McFarlane Cyborg Superman

 

I couldn't believe my luck when stumbling upon this McFarlane DC Multiverse Cyborg Superman a couple weeks ago. Wow! I've never had a Cyborg Superman, but did enjoy the villain in the Sinestro Corps War book (2008). There is a McFarlane Target Exclusive variant of that Sinestro Corps Cyborg Superman in darker colors that I will buy if I see it in the wild. Hank Henshaw first appeared in The Adventures of Superman #466 (1990), but not as Cyborg Superman in issue #500 (1993). The sculpt and presentation of this figure is top notch and appears to be nearly all new tooling aside from the left arm and belt/trunks. Impressive!

Cyborg Superman alongside some other recent McFarlane Superman additions to my collection; World At War Superman, Christopher Reeve '78 Superman, and Gold Label Action Comics 1,000 Superman ...

And finally, Cyborg Superman with some of my other McFarlane "dark Supermen"; Red Son Superman, DC Vs. Vampires Superman, Superboy Prime, and God of Apokolips...

I can't say enough good things about this Cyborg Superman- being my first action figure of the character, I doubt you could do any better, really. My only gripe is a longstanding omission of a flight stand in a considerable percentage of characters that should include one. Regardless, it's a shame McFarlane is losing the licensing when producing figures of this caliber. Recommended!

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McFarlane DC Dump

I have quite a few McFarlane DC Multiverse/DC Direct figures I need to bust out, so I thought I'd dump seven of them right here. I buy a lot of mine at Nerdzoic because I like supporting a small family business with great service.

I've loved this Earth 2 Robin design since seeing it years ago; he teamed up with Huntress in a trade paperback I read, Dark Knight Daughter. He comes with an alternate head that looks like Green Lantern's domino mask, but I prefer the full head mask. I am really enjoying the wired cloth capes McFarlane moved to.

Earth 2 Robin with McFarlane DC Multiverse Red Robin and Damien Wayne Robin ...

I was really excited to see this Huntress solicited; she's the modern version but makes a great partner with my Earth 2 Robin. The interchangeable face plates were a great idea, but I feel a different expression might have added some variety- these are all somewhat neutral. The base helps a great deal keeping the figure upright with her impossibly tiny, heeled feet.

Below, McFarlane Huntress with my DC Collectibles Huntress,,,

I was slowly piecing this trio of villains together for the last year or so; I was glad to see some classic versions of Gotham City's rouges' gallery. I eagerly await the Two-Face I preordered!

McFarlane packed a lot of extra hands in with Riddler, doesn't get much more classic than this.

McFarlane Riddler with my modern Mego Riddler...

This was the McFarlane Joker I was waiting for; it looks like it walked right out of the comics of my youth. Bronze-Age. Included are several extra hands, including holding cards and the laughing fish. 

Below, McFarlane Joker with my DC Universe Classics Joker...

I picked up this Super Powers variant of the McFarlane Collector's Edition Penguin at a discount from an online seller because it's damaged box, but I wanted to open him anyway. His card was damaged, but I don't really take any special care of those anyway.

I will say, I liked the parasol that came with my DC Universe Classics Penguin better... 

McFarlane included many sets of extra hands, a radio communicator, and batarang with this Adam West/Classic TV/'66 Batman. Love it! It would have been interesting to see an entire wave or two of '66 Batman figures, but McFarlane was already filling that space with the 6" Classic TV line.

Below, McFarlane Adam West Batman with my Mego Adam West Batman ...

I'm still waiting on my McFarlane '89 Batman, but these two were a big part of my early childhood. I was six when Superman movie dropped, and '66 Batman was in heavy syndication throughout the entirety of my youth, so I was excited to see them.

This figure came with two portraits that bear few obvious differences, though I prefer the version with the tighter spit curl. Chris Reeve is my Superman, so I was really happy to get this figure. Beautiful cape!

Below, McFarlane Chris Reeve Superman with my 12" Mattel Chris Reeve Superman...

Below, Chris Reeve Superman and Huntress with my 

DC Multiverse Superman #1000 and Power Girl...

This was a fun group of McFarlane DC figures to bust out, I have several more Batman figures I need to post on. While I've had my gripes about McFarlane figures, including their pinchy joints, ball-jointed wrists and ankles, and inconsistent scale, I was surprised to hear they lost the license back to Mattel! I thought of it as a successful line and I'm sure I'll pick up a few more on the way out this next year.

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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.

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