Here we have both versions of Superman in-hand. While the blank body may appear reused from characters like Adam West Batman or Jim Carrey Riddler, the proportions are specific to Christopher Reeve's build. The musculature maybe soft to some, but it's still better than what people feared with McFarlanizations, or how off Batfleck's proportions looked next to the Fondjoy version. The golds on the sleeves may be the slightest bit of deviation yet, but it's miniscule compared to the added details on Action Comics 1000. One big issue I do have would be the wrist joints not being flesh tone, though the rest of the figure turns out great. The chest emblems are usually flat on the costume like on the actual costume, but they shape is raised in relief while the rest of the logo remains a tampograph. Evil Superman is unique for his darker blue (that I find would rock well with the red on good Superman) as well as the brown that replaces the bright red. Not only that, but the figure has a dirty wash applied to it in reference to the events this corrupted Kal went through, such as the battle at the junkyard with Clark Kent...which was as stupid as the rest of the movie. And people say that "Emo Peter", whose real name is Bully Maguire, was lame when he isn't! Also, the S shield in the back of the cape is easier to show on good Superman than on evil Superman, which may be intentional.
Their heads are generally accurate to the actor himself, though the angry head may be the closer to that likeness than the neutral head. Evil Superman's heads are painted even further with graying temples comparable to Reed Richards and a five o'clock shadow.
Articulation is standard for the figure(s), with a double-ball neck joint, ball joints for front and back motion in addition to having them shift around with the rotator cuffs hiding said joint, hinges for outward arm movement, bicep rotation, double-jointed elbows, and double-purpose wrists that can rotate at two pegs, with the connection at the forearm allowing the hands to hinge either vertically or horizontally. The torso includes a diaphragm joint and dumbbell waist, hips can move front and back as well as in and out, slight thigh rotation is included, knees bend with double-joints, and the feet can rotate, hinge, and pivot. Finally, the toes can bend for running poses. Good Reeve has the flight stand on display, but both come with it since they're functionally the same.
As far as hands are concerned, we get 4 alternate pairs of them, with one set of relaxed hands and one set of open hands and a set of more flat-karate hands. These kind of come across as oversized on this figure like the ones on Page Punchers/DC Classic Superman.
They also have their alternate heads to go with them, with a slightly cleaner angry head for good Supes and a neutral head with the same evil deco painted on as well as heat vision for Evil Supes. Both also have a right pointing hand and a left hand holding the green crystal that eerily looks like Kryptonite but is actually from the ship he was transported to as a baby. It also led him to the Fortress of Solitude where he trained to become Superman. Also included is a more gestural right hand and a slightly more splayed open left hand.
Here we have Christopher Reeve Superman next to Adam West Batman since some pair him up with the Caped Crusader of the 60s. Also because I don't have Keaton out of the box yet. I'm pretty sure West being slightly shorter than Reeve is accurate since the former was 2 inches shorter than the latter. They make me wonder how much they'd work as a pair since the camp of 66 was better than the slapstick of 78. That being said, I think you should get Reeve if you're lucky, because scalpers and limited runs make things way less fun than they have any right to be. BigBadToyStore took too long to process my order but GameStop was lucky to save the day. Also, I have no plans for Page Punchers because the body isn't the same (it's the Crisis on Infinite Earths version and not the same one we have here) and also because I'm not a big fan of shading on human characters than on the Transformers like Grimlock and Straxus. It's better than MMPR Pink's comic version but still.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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