DC Multiverse Collector's Edition Power Girl & Gold Label Superman

I preordered my Gold Label Superman from Nerdzoic some time ago but only stumbled upon the Power Girl in the wild last weekend while out of town! Since they are cousins, I thought they'd be a nice pairing to post about. I have a love/hate relationship with McFarlane DC Multiverse that's mostly positive, but they have made some great looking figures, and I'm liking the move to wired cloth capes.

This Gold Label Superman looks to be mostly a repaint for the Action Comics 1000 Superman that came out about five years ago, but with a wired cloth cape- with an S on the back this time. For whatever reason, they removed the sculpted chest insignia, replacing it with a flat tampograph, inexplicably printed in metallic red. It has nothing to do with the tomato reds throughout the outfit, but I like it for some reason. I'm unsure the butterfly shoulders help articulation, and we get the original single hinged elbows from the older figure- there are better, updated bucks that have superior articulation. Regardless, the wired cloth cape makes him 10X more interesting, and we were given a flight stand.

I didn't care for the skin tone or facial portrait on this McFarlane Hush Superman, and though he may have better articulation than this Gold Label Superman, I'm not convinced the sculpt is better. The Gold Label looks more natural...

Funny, I posted another McFarlane Toys Superman only a couple weeks ago- 

the fantastic Super Powers Classic Superman!

I felt like this Gold Label Superman had a lot in common with 

my old DC Universe Classics Superman, especially the dark blue.

Below, Superman with Martian Manhunter, The Flash, and Aquaman ...

To my dismay, Power Girl quickly sold out online and I accepted I might not get her but was surprised to find her a Walmart while out of town recently! I love this mostly classic version of Kara- especially the confident, beautiful facial portrait. Another wired cloth cape, but disappointingly no flight stand like Superman. Her cat Streaky has a cloth cape as well.

Below, McFarlane Power Girl with my DC Universe Classics Power Girl, 

and DC Collectibles New 52 Power Girl...

... and Power Girl with my only other female McFarlane DC Multiverse female, Batgirl!

Superman and Power Girl dispatch Lex Luthor ...!

While Superman has a lot of reused parts, and Kara is possibly out of scale with a lot of earlier McFarlane DC Multiverse figures, I did enjoy these figures. They both have great facial portraits, and the wired cloth capes are fantastic. McFarlane figures often confound me with their awkward articulation and instability, and some of that applies here, but the figures look great overall.

More Later- Make It FUN!