness with holsters
• Boot knife with a knife holder
• Shotgun
• Grenade launcher
• Two (2) hand guns
• Sixteen (16) cartridges with a cartridge belt
• Cigar
• Life-like head sculpt of the Comedian with his mask
• Two (2) pairs of interchangeable gloved hands
• 12 inches figure stand with The Comedian nameplate and WATCHMEN logo

He’ll set you back $149.99.

Full specs and more images here: The Comedian 12-inch Figure – Watchmen

Watchmen Rorschach Beanie Mask (click to enlarge)

I don’t know if this Watchmen Rorschach Beanie Mask is “cool” or just plain “freaky’, but either way I had to post it.

Rorschach is easily one of the coolest super-hero characters to ever grace the comic/film world. The character was created by Watchmen writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons.  He wears this mask which displays morphing inkblots.

I’ve read the inkblots are said to reflect his emotions, although I’ve also read the inkblots are randomly generated based on the shapes used in the psychological “Rorschach inkblot test”, a test where subjects have their perceptions of what they see in inkblots analyzed.

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