DC Multiverse DC Collector Edition Wonder Woman review (2023)
Wonder Woman got plenty of movie, one off comic books and even an original look for the toy line before McFarlane Toys gave us a classic-skewing figure of the final member of DC’s Trinity.
The acclaim for it was pretty universal…for everyone that was able to get the figure. I wasn’t entirely sold on pictures of the head sculpt and kept hoping McFarlane would deliver more of a George Perez version before losing the license. With time ticking though it was starting to look like I wasn’t going to get a figure of Diana for my Multiverse collection.
Thankfully, one of the Lyles Figure Files VIP members, Loston Wallace came through with this major surprise delivery. I’m stoked to get what many consider the best McFarlane Toys female figure in the line. Let’s see if Wonder Woman makes good on the hype of leaves me spinning in disappointment.
Packaging: Wonder Woman gets the standard Collector Edition packaging, which features silver accents instead of white. The side identifies this particular look as inspired by the Who Is Wonder Woman arc a year after the massive Infinite Crisis event.
Over on the back is a nice portrait from artist Terry Dodson.
Likeness: Haw I can certainly see the Dodson influence with this figure with the slight exception of her hair not being as wide or high. More voluminous hair might not work as well for an action figure.
Wonder Woman’s hair is still nicely done with a good, natural flow as it hangs down over her tiara. I think Dodson drew her nose a tad wider. The armored chest plate mostly looks good, but a noticeable glob of plastic or gold paint came through the sculpt. It seems like something that could be cut away very carefully with an Exacto knife.
Her top has plating to the W as it’s segmented and no just one piece. There is also plating on the rest of the corset. She’s got an angled belt with a hook for her lasso. Naturally she’s got her bullet-deflecting bracelets. They’re a good size — not too short or too long.
Wonder Woman’s boots have a cool texturing to them as well.
Scale: McFarlane Toys decided to lean big time into the whole Amazon deal for Wonder Woman making her one of the tallest figures in the line. I don’t mind her being taller than the average figure, but she should still be shorter than Batman and Superman.
It took the new DC Digital Superman to get one that wasn’t dwarfed by the Wonder Woman.
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Paint: Save that odd gold glob on the center, Wonder Woman features a terrific paint job. I really like the metallic shade of red used for her corset and the star in her tiara. The red in the boots matches up with them well even with the implied difference of metal plating and leather. The linework on the white of the boots is clean with no issues.
Additionally, the gold really pops as well with a strong sheen to it. Understandably, the segmented sections prove a challenge for a perfectly clean application of the gold on the W without some red overspray.
Her star-spangled shorts have a very neatly arranged star pattern with no slop on them. Oddly, her knees have a bit of a red fading on them, which would make sense if she had a red robe that leeched some of the red dye onto the plastic.
Articulation: McFarlane figure all sport 22 points of articulation. Wonder Woman doesn’t have a cape or restrictive outfit and should be very poseable. Her hair does still manage to get in the way in some poses, but this is a very smooth figure that can strike many of Wonder Woman’s movements.
From deflecting bullets with her bracelets to deep stances for blocking with her shield or attacking with the axe and sword she can accomplish most of the poses I wanted.
Due to the engineering of the rotator cuff, it can create that weird gap while posing her. The disc in that section can easily slide over to close the gap, but it’s definitely a weird bit of engineering.
Wonder Woman has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders with ratchet rotator cuff joint
- elbow
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- torso
- wings
- waist
- hip
- thigh
- knee
- ankle
- toe
Accessories: Wonder Woman is loaded with accessories as fitting for a Collector Edition release.
Diana comes with her sword, which has a fantastic level of detail with wraps around the hilt and a star in the center.
It really does look great. This is reused from the Endless Winter figure (check it out on Amazon).
For more combat options, Wonder Woman also has a battle axe.
Again, the level of detail is very impressive with ornate carvings into the head. The hilt is outstanding with various intricate grip portions.
Finally, when she needs to go on the defensive, Wonder Woman gets a shield. Like the weapons, the detailing on it is amazing and really well done.
She also has her magic lasso that’s made out of a coiled material to really give it that rope-like appearance. That’s much better than a plastic lasso.
Additionally, she’s got two separate hand options — one with spread fingers and the others a right fist and grasping left hand to match the default setup.
Worth It? Initially, Wonder Woman was the normal price of any Collector Edition figure. The value for them have changed over the years as later CE figures got different portraits or face plates to justify the higher cost. At $30, Wonder Woman wasn’t a bad value by any means, but good luck finding her at that price now.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
She’s not quite the definitive version of Wonder Woman like the DC Digital Superman and Knightfall Batman, but this is by far the best McFarlane version of Wonder Woman and maybe the best well-articulated version yet.
Where to Get It? Wonder Woman is one of the toughest figures to find in the line at this point. The only real option is through resellers at Amazon.
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