I'll go over my thoughts on WW84 as briefly as I can since I don't want to make an overly long rant like Thew Adams did over ROTF Skids & Mudflap. The moment I saw that the film was going to take place in the 80s and try to win over the Lynda Carter fans that would never even be interested in the new stuff due to their nostalgia blindness, I didn't give a rats ass about the movie overall. The 2017 movie was a good way to depict the character's origin story and worked fairly well apart from the third act. And in any case, I'd rather see more of the Snyderverse than some of the filler DCEU movies made by WB. Alright, rant over, I did find this figure on clearance and decided to get it for the sake of having a version of Wonder Woman as McFarlane foolishly didn't include a version that better matched her appearance in the Snyder Cut along with the sword & shield. So will this version work well instead?
Here we have Wonder Woman in hand. As far as the anatomy goes, the proportions look fairly accurate to the figure since part of me expected the figure to look a little wonky after seeing some of the proportions made on the other McFarlane stuff. With it being a live-action character, I can see it feeling a little more naturalistic in terms of its appearance moreso than the comic and animation-based sculpts. The figure's armor looks fairly good, and the metallic paint is nicely applied despite it being a thing for only WW84. Some parts of the figure do look a little odd in terms of how the flesh color is not covered nicely on the knee pads molded on the thighs or the bands. As for the skin tone, it looks very good and is much more consistent than we normally see with these half-revealing figures. The front of the skirt should be a little closer to the crotch area, and I don't know why it sticks out when it shouldn't. But beyond that, the figure looks good as far as being accurate to Wonder Woman's appearance in the movie. Her head sculpt is decent, and I like how the tiara is painted and stands out from her forehead while her hair is painted to look naturalistic. The likeness to Gal Gadot is decent, though not 100% accurate to her. Thankfully the eyes, eyebrows, and lips are painted properly.
The articulation for this figure is surprisingly plentiful for a female character: head is on a ball joint with slightly limited range due to the hair, shoulders move front and back, in and out, there are additional shoulder joints that serve as added range for moving outwards while serving as butterfly joints for moving front and back. The biceps swivel, the elbows bend at two points, and the wrists can swivel but also have the ability to hinge in and out as well as upside down with a similar joint that I found from the Bandai Legacy Power Rangers (somewhat unsightly if you ask me). The torso can move around but there is a gap from the bust of the figure. The hips move front and back, in and out, the thighs can swivel somewhat, the knees bend at two points, and the ankles can hinge up and down, the feet can sort of pivot, and the toes can hinge up and down a la Master Chief and Arcee from earlier this week. As far as accessories go, while she lacks her sword and shield that she uses in Batman v. Superman as well as Zack Snyder's Justice League, she also lacks alternate hands that would look so much better for a regular display than the Lego hands she has. Instead, all she has are a lasso piece that doesn't really stay in place...
...a longer lasso that she can't really hold as well because of how thin the grip is compared to her hands, and a stand that has a subtle DC logo printed on it. Yep. That's it.
For a comparison with the Mattel version of the figure, you can tell that the figure is both taller, has more naturalistic skin for her, and is somewhat vibrant in coloring. She's certainly better than the Mattel figure in terms of articulation and likeness, but I will say that I prefer the coloring of the Mattel figure, the way the lasso stays in her harness, and the inclusion of at least a sword. Makes me wonder if I can get a sword and shield at a decent price because I'm not that big of a fan of this figure as it is. While it's neat to have gotten her for a price tag that's far cheaper than normal, and the likeness, as well as the articulation, are nice, I'm not too happy with the figure's lack of accessories beyond the lasso pieces and the basic stand. And the sad part is that there appears to be no sign of a ZSJL version of the character since every picture promoting the McFarlane team has her as the WW84 version. So with all that said, I'd recommend getting her for cheap. Good luck finding weapons for her, though.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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