Here they both are in hand, with the original version on the left with its rich, metallic colors while the one on the right is the Super Powers version with its bright, Crayola colors. Regular looks absolutely exquisite with the metallic paint job on the outfit as well as the dark blue, helping the stars pop on the bikini bottom, and combining that with the golden tiara and the silver gauntlets results in a believable costume that an Amazonian warrior would have while retaining that classic look in Earth-1. Meanwhile, Super Powers looks more in line with Wonder Woman being the sole girl of the late 70s/early 80s toy commercials known as the Superfriends series. The red and yellow also come off more like Play-Doh, and it feels unnatural compared to the old toy this tried to intent. I am surprised, however, that they kept the blue gauntlets on Super Powers, which ironically better match Regular's aforementioned bikini bottom. Colors aside, the anatomy fits Wonder Woman perfectly, from the right balance between being feminine while also having a powerful female build. making her neither petite nor butch, so she won't end up looking like either a malnourished anime girl or a shitty Tumblr redraw. Admittedly, the limbs come from Superwoman of Earth-3, aka the title that belongs to the Crime Syndicate member and not Lois Lane dressed up like her bf, and that figure's arms have a decent bit of musculature as well as the upper legs retaining a sense of definition to the thighs and even having a slight bit of sculptwork for her butt cheeks in a naturalistic way. And before clowns think that observation of the anatomy is perverted, let's instead talk about how the boots, which are slightly different shades of one another between versions, not only have the white line disrupted by the ankle joint, but the crackled textures don't match the rest of the outfit.
Her head sculpt is generally good, and while some would say it looks too stern, I feel it perfectly captures Wonder Woman. The makeup, the thickness of the eyebrows, and the coloring on the lips all look good, and the eyes have a subtle hint of them. The tiara also looks proportionate to the rest of the face. I know there is Power Princess from the Marvel Legends line that has an even angrier head sculpt, and I'd be tempted to get her someday because of how cool her design is despite copying a character from a Different Company. Anyways, the articulation consists of a double ball neck, and slight ball joints at the shoulders that also work on rotator cuffs with an effective yet gappy range. The biceps rotate slightly but don't really want to move any further because of the sculpt work, double-jointed elbows, and double wrist joints to allow for rotation, lateral movement, and inward movement. The torso is on a single lower diaphragm joint made likely to not break up the sculpt, while the hips move the same way as with other McFarlane DC Multiverse figures, only with slightly better range thanks to her bikini bottom's shape. The thighs have slight rotation, the knees bend at two points, and the ankles can rotate, hinge, and pivot in addition to the toes hinging upwards.
The accessories include a sword that was previously reused from Endless Winter, and I have to confess that my Wonder Woman doesn't come with the proper gold-painted sword since the previous owner was missing it and I had to improvise. Its gold doesn't blend too well and comes off more like the Butterscotch Mustard of the Bandai Legacy Collection Gold Zeo Ranger. I should probably paint it someday, though.
A shield is also included, with the main difference being the WW logo being gold on Regular while Super Powers has bright yellow. While the base shield isn't painted, I do like that the metallic plastic material, marbleized as it is, at least fits with the gold decently.
Battle axes are even included with both figures, and they can be held either with both hands at the top and bottom parts of the handle or in the middle with a single hand. I haven't mentioned this yet, but they both come with lassos that suck. Not only do the materials they come with lack any proper way of being shaped back in place before getting undone, but they don't like being wound up and stored on the loop with ease. I know some would use them for the Lasso of Truth pose potential, but I lack the patience that a static accessory fixes.
For a comparison with her fellow Trinity members, I choose Action Comics 1000 Superman as well as Knightfall Black and Grey Batman to sort of make a DCAU-esque take on these characters in the more comic style. Some would say that either Wonder Woman is taller than the others or that Superman may be somewhat shorter than he should be, but the scale at least works with all three being generally eye level.
Here she is with both the Mattel DC Universe Classics version and three more commonly found McFarlane Toys Wonder Woman figures. The DCUC is smaller, given the difference in scale, but I can at least say that it was a better attempt at making female characters than most of ToyBiz's and early Hasbro Lady Legends. Meanwhile, do you see a common pattern with the three Wonder Women I brought in? If you guessed their less classic and more intricate armor designs, then you'd guess right. Todd has a tendency to admit he prefers things that look cool, hence why we see more extreme McFarlanizations on some figures we got earlier in the line's run to make them more textured and the like. The issue arises when it comes to how we got those versions of Wonder Woman long before we got a more traditional comic version. I was fine with the Gal Gadot figures we got since WB would want there to be figures associated with their movies, but the fact that it took about 3-4 years for a traditional Wonder Woman figure to appear in the line is stupid as fuck. Not to mention how difficult the figure is to buy when it first came out thanks to scalpers combined with there being no plans for re-releasing the figure again. A New 52 version and a Justice League: Task Force game version would be ideal, but the handling of classic Wonder Woman, aka THE female DC character, is a genuine reason to dislike McFarlane Toys rather than trivial shit. Yes, this is a great toy, but the controversy surrounding its release is awful.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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