McFarlane DC Multiverse Captain Carrot review

"What's up doc" is one thing that many would say when they look at Bugs Bunny, but what would be the thing they'd say when they take a look at Captain Carrot? Either "holy heck he is so cool and from all these issues and stories please make him a main character Gunn-chan", "lmao what a stupid ass character concept", or "who?"; personally, I think he would make for a cool mascot character for some in-universe cartoon that would pop up in my own DC canon. Officially, he is a character named Rodney Rabbit, a cartoonist who is typically mild-mannered before eating a cosmic carrot that transforms him into the hero he is known for today. He leads the Zoo Crew, and it can make any casual think of when the Looney Tunes cast dress up the Justice League. He is also part of Justice League Incarnate, which With all that said, let's get to reviewing him.

Here we have Captain Carrot in hand, and the figure itself seems like an amusing inverse from the norm. Instead of having a regular spandex costume like in the character art, he has one filled with rich texturing all throughout. Almost makes him more fitting for a live-action style-display. It should be mentioned that this figure is in white plastic to work for his glow in the dark gimmick. How effective it works depends on how dark your area is, though I tried the gimmick out at night and it wasn't as effective as I'd hope. As it stands, the white does make him look like he's got a weird case of white for the outfit matching the fur in his head. It's almost like how Lego City people with yellow torsos appear naked if they have no printing. That being said, I do like the sculptwork applied to the chest logo, and the boots are thankfully given extra white paint to break up the difference in texturing unlike the originals. I also like the purple painted to simulate the skin of the rabbit ears, and the cape, though not made of cloth, at least has some form of a dynamic flow to it without going over the top like with Action Comics 1000 Superman. The carrots on his costume, the unique toe and finger count, and the overall identity of the character make him a unique character in a sea of humans, aliens, and mechanoids. And if you look behind the cape, he has a tail!

His head sculpt is easily one of the best things about the figure. Though it lacks the shading in the fur this time, the personality of the character combined with a good balance between realism cartoony is greatly appreciative in a figure like this. His articulation is the same as with all McFarlane DC figures, though my copy's thigh swivels appear the be stiff. In addition to his trigger hand and pointing hand, he has a thumbs up hand and a fist. I normally don't talk about the stands, but this one is at least with a neon green DC logo. Reminds me of when Marvel's logo was green for the 2003 Hulk movie.

He comes with a trading card stand that appears to be mostly forgotten by most Collector Edition figures, but unlike the Penguin, the logo is painted neon green instead of silver. Even the border of the card has a green tint.

The most surprising part has to be the back featuring a Certificate of Authenticity, which makes this figure 103 out of 1000 in addition to a digitally printed but still cool signature of the Toddfather himself. Oh and CC has open hands.

As for the regular yellow versions of the character, I have to admit that they feel more complete overall. I love the yellow inside the red gloves to give the impression of different materials being used. The flight stand only came with these versions, though the Platinum has more brown applied to the nose, gloves, and ears. His eyes are inverted and the color break-up is different. The green trunks is certainly unique, but I like the regular one best. Overall, unless you want to spend extra on the yellow versions of this scwewy wabbit, you're better off painting the glow-in-the-dark version since he's the less desirable one. Also wish he had a carrot.

Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐