McFarlane Toys DC Digital Nightwing review (2025)

The DC Digital Nightwing had some major potential to be an all-time great figure.

Nightwing debuted in one of my all-time favorite comic book issues, the third chapter of The Judas Contract. His original attire sometimes gets derided with the Disco Nightwing tag, but it’s a great design that conveyed his evolution from Robin while still showing his loyalty and devotion to his father figure, Batman.

Over the years we’ve gotten various Nightwing figures, but few done in the original costume. McFarlane Toys didn’t end its run with the DC Universe before taking a crack at the Judas Contract Nightwing attire.

Let’s see if this is the definitive version of this outfit in figure form or if there needs to be panic at the disco.

Packaging: With so many other versions it made sense to have a DC Digital Nightwing for the McFarlane Toys Digital line. The DC Digital line packaging features turquoise as the main color with some black accents. Along the bottom is The New Teen Titans logo though it’s interesting that the side panel just identifies this look as the Teen Titans and not referring The Judas Contract. (The trade is available at my affiliate Amazon).

On the back is the artwork used for his Who’s Who entry. Can’t go wrong with a dedicated pinup from George Perez, the definitive Teen Titans artist.

Likeness: McFarlane Toys has had a pretty solid last couple of years with some stellar takes on major DC characters. DC Digital Nightwing is another one to add to that list of incredible figures delivered in the closing stretch.

It starts with the fantastic head sculpt, which looks highly influenced by Perez’s artwork with a great hair sculpt and a disarming smile. Nightwing’s outfit is mostly simple from a sculpting perspective. He’s got a flared collar and bracelets and surprisingly the boots are actually sculpted as well.

He’s using the Blue Beetle mold with a few alterations. My one issue is that it sure feels like the Jonathan Kent body (available on Amazon) would have made for a better choice for Nightwing to more accurately reflect his height and size. Seeing as how he’s not that much shorter than Batman it’s more the shoulders that make him look broader than he was typically drawn.

Scale: Nightwing is not a tall hero. He’s typically portrayed at somewhere between 5’10” and 6′ making him noticeably shorter than his mentor Batman at 6’2″. He should be shorter than the 6’5″ Joker, 6’1″ Riddle and eye to eye with the 6′ Two-Face. Disappointingly, this mold means he’s way too tall and with his larger size head, he’s taller than Batman. Sigh.

That’s unfortunate as in every other regard, this is as spot-on a Perez-style Nightwing that could have been done, but the inaccurate scale absolutely is a major issue. The massive Hugo Strange Batman figure is better scaled to Nightwing, but he’s also a giant. If McFarlane Toys were focused on getting scale right, this really could have been the definitive DC line.

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Paint: McFarlane Toys is normally solid in this category and the figures sport clean paint applications. Nightwing is an interesting case as he was traditionally colored in comic books with heavy black shading to the point where the blue appears more like an accent instead of the base color.

Most companies don’t usually do the shading similar to how an outfit appears in the comics, but it seems like it’s missing with the DC Digital Nightwing. This could be one of the rare instances where I dabble with applying black paint to get that classic visual onto the figure. It’s not like McFarlane is oblivious to that look as that shading is applied to his mask.

His layered “feathered” yellow pattern on his chest and shoulders came out cleanly as well as the yellow slits on his waist. I’d understand some of the yellow feathers having some paint issues, but it was applied without any problem here. The big downside of course is the wings break at the rotator cuff so there is a gap in the pattern.

Articulation: Nightwing is a highly athletic fighter requiring a very fluid articulation scheme. This base body allows for some fun movement and most of the signature poses Dick Grayson utilizes in battling villains. I’m really looking forward to pitting him against the Deathstroke the Terminator figure.

The DC Digital Nightwing has the usual 22 points of articulation, which makes him a lot of fun to pose.

DC Digital Nightwing  has:

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

Accessories: DC Digital Nightwing doesn’t have an overwhelming number of accessories.

He’s got the chunkier batarang with the hole in the bottom corner to thread a string if you’d like.

The DC Digital Nightwing also gets the black circular stand, the bio card and the digital redemption card.

Worth It? At $27.99 with no Build-A-Figure parts or any extra accessories, the value isn’t great.

Rating: 9 out of 10

If only someone at McFarlane Toys prioritized scale. The DC Digital Nightwing really could be one of the all-time best figures they’d released. As is, this is still a great Nightwing figure but the incorrect scaling really takes it down.

Where to Get It?  You can order the DC Digital Nightwing online at Entertainment Earth. They have him in stock now. He is listed at Amazon but is available only through secondary sellers.

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