Here we have Mister Terrific in-hand, without his leather jacket so he can show off his tattooed arms. The body mold seems to be of the Blue Beetle buck, which might explain why he has these ridges on his boots. I know sometimes the boots are broken up as being solid black, but that ridge detailing would have worked better if the lower legs were slightly filled in beneath the line to show they were actual boots and not rely on people pretending to ignore said line. Beyond that, the rest of the deco is generally crisp and has no real QC issues t
So to speak. Even the knee joints are painted on both sides to color match the respective sides. The costume's T motif is kept intact and it will look even better with the coat. Here, at least the arm tattoos are nice and crisp.
His head sculpt is appropriately stern and has the red T mask on his face. Sometimes, the mask is either that color or is solid black; either one works, but the standard one has the red with a black outline to help it pop more. While the articulation is the same between McFarlane figures in general, we can see his left hand has a molded-on.T-sphere that is painted decently for something permanently stuck on the appendage.
As for his other accessories, he comes with a sneering faceplate as well as a screaming one, both done well though the faces remind me a bit of Hellboy. We also have his swirling T-spheres and a shield generated from one. As for the leather jacket, the material is nice and I haven't had any severe stitching issues, though as with soft goods like these, my biggest concern has to be the longevity over the years. If you remember what happened to ToyBiz Blade, you know what I mean.
Much like Guy Gardner, having a screaming face means that the inside of the mouth is sculpted on the head, rather than being a part of the faceplate like on any other figure. As a result, we get NIGHTMARE FUEL! Between the drilled in forehead, the empty cycloptic eye socket, and the deformed mouth, this is what they do to people as they turn into DCU shills.
If you're one of those completionists out there looking to get every version of a McFarlane figure by any means necessary, look no further than the Platinum Edition with the black mask (no not the Batman villain one) as well as a Red Platinum with a black and yellow suit combo as well as a purple mask (with matching energy effects from the T-spheres. I think his name sums up how I feel about the figure; he's a great release overall apart from a few minor issues (mainly the boots), and he makes for one of the best examples of a McFarlane Collector Edition.
As for Zatanna and Detective Chimp, both characters are sold together in a single Collector Edition set as we've seen with some McFarlane characters who come with animals (Return of Superman coming with Krypto the Superdog and Power Girl coming with Streaky the Cat). However, we did get Ace the Bat-Hound with Silver Age Batman, a non-Collector Edition. Both are generally new sculpts, a miracle for Zatanna since female characters usually either Knightfall Catwoman or the legs of Collector Edition Wonder Woman. I love that the overlay for her magician dress has the yellow shirt piece going past the diaper piece, which makes more sense for a design like this than the broken up sculpt of Pfeiffer Catwoman. The fishnets are painted on, but they are also applied with few to no issues at all. Her wand is permanently molded on her left hand meaning she will have few options of having it be displayed in other ways unless you like her being a lefty. As for DC, I appreciate that he has a bit of a hunched posture from the legs being bent somewhat band the shade of green used for his shit compliments the yellow on Zatanna. With all the reuses of suited figures from both McFarlane Toys and Hasbro, I like seeing a different primate wearing a suit AND being a new sculpt. Reminds me a bit of the Hit Monkey BAF from over a decade ago with Hasbro's Return of Marvel Legends days.
Their head sculpts are done marvelously, with Zatanna having a lovely smile that is complete with elegantly painted eyeliner, lipstick, and blue shading on her hair. Chimp, meanwhile, has a nice level of texture that maintains a sense of organic realism, and I like that there is a proper bit of separation by the paint work between his sneering face and his hair. While Zatanna has the usual articulation, I have her wearing her top hat as one of her few accessories she comes with. As for Chimp, his neck, shoulders, and waist rotate, though I wish he had more articulation given he's, you know, part of a species said to be the human race's closest relative.
The only other accessories we get with her are the alternate hands with flames sculpted and painted on. Neat but is that really all she comes with? Surely some sparkle effects or different magical pieces would go a long way. It's Zatanna, for God's sake; use your imagination with her abilities!
Of note, her hair comes off likely as a carryover from an intended hair swap you could.do.when.she was meant to be an Elite Edition. We don't know what kind of hair she would have come with, but it likely was also meant to be swapped with the face that comes with the Platinum Edition, who has an entirely different costume deco as well as no fishnets for the legs (though they are not bare skin). Said face is a stern expression, and it would have been intended that the hair comes off so you can use it on either expression. Detective Chimp's got his own alternate head yet the entirely different suit color makes any swap look out of place if that were possible to even switch heads.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Mr Terrific)
⭐⭐⭐ and a half out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Zatanna)
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