DC Universe Classics - The Joker

After waiting for so long, I've finally gotten my hands on some of the DC Universe Classics Walmart (and USA) exclusive Wave 10 action figures.  Todays review will be on the one action figure from the group that most people have been looking to get their hands on, The Joker.

People who collected Mattel's DC Superheroes action figure toy line should be happy with this new version of The Joker.   The DC Universe Classics version of the Joker has a better sculpt, is taller, more articulate and thankfully comes with all new accessories to boot.  (You can see my review of DC Superheroes Joker by clicking here). 

The design of the action figure is great.  Classic Joker outfit

Joker's head sculpt is really cool.  His hair is very well detailed as is the classic pointed joker nose and big wicked grin.  The paint job is really well done and it would be hard to pin point any minor mistakes he may have. 

Joker is not an entirely new sculpt.  The head is, of course but if you take a close look at DCUC Wave 8's Gentleman Ghost (below), you will notice most parts, especially the lower half, are very similar.   Not that this is a big deal.  Joker's paint job and custome are unique enough that its not entirely noticeable.

Joker's articulation as mentioned is way better than the DC Superheroes Joker and almost lives up to DCUC standards but just falls short.  Joints include are at the neck, shoulders, biceps, elbows, wrists, abdominal, hips thighs, knees and ankles.  Whats missing?  A waist joint.  Also the ankles cannot turn side to side, only up and down.  Regardless, Joker can still be posed in a number of different ways. 

Thankfully Joker comes with a number of accessories.

Included with the action figure you'll get a big green Joker Mallet, a Joker cane which has a joker head sculpted at the top.  A deck of cards and a smiley face fish.  The mallet, fish and cane fit easily in Joker's hands.  The cards are a little tougher to hold on to. 

Overall, Joker has some minor flaws but he is arguably one of the best DC Universe Classics action figures and probably one of the best Joker action figures of all time.  If you're lucky enough to get your hands on this bad boy at your local Wal-Mart, do not hesitate to take it up to the cashier and purchase it. 

Sculpt/Design - 9.5, Paint, 9.5, Articulation - 8, Accessories - 10, Fun - 9

For those of you in a similar situation as me and cannot find DCUC Joker at your local Wal-Mart, your only other option is going to be eBay.

To find Mattel's DC Universe classics Joker on eBay, click here.

DC Universe Classics - Green Arrow

Over the last week, i let the readers choose which DC Universe Classics action figure i should review next and the one with the most votes was Green Arrow.  So here we go:

Probably one of the better sculpts out of all the DCUC wave 9 figures, Green Arrow has some unique features that we don't normally see on your standard DC Universe Classics action figure.    The Four Housemen have given us Green Arrow look with this action figure. 

The head sculpt is amazing and the custome design looks great.

Green Arrows hands are sculpted perfectly to hold his bow and arrow.  The legs are basically re-used pieces and really are nothing different. 

Up close you will see there are a couple of areas, one on each arm of slop. A little bit of green paint in the middle of each bicep.  Unfortunately is a minor drawback of ordering online.  You can't sit in the store and pick out the figure with the best paint job.  Looking past that, the rest of Green Arrows paint job is well done.  No other glaring errors

Green Arrow's articulation is no different than 95% of the other DC Universe Classics action figures that we've seen to date.  He's got all the right joints in all the right places.  All joints were in good working order so no complaints here. 

Green Arrow comes with a large assortment of accessories.  He does not technically come with a CnC piece of Chemo, instead he comes with the blue stand plastic disk which we were given with Hawkgirl in wave 8 and Flash in wave 7.  It seems like the main popular character in each wave from now on will come with this stand (Batman in DCUC wave 10, John Stewart in DCUC wave 11).  Included in the package are obviously GA's bow which already has an arrow sculpted on to it....which is good and bad.  Good, so that its easier for the arrow to stay on.  Bad in that you cannot replace the arrow with any of the other 4 arrows that come in this package.  (see pic below).

Its nice to get these arrows,  but really they are quite useless unless you decide you want to actually cut the sculpted arrow from bow yourself but then really, you wont be able to attach any of the other arrows to the bow without actually gluing another one on or something.  The Quiver on GA's back is removable so technically that can also be considered an accessory.  Unfortunately, none of the loose arrows fit into the quiver either so there is not way for GA to carry them around.

Overall, Green Arrow is hands down a must have character for you DC Universe Classics collect, even for the occaisional collector.  In my opinion, if you were to just pick up one of the wave 9 action figures, Green Arrow would be the best choice. 

Sculpt - 9.5, Paint - 8, Articulation - 9, Accessories - 8, Fun - 8.5

Green Arrow was actually a bit of a chore for me to find probably due to the characters popularity.  Since I don't have the luxury of going to my local wal-mart and picking these action figures up, I have to resort to online retailers.  I don't like ordering full sets months in advance so generally I like using ebay to get these DCUC action figures. Originally Green Arrow was selling in the 35 dollar range when it was first released.  Ridiculas, i know, but with the release of wave 10 recently, Green Arrows price has come back down as the demand for this figure has faided a bit.  So head over to ebay by click on the links below to see what kind of deal you can get:

To find Mattel's DC Universe Classics Green Arrow on ebay, click here.

To find any of the other DC Universe Classics wave 9 action figures on ebay, click here.