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				Description; think Batman meets Iron Man meets Tron... on acid. The base figure is roughly 5" tall.  It's the standard long-eared Dark Knight, accept he's encased in blue and silver powered armor.  The Batman piece has massive shoulder-pads and a large chest-plate, with a large version of the bat-symbol on his chest.  The entire piece is sculpted with cables, pistons, and other mechanical whatchamacallits to make it look hi-tech.  The entire figure is made of translucent-blue plastic, giving it a nice effect, and lots of silver hi-lights.  A large rocket-launcher is built into the figures left arm.  RAM Bat comes with a large back-pack/missile-launcher/rocket-launcher which also contains a voice-chip, and a large claw for the right hand.
5-4-01 RAM Bat Batman- Batman, Mission Masters Meat and Potatoes; 4.0 Perks; 3.5 Homer Factor;4.0
We all have guilty pleasures; that something that really is mediocre... ok it probably sucks, but you still love it any way.  Come on, we've ALL peek at Power Rangers at least a little(Promise, it's only to see the giant robots womp on each other.).  We've ALL wanted to snag the Vampirella figure, and not just for the cool packaging.... which it actually does have.  Time for me to 'fess up; I spent a lot of money on RAM Bat Batman.  Yes, I am always harping about how utterly LAME all these mission-specific suits are.  But hey, it's POWERED ARMOR and BATMAN.  So there. The meat and potatoes of this figure are actually pretty decent.  As usual, the articulation on the figure is minimal.  You have the obligatory hip and shoulder joints, some rotation at the waist and neck.  Not as extensive as a Spawn figure,  but considering how much armor Bat's is wearing, limited articulation is understandable.  More on the armor later.  The sculpting and painting on this figure is pretty good.  Hasbro did a good job creating a techno-feel to the piece, sculpting a multitude of panels, cables, and other details on the piece.  On top of the details, Bat's sports a pair of HUGE shoulder pads, a chest plate, and pumps on the feet.  Not fashionable in Gotham, but appropriate for super-heroes in powered armor.  In addition, the figure is molded from clear-blue plastic, adding to the hi-tech look.  The piece is hi-lighted mostly in silver, with a few yellow flourishes. The perks aren't bad, within context of the figure, but could have been better.  RAM Bat comes with a very large jet-pack which has a sound-chip in it to reproduce a jet-engine roar and a few grumpy Bat-phrases.  The voice is pretty clear, and does sound a lot like Kevin Conroy, THE voice for Batman from The Animated Series.  For some reason, Bat's is also armed with a giant, neon-green claw, which looks a lot like a giant nut-cracker.  'Hey Joker, come here so I can squeeze your head with my Bat-Claw.'  Adam West would be proud.  A nice touch would have been if a lot of the armor permanently sculpted on Batman, like the giant shoulder-pads, was removable.  That way you have a base Batman figure, and then he throws all the stuff on and becomes Bat-Gundam.  Sorry, couldn't help it. Homer factor... hey, remember, the Homer factor is in the eye of the beholder.  One person's trash is another person's treasure, blah, blah, blah.  For me, what else can you ask for; Batman and powered armor!!!!!!!!! So what's the final verdict?  Honestly, the figure isn't BAD.  Hasbro did a good job on the piece, albeit it is obnoxiously gimmicky.  Yes, this does spit in the face of what I think a Batman figure should be.  Nonetheless, toys are meant to be FUN above all else... and that's what this piece is.  Some nice, silly fun.