Emma Frost, Exclusive Diamond form statue by Bowen.
One of my favorite Marvel characters, Emma Frost is (or at least, as far caught up on reading comics as I am) co-leader of the X-men. And she can turn into diamond.
For more pictures, visit the Emma Frost Diamond Statue page on my collecting wiki
Zatanna, Ame Comi Statue by DC Direct.
While I liked the look of this figure, I wasn't necessarily planning on getting it, but though a set of somewhat complicated events I ended up getting this figure for $10. And it was absolutely worth that price, being even better in person than I expected it to be.
Check out all the neat detailing on her cuffs, lapels, hat band, and those ribbon things have a different pattern on them, which is neat. Notice her shoes, and her fishnet stockings are actual material, not just painted on.
In fact, if you follow the ribbon things around to the back, the detailing on them is interesting. Plus she's got some kind of frosted detailing on the ends of her coattails. Also, take look at those nifty shoes.
For more pictures, visit the Zatanna Ame Comi page on my collecting wiki
Harley Quinn, Cover Girls of the DC Universe Statue line, by DC Direct
For more pictures, visit the Harley Quinn Cover Girls statue page on my collecting wiki
Black Canary Ame Comi figure by DC Direct.
This is another figure that I appreciate more in hand than I did from pictures before buying. The matte black of her body suit contrasts nicely with the glossy black of her jacket and boots, all the gold detailing works really well, but what I like best of all is the throwing star in her left hand. It's something I'd never noticed in the solicit photos, and I think it really adds to the personality of the character and the figure.
For more pictures, visit the Black Canary Ame Comi page on my collecting wiki
Hawkgirl Ame Comi Heroine statue by DC Direct.
Great looking statue, in my opinion. However, there's something a little off with these pictures. Can you tell what?
I tried to photo them in such a way as to hide it, but it's pretty apparent to me that she's gimpy. While attaching her to the stand, her right wing snapped off. :( However, I think she's too interesting looking of a statue to delay posting some pictures of her while I attempt to mend her broken wing.
The first pic allows a good look at clawed left hand, the arm band on her right, and her helm. I like the way the black paint under her hawk-eye doesn't end, it streaks back fading into the gold. I thought at first it was a mistake, but both sides are the same, and I rather like the effect. It is also apparent from this angle that her top doesn't wrap around, and while she's...um, rather large...in the front (less apparent because you can't see how thin the rest of her body is), I'm not sure that covering would stay in place particularly well in actual flight/combat. Although the red strings wrap around her waist as well as her neck, so maybe? I don't know, I'm no fassion expert. I can't even figure out how to spell it: fascion? fasion? phassion? Oh, it's easier than that: fashion.
Anyway, the second pic gives a slightly better view of the armor bit on her left hand, you can see it's got some detailing on the top, reminiscent of the Eye of Ra symbol, plus she's got some nifty necklaces. She's got a battle ready, intent look on her face, and interestingly, she appears to have an impressive scar under her left eye. Right up under her eye. That was a close call. I like that she has eye lashes or something drawn under her right eye, but she's not hiding the close call she had with her left one.
Unfortunately, the following picture removes any illusion of wings, but gives us a good look at her Mace. This hand also has the finger claws and bracer that her left has, but no wrist or hand armor, just the finger claws, the pommel of the mace is carved in an hawk head motif, though obviously my angle was off when shooting it. But the mace head itself is quite cool, I love that the studs are gold instead of the same lead color of the mace, and the collar obviously is supposed to have some interesting detailing, though either PVC is too soft to have picked up the details well, or they weren't very finely detailed to begin with. But it's an interesting texture and color if nothing else. Also, her hair is done up in one really long braid. I like that.
Ame Comi Hawkgirl definitely turns out to be one of the best figures in the line so far, one of my favorites for sure, and I didn't even get any good pics to show off her armored boots with they're hawk claw detailing, but trust me, they're awesome, it's a great figure, I highly recommend it. Plus, it's a variant on her modern costume, which I MUCH prefer to her Golden/Silver Age look, or even her Animated Series look.
But attach the stand to her back first, the hole was just a tad too small, and it took quite a bit of force to get it in (in retrospect I could have easily shaved the hole out a little with a razor, and since I had plugged the wings in first, I inadvertently pushed on her wing more than I thought I was. Stand first, then wings. :(
For more pictures, visit the Ame Comi Hawkgirl page on my collecting wiki
Donna Troy, Ame Comi statue by DC Direct.
For more pictures, visit the Donna Troy Ame Comi page on my collecting wiki
Batman Build A Scene Statue Part 1: Robin and Catwoman, by DC Direct.
Resuming the Batman Build A Scene Statue, we finally have Part 1 here, with Batman's protoge, Tim Drake, the third Robin, and his girlfriend, Selina Kyle. Just the Batman assemblage remains.
Additional pictures of this Catwoman & Robin statue at my collecting wiki
Wonder Woman (version 1), Ame Comi statue by DC Direct
Oh, how long I have been trying to get this figure for a good price. I love the redesign of her armor, and it's really not even that big a change, except for the sides, which you can't really see in the pictures I've taken of it so far. I'll have to get a side view picture up tomorrow.
For more info and pics, visit Ame Comi Wonder Woman at my collecting wiki.
Batman Build A Scene Statue Part 2: Huntress and Nightwing, by DC Direct.
Like Batwoman, I've always been fond of Huntress, and her costume, although in Huntress' case, I also know some about her, having read some comics with her in them. She's an interesting character. Nightwing is less so to me, but I much prefer Dick Grayson as Nightwing than as Robin. ANyway, it's a nice looking piece, I thinks.
Additional pictures of this Huntress & Nightwing statue at my collecting wiki
Batman Build A Scene Statue Part 3: Commissioner Gordon and Batwoman, by DC Direct.
This is something I should have posted weeks ago. Nay, months ago. The pictures appear to date back to August of last year. I LOVE this statue. I got Part 1 months before I got Part 2, and it was at least several more weeks before I managed to get Part 3 at a good price, but the Batman Family Build A Scene statue is Definitely worth getting, especially at the significantly reduced prices that I paid.
As is obvious, Part 3 of the Batman Family Build A Scene statue contains possibly the single most important character in Batman's life, that isn't Batman himself. Or his parents ("My parents are DEAD!"). Or the Joker ("You complete me."). He's a bit of a boring choice for a statue or action figure, but where would Batman be without Commissioner James Gordon? And as I've said before, I just love the modern Batwoman costume, it's fantastic.
Additional pictures of this Commissioner Gordon & Batwoman statue at my collecting wiki
Ame Comi Harley Quinn mini statue, by DC Direct
While I hope to acquire the larger Harley Quinn Ame Comi statue, this one is quite nice, nicer perhaps, than the big one. I believe the colors to be very matte on the large one, where as the red of her costume here on the mini version is a very glossy, metallic red, and the white collar piece is actually pearlescent, rather than straight white. I prefer the pose on this one more too. I like the little color details on her legs and feet, which break up the red/black scheme for which Harley is known. The gold-trimmed blue and green sections at the ends of her pants, and the green trim on the shoes really jump out at you, but at the same time, I feel they blend in with the costume very well, making it better. It seems like the oval cutouts all around the thigh portion would make the outfit very prone to ripping while putting it on, if she just catches one with her foot, the whole thing could rip off, but I like the look.
I'm very glad to have gotten this new version, I think I'll quite like the mini versions, it's fun that they're different poses to costumes already released. I'm still not really interested in the blue/gray Batgirl, and though I think the mini Poison Ivy is better than the regular sized one, I'm not particularly tempted to get it. However, if I recall Series 2 correctly, it has Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman and one similar to the Supergirl (v2) I posted last time, so I will have to get all three, and series 3 has Power Girl and Donna Troy, or something like that, I may have the actually characters confused, but I'm pretty sure I want all of mini series 2 and 2 of the 3 of mini series 3.
Supergirl, Ame Comi DC Heroines, by DC Direct.
By no means my favorite of the series, but a nice entry nonetheless. I like the Kryptonian writing on the yellow straps of the cape, the metallic blue, and that the bottom of the skirt is kinda translucent. Also like the strange design of the costume in general, with the kinda odd cut-outs on the side/back, as though to remind us the actual costume shows her midriff. I don't really care for the looking in the side mirror of a car thing, and there's something odd about her lower legs, but overall, it's quite good, everything about the costume is great.
For more pics visit my Ame Comi Supergirl page at my collecting wiki.
Batman, from the Ame-Comi line of DC Statues.
The Ame-Comi line is a series of highly stylized, anime-styled, statues, based on women from the DC Universe, up until this figure.
I finally picked one of these up, I've been watching this line since it began, and had the opportunity to pick up two of the early figures for $18. But I didn't, and now it's going to cost me 2 or 3 times that to get them. There are a few that are particularly excellent, that I really want, but others also think they're excellent, and are therefore expensive on eBay.
If anyone can help me get the first Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Power Girl, or really any of the others, for good, low prices, let me know. Especially the first Wonder Woman, that one is awesome, and I can't wait for the Artemis repaint.
