Mcfarlane Toys – Collector Edition Professor Pyg [PLATINUM EDITION]

Description

The McFarlane Toys – Collector Edition Professor Pyg [Platinum Edition] is a highly coveted “Chase” variant from the 2025/2026 DC Multiverse line (specifically Collector Edition Wave 13, #52). This figure captures the grotesque and unhinged nature of Lazlo Valentin, one of Batman’s most disturbing rogues, with a specific focus on his “bloody” comic book aesthetic.

🩸 The Platinum “Chase” Difference

The primary appeal of the Platinum Edition is its visceral, lore-accurate color scheme which distinguishes it from the standard release.

• Bloody White Apron: While the standard Collector Edition features a dark/black soft-goods apron, the Platinum Edition uses a white soft-goods apron heavily splattered with “blood” deco. This is widely considered the more “definitive” look for the character.

• Deco Upgrades: The pink pig mask often features slightly more grime or weathering in the Platinum version, emphasizing his “mad surgeon” persona.

• Rarity: As a Platinum Chase, this figure is randomly inserted into cases (typically 1 per case of 6), making it a high-value item for completionists.

🛠️ Product Features & Accessories

This figure is part of the “Collector Edition” sub-line, which means it includes premium materials and a higher accessory count than the standard $20–$25 figures.

1. The “Mad Surgeon” Arsenal

Professor Pyg comes with a massive array of surgical and butchery tools to recreate his “clinics”:

• Power Drill: A primary weapon used for his Dollotron “surgeries.”

• Butcher’s Cleaver: Large, metallic-painted blade.

• Surgical Toolkit: Includes three additional handheld tools—pliers, a hammer, and a specialized scalpel/surgical probe.

• Extra Hands: Two additional swappable hands designed specifically to grip the various tools.

2. Premium Construction

• Soft Goods: The apron is made of real fabric, allowing for better movement and posing compared to molded plastic.

• Ultra Articulation: Built with 22 points of articulation, allowing for the “hunched” or “dancing” poses Pyg is known for in the comics and Arkham games.

• 7-Inch Scale: Perfectly scaled to tower slightly over standard 6-inch figures, fitting the bulky, imposing silhouette of the character.

3. Collector Edition Packaging

• Silver Window Box: The figure comes in the premium silver-foil branded “Collector Edition” window box.

• Art Card & Stand: Includes a collectible art card with character biography on the back and a clear plastic card display stand (unique to the Collector Edition line).

• Base: A standard black DC Multiverse circular display base.

🩺 Character Detail: The “Dollotron” Maker

McFarlane’s sculptors focused heavily on the “uncanny valley” aspect of Pyg. The pig mask has a glossy, synthetic look meant to resemble a cheap, dirty mask stretched over a man’s face, complete with visible eyeholes where Lazlo’s manic eyes peek through. The body sculpt under the apron shows the disheveled, “middle-aged man” physique that contrasts with the typical superhero body type in the line.

Professor Pyg (Lazlo Valentin) is one of Batman’s most disturbing and modern adversaries. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Andy Kubert, he first appeared in Batman #666 (2007) as a future corpse, but made his full, terrifying debut in the mainstream DC Universe in Batman and Robin #1 (2009).

He is not a typical “crime boss”; he is a broken, schizophrenic “artist” who views human beings as incomplete, imperfect biological accidents that only he can “fix.”

🧬 Origins: From Scientist to Squealer

Before his descent into madness, Lazlo Valentin was a gifted chemist and agent for the clandestine organization Spyral.

• The Breakdown: During his time at Spyral, Valentin was exposed to mind-altering chemicals he was developing, which triggered a massive schizophrenic breakdown.

• The Rebirth: He abandoned his identity and became Professor Pyg, taking his name from the Greek myth of Pygmalion—a sculptor who fell in love with his own creation. However, Valentin’s “sculptures” are made of living human flesh.

🎭 The “Perfection” of Dollotrons

Pyg’s signature horror is the creation of Dollotrons. He believes that by stripping away a person’s gender, identity, and free will, he is making them “perfect.“

• The Process: He kidnaps victims and subjects them to invasive, crude surgeries. This often involves lobotomization, the removal of genitalia, and the permanent grafting of a porcelain-like “doll face” mask onto their head.

• The Result: Dollotrons are organic, mind-controlled automatons. They feel no pain, do not speak, and obey Pyg’s every whim. In his mind, he has “saved” them from the messiness of being human.

🔪 Psychological Profile & Traits

Professor Pyg is defined by a bizarre mix of high culture and animalistic filth.

• Opera & Art: He is an obsessed opera buff. He often performs his “surgeries” while singing off-key opera or reciting nursery rhymes. He views himself as a high-end artist and Gotham as his gallery.

• Animalistic Behavior: Despite his “artistic” pretensions, he often squeals, snorts, and oinks like a pig. He wears a filthy, blood-stained butcher’s apron and a pig mask that he rarely, if ever, removes.

• The Mother of Nails: Pyg often suffers from auditory hallucinations of his mother. In the Arkham Knight game, he even built a “Mother of Nails”—a crude, mannequin-headed iron maiden—to represent her, seeking her approval for his work.

📺 Versions Across Media

Because he is so visually and psychologically distinct, Pyg has appeared in several key adaptations, often with slight variations:

🛠️ Abilities & Equipment

• Genius Chemist: He creates “identity-destroying” drugs and viruses that render his victims suggestible and mindless.

• Surgical Mastery: Despite his insanity, he is a world-class (if unconventional) surgeon and pathologist.

• Butcher’s Arsenal: He is proficient with meat cleavers, scalpels,