McFarlane Toys DC Digital Earth-2 Robin review (2024)

Earth-2 Robin is a terrific example of the unexpected releases we’ve gotten from the McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse line.

The Earth-2 version of Dick Grayson doesn’t change his identity to Nightwing and instead retains his original aliases throughout his superhero career even as he takes Batman’s spot as the main hero of Gotham City.

He’s been surprisingly well represented in figure from in both DC Direct and Mattel’s Infinite Heroes line. It seems like McFarlane Toys might just have created the definitive figure though with this release.

Let’s see if the Earth-2 Robin is ready to stand side by side with the other Golden Age JSA figures or if he needs to get pow’d(!) to the back of the display.

Packaging: This Earth-2 Robin is another release in the DC Direct line. That’s a tweak on the standard packaging with turquoise being the main color with black accents along with prominent labeling of McFarlane Toys Digital and DC Direct.

The left side indicates that this is Earth-2 Robin based on his appearance in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Likeness: Earth-2 Robin has a pretty cool design that has been incorporated into modern Tim Drake costumes.

He’s rocking an open cowl, so his hair and ears are sticking out. Grayson has a neutral expression which is always the best option. Earth-2 Robin had several looks including one that skewed heavier into a Batman-homage.

This is the best costume for this version of Grayson, but it’s not his look for Crisis. That look had Robin wearing a more traditional Earth-1 Robin attire with the yellow cape draped around his shoulders, a yellow collar and a visible neck.

Also, Earth-2 Robin’s look changed so often that it’s hard to fault McFarlane with choosing the “wrong” costume especially since this attire is the one used for his Who’s Who entry. When in doubt opt for that attire.

Most of the figure uses the Knightfall Batman mold with the addition of his angled utility belt and scallop-free gloves.

It is slightly off model as his gloves should have a v-cut exposing more of the red into his wrist. Also, his boots should have a similar v-cut showing the yellow closer to his shin.

He also has a soft goods, wired cape that flows down to around his ankles.

Scale: On Earth-2, Dick was an adult and not the Boy Wonder anymore so he would look eye to eye with his contemporaries like Green Lantern, Hawkman and Wildcat.

Paint: McFarlane figures tend to have all the paint that’s expected without doing anything too complex or fancy.

Earth-2 Robin has a simple paint job that’s cleanly applied without any major flaws since most of the figure is molded in that color plastic. His logo is well done and his ears don’t have the weird Guy Gardner effect.

Since they’ve done it in the past it would have been cool to see some black shading in the cowl.

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Articulation: Earth-2 Robin gets the usual 22 points of articulation. The Knightfall Batman mold allows for very smooth posing for all of Robin’s standard attack methods.

As usual, the wired soft good cape adds so much in terms of creating dynamic poses. The hard plastic capes were very restrictive but now Earth-2 Robin can hit any number of poses you can imagine.

Earth-2 Robin has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• butterfly shoulders
• elbow
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee
• ankle
• toe

Accessories: Earth-2 Robin does get a few accessories.

First is a set of swappable hands. In this case the spread fingers grasping set.

Next is an alternate portrait. This one features a different mask setup that’s more Green Lantern style with two bat ears in the center. I could find exactly one reference photo with this particular mask so it’s not inaccurate.

It seems a better choice for a secondary portrait would have been the wraparound Robin wore that covered his eyes and ears since that was a more common look for him.

He also has a green batarang and the basic stand although with McFarlane Toys Digital printed on the top.

Worth it?  Originally, he came in at the usual $24.99 price point but now he’s starting to clock in around $32. The value is certainly there for the basic price and it’s kinda cool to get this unique take of Robin for the collection.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Earth-2 Robin is a welcome addition to the latter era Golden Age JSA and he joins a still growing roster. He’s a more accurate set of boots and gloves from being spot on but it’s still the best Earth-2 version of Rick Grayson we’ve gotten.

Where to get it?  You can still get Earth-2 Robin online sites like Amazon.

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