WWE Elite Series 92 Scarlett review
It’s pretty difficult in general to turn away from Scarlett as ‘The Smoke Show’ is pretty good at keeping all eyes on her. When she gets decked out in some Game of Thrones-style attire? She commands attention.
After Finn Balor scoffed at the challenges of Damien Priest, Kyle O’Reilly and Pete Dunne on the Dec.9, 2020 show, Scarlett seductively strolled out to tease the return of Karrion Kross to the title picture.
It was a very compelling return and one the designers at Mattel must have thought would make for a great figure as soon as she strutted out. Scarlett got an ok figure in Basic Series 102, but for her debut Elite figure, Mattel decided to go for a more complex and out of the norm attire for her.
While a cool look, it felt like an odd choice considering this is hardly her normal ring gear when seconding Kross to ringside. Let’s see if this Queen Scarlett is a knockout or deserves to vanish in a puff of smoke.
Packaging: I’m still getting used to this modern packaging. The big grey panel is somewhat dull and not nearly as colorful as some of the other color options Mattel could have used with the red trim. The darker blue also doesn’t pop and the interior red background doesn’t properly spotlight figures with darker color schemes.
I do like the portrait of Scarlett on the front and right side. Over on the back there’s a nice larger reference photo of Scarlett sauntering out with a devious smile on her face.
The bio is simple, but as usual, the copy helps tell the story of the character very well. At the bottom, there’s the cross sell of the other figures in this wave.
Likeness: As I mentioned with the Basic figure, Scarlett is gorgeous posing an infinitely tougher challenge to nail her likeness than say The Fiend.
Her crown is constructed from a lighter, thinner metal that’s hard to replicate in plastic specifically since it’s more of a frame instead of solid pieces.
Mattel smartly used a reference photo that shows exactly what the sculpt was going for and with that criteria it’s exceptional. The figure exactly matches Scarlett’s expression in the picture with the devious smile right down to the dimples in her chin.
Still, it’s fair to say this is a bad photo of Scarlett and not really indicative of how she looked normally in this attire.
This expression doesn’t fully give off the creepy ice queen vibe Scarlett seemed to be going for especially when threatening Balor with Kross’ return.
Mattel put in some commendable work with the sculpt adding in the sharp edges of the costume on both the front and back. It definitely gives off a ‘don’t touch the queen’ visual.
She’s got clawed gloves again, but the pose in the packaging severely warped some of the fingers.
I’m pretty sure she has newly sculpted knees to better accommodate her huge platform boots.
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Paint: For this setup, Scarlett went back to her shock white platinum blonde hair color with ice blue-colored contacts. It’s a very hard look to capture with a figure as the ice blue has to be bright enough to stand out against the darker black eye shadow and expected light overspray of the inkjet printing.
That leads to Scarlett looking sleepier as opposed to mysterious and creepy. Mattel’s official photos blew the eyes out so much that it made it appear as if she had very weird irises. They definitely don’t look that bad in person.
The detail on her fishnet stockings is superb with excellent lining and spacing.
Scale: Scarlett is 5’5″ which helps in making the 6’4″ Karrion Kross look even more intimidating. With this particular attire, Scarlett rocked some major platform boots that nearly put her at eye level with the 5’11” Finn Balor.
Since Scarlett doesn’t wrestle much, there’s no worry about how she scales up to the members of the women’s roster. Her Basic figure was scaled poorly putting her nearly at the same height as the 5-10″ Charlotte Flair.
The height is about the same, but her proportions are much better as her height is clearly coming from the platform boots.
Articulation: Unlike her Basics figure, Scarlett’s Elite figure can actually be posed in some interesting ways beyond just standing in the corner.
She’s not a very active combatant so most of her action is limited to being a nuisance to Kross’ opponents. She can do that fine with this articulation though the platforms made Scarlett far less likely to interfere.
She is able to hold the hourglass in a very intimidating manner, however.
Scarlett has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders
- bicep
- elbow (double-jointed)
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- waist
- hip
- thigh
- knee (double-jointed)
- ankles
Accessories: For her Elite figure, Scarlett comes with swappable fists. I would have loved to instead have gotten an alternate portrait with a smile or her mid-scream in a Fall and Pray expression.
The cooler accessory is the hourglass she will bring to ringside to foreshadow that Kross is coming for his opponent.
It’s got a nice sized with a welcome added setup so you can rotate the hourglass.
Worth it? I really think this is a case of promo photos scaring off some collectors. She’s on a super reduced price point now from most retailers. Entertainment Earth has her as cheap as $6, but you can still pay less than $15 for her. Scarlett has some added functionality as this attire doesn’t have to limit her just to WWE environments and she could be a sorceress that Thor tangles with or any other fantasy style characters like Dungeons and Dragons.
Rating: 9 out of 10
A stronger likeness is the only thing holding this version of Scarlett back. Mattel definitely put in some nice work for a mostly accurate reflection of this attire making for a unique look for Scarlett and your WWE display.
Where to get it? You can still get Scarlett now at Entertainment Earth.
This figure was provided by LMF affiliate Entertainment Earth for review purposes. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.