McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Lex Luthor Power Suit review
The deeper I get into the DC Multiverse line it’s clear I needed to start getting the major villains of the main heroes. There’s few more essential villains than Lex Luthor. Fortunately, McFarlane Toys didn’t mess around when it came to a Luthor capable of taking on Superman and possibly the Justice League in a pinch.
Let’s see if this figure is worthy of the greatest criminal mastermind of our time.
Packaging: McFarlane Toys has stayed consistent with the packaging, which would be great if the setup was more exciting. Still, it’s nice for MOC collectors to have a standard presentation that’s stayed the same from the first series to now.
The side package labels this as the New 52 Power Suit look. On the rear, Lex has gone hyper violent standing atop a pile of skulls.
Likeness: As usual, McFarlane didn’t do an exact comic book page to figure take on the Power Suit. The New 52 suit was much more streamlined and sleek whereas the figure version is bulkier with a lot more sculpted detail for the circuitry.
It’s hard to knock a figure where the sculptor obviously put so much effort into the sculpt. Luther’s comic design is far less intricate since all those details would need to be consistent in every panel. With the figure, the sculptor is essentially doing a one-off and can go nuts with detail.
The intricate detailing is really impressive with the various paneling, small gears, wiring and even dents and scratches incorporated to show that Lex has been putting this power suit in action frequently. My sole beef with the design is the extra plating around his thighs means there’s less visible purple to help break up all the green.
Lex’s head sculpt is also great. He’s the only character that can get away with this evil side eye glance as it fits him even if it does restrict the angles to shoot him.
Scale: Scale remains a major issue for McFarlane Toys. Power Suit Lex is wider and taller than Superman. That’s not great.
Maybe I can chalk this up to Lex’s ego needing to design a suit that was more physically imposing than Superman, but I’d prefer for Superman to be the default tallest regular figure and everyone else is shorter than him.
Paint: This was one of the more detailed sculpts of the McFarlane figures I’ve grabbed with all the smaller crevices and paneling. That didn’t stop the McF paint crew from knocking the paint job out.
Considering the degree of difficulty, this is by far the most impressed I’ve been with a McF figure’s paint job.
And I love the shades of green and purple used. They’re rich and vibrant and stand out.
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Articulation: Lex tends to prefer fighting from a distance probably the best approach in facing off with Superman. His neck could use better range for straight ahead flying poses.
Lex Luthor Power Suit has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders [with pop up/down point]
- elbow
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- torso
- waist
- hip
- thigh
- knee
- ankle
- toe
Accessories: McFarlane Toys doesn’t go all out with accessories with some figures.
Lex gets swappable hands — a blast firing right hand and a left-hand fist.
He also has the basic black stand and trading card.
Worth it? McFarlane Toys has stuck with the $20 price tag for standard figures. I was able to get Lex for under $10, which made him an excellent value. Entertainment Earth has him for $11. Even if you’re paying $20, that’s not a bad deal for a figure of this quality.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Lex really needed to be smaller than Superman. And while the side eye glare would be awesome for an alternate sculpt it’s somewhat limiting as the only option.
Where to get it? Lex is now just available from Amazon.
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