McFarlane Collector Edition Power Girl review No. 31 (2025)
When McFarlane Toys debuted its Power Girl figure it looked like I had an easy lock for one of the finalists for McFarlane figure of 2025.
And by almost every measure Power Girl is amazing. A tremendous figure and a great example of how amazing the DC Multiverse line can be for collectors willing to give it a chance. It’s just one issue that holds her back — the lack of prioritization on scale.
Power Girl is massive. There was no avoiding that problem. Let’s see if there’s enough to like here even with her busting loose on the scale charts.
Packaging: The Collector Edition line has a unique twist to separate it from the other Multiverse series with silver foil accents instead of the usual white. A wider window showcases more of the accessories and the figure.
The artwork is from David Nakayama, who does such an amazing job of always capturing the essence of a character with his art.
Likeness: Power Girl is a stunning looking figure. Her layered bob hairstyle turned out great. PG’s neutral expression is serious but there’s enough in the eyes to think she could go with a snarl or a smile just as easily in the next moment. That’s an effective head sculpt.
This is more of a modern take on her outfit but it’s got the essential classic elements. Her torso is new complete with PG’s unique special window. Power Girl has her signature half cape with the gold clasp on her left shoulder. The belt is angled down but it should just be a regular belt with a circle for the buckle.
Her gloves and boots are a little higher up on her arms and shins than the standard hero attire. The figure is missing the cuffs and the boots at least look like they’re reused from other figures that I can’t place. Power Girl would definitely have benefitted from all-new boot sculpts to help keep her scaled properly. These boots needlessly extend her height.
Continuing the theme of late, Power Girl has a soft goods poseable cape. This aids in making action shots look more dynamic and less static.
Scale: Power Girl is listed at 5’11”. That would definitely have her looking up at the 6’2″ Mister Terrific and Batman. And of course, the 6’3″ Superman. In the comics, Superwoman is listed at 6′. If McFarlane matched Power Girl to that height she would be scaled just fine. Instead, she’s taller than the other figures thanks to her extended boots.
Paint: I don’t typically have issues with the DC Multiverse figures in terms of their paint jobs. If anything, it’s a stray mark here or there but nothing so egregious that it ruins the figure.
Power Girl didn’t have any problems either with very clean applications with her makeup being subtle but enough to prevent her from looking washed out.
Her outfit is allowed McFarlane to largely just mold the figure in that particular color plastic. She didn’t need too many paint apps, and her costume doesn’t require any washes or additional paint hits.
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Articulation: Power Girl doesn’t break any trends and sports the usual 22 points of articulation from the Multiverse line. The Superwoman mold allows for some fairly dynamic poses from flying, punching, etc.
And Power Girl again really benefits from having a cape that can also be posed to add another element to her flying and action stances.
Power Girl has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders
- butterfly shoulders
- elbow
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- torso
- waist
- hip
- knee
- ankle
- toe
Accessories: McFarlane Collector Edition figures usually get more accessories than a standard Multiverse figure. Power Girl is somewhat limited with her extras although one is a pretty cool accessory.
She gets two sets of swappable hands — fists and grabbing hands. That’s it for Power Girl. It would have been great to get another portrait or two — say a smiling and an intense/ticked off expression.
To compensate for her minimal accessory count, Power Girl also gets Streaky the Super Cat included. Like PG, Streaky has a soft goods cape complete with a tampo of the Superman crest added.
Streaky doesn’t have any articulation, but this is a really fun extra that could probably fit in fine with the DC Classics line since Streaky looks like a kitten next to Kara.
Worth it? The Collector Edition figures run $30 though it’s hard to see what makes this more than the standard Multiverse figure. With more accessories that price tag is easier to go along with, but in her case $24.99 would have been a better value.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Where to get it? Power Girl seems to be easier to find at retail at Walmart. You can also try to catch restocks at my affiliate partners at Amazon or Entertainment Earth.
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