DC Multiverse DC Collector Edition Hawkgirl review (2025) – Platinum Chase
The Collector Edition Hawkgirl is essentially the Justice League Hawkwoman. McFarlane designers opted to make a decent enough Hawkwoman take by repainting the Collector Edition Hawkgirl. Considering those are two very different designs, there’s a number of compromises to get a passable Hawkwoman, but that beats not having one at all.
Let’s see how far the Collector Edition Hawkgirl soars or if she’s hamstrung by a mold that just won’t fly.
Packaging: Collector Edition Hawkgirl has the standard Collector Edition packaging with the silver accents instead of white against the black. Clearly this is labeled as Hawkgirl so as not to cause confusion, but at least the side panel listing this as the Justice League of America still holds up.
On the back is a pic of Kendra Saunders as Hawkgirl during her JLA run. McFarlane has been inconsistent with getting the package art right for the exact figure, so this was not a surprise.
Likeness: The Collector Edition Hawkgirl sculpt had all of her costume details, but most of them can work for a classic Hawkwoman. The most glaring changes needed were bare arms without the bracelets and gauntlets. Considering the base model for Hawkgirl was Wonder Woman using her arms would have been a more appropriate choice for Hawkwoman.
Her cowl could also use some tweaking with longer flaps around her face. The most glaring omission is the lack of hair, which flowed down onto Hawkwoman’s shoulders. While McFarlane hasn’t been prolific with cranking out female figures using a hair sculpt, not including the hair really is annoying. Some collectors have been using the base Hawkman mold’s hair as a stand-in that actually works pretty well.
The last Collector Edition Hawkgirl-specific item was the more detailed pouch-laden belt, but this one wasn’t as big a deal. Hawkwoman just wore a basic belt. I still love the sculpt on the wings as they provide a solid wingspan with tremendous work done on the feathers.
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Scale: McFarlane Toys really needed to create a new mold for female characters that wasn’t the Wonder Woman or Catwoman options. Something in the middle of those two options would have been ideal. Since she likely couldn’t stand up with the wings on the Catwoman mold, the WW one was the only option.
That makes Hawkwoman taller than all of her Justice League teammates save for Superman. At least I can try and explain it away as a result of her being from Thanagar, but that’s kinda grasping for something here.
Paint: McFarlane designers couldn’t get an exact Hawkwoman match from the sculpt, but there were some areas they could have made it more accurate. The cowl should just be a flat orange at the top while the section around her eyes should be yellow.
The rest of the paintjob does match up with Hawkwoman’s appearance with a full yellow tank top, red shorts with yellow stripes on the side to match the boots and vibrant green pants. Besides the inaccuracies to Hawkwoman’s exact look, the paint job is fine.
Articulation: Collector Edition Hawkgirl gets the standard McFarlane articulation rollout of 22 points of articulation. Due to the weight of her wings, Hawkwoman is a figure that can’t hold deep stances too long without fear of biggest priority though is finding that sweet spot pose where she doesn’t topple over under the weight of her wings.
That said, she’s a ton of fun to pose and the wings add another dynamic level to it that makes her stand out compared to other members of the Justice League.
Collector Edition Hawkgirl has:
- neck
- ball-jointed shoulders with ratchet rotator cuff joint
- elbow
- wrist
- wrist hinge
- torso
- wings (hinge)
- waist
- hip
- thigh
- knee
- ankle
- toe
Accessories: Collector Edition Hawkgirl probably needed more accessories, but I’m assuming the wings ate into the budget tremendously. She’s got her trusty mace with more of a copper wash, which looks better than the standard version.
Still, she could have gotten some more weapons. Collector Edition Hawkgirl would also use a shield and spear in battle, so she wasn’t just Hawkman, but as a woman.
She also comes with a matching right fist and gripping left hand so you can mirror the default hand options. Additionally, she has the open hands for flying poses.
As always, she’s got the smaller circular stand and a trading card with a bio. Considering her powers and heft, it really would have been great to get one of the flying stands for her.
Worth It? Collector Edition Hawkgirl was $34.99. That’s not a great deal, but we’re probably past the point of McFarlane being the best value considering their larger scale and still being cheaper than Marvel Legends, Transformers, etc.
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
Collector Edition Hawkgirl is adequate and certainly fills a spot in the classic JLA. McFarlane just needed to fix some easy things to deliver a great figure even with the scale issue.
Where to Get It? I found Collector Edition Hawkgirl at GameStop, but she might be harder to find now. As always, check Amazon for more DC Multiverse figures as well.
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