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With the overview of the Figuarts Wonder Woman figure completed, we now take a look at how she compares. For the purposes of brevity, the Mezco edition has been left out. While that figure has impressive paint work (and an impressively average face sculpt), the Mezco fails miserably as an action figure. Thus, it's down to the Mafex Justice League Wonder Woman versus the Figarts release.
Both figures are roughly the same height overall, but have very different proportions, with the Figuarts having more muscular thighs. The Figuarts has a more slender torso with a much larger skirt, and the more slender collarbone area goes better with the arms, and the upper and lower leg lengths are different on each. The boots also ride higher on the Figuarts release, as does the head itself. Each of the figures has a slightly different colour scheme, with detailing on the figure clearly going to the Figuarts release. The leather harness is also different on each, but for reasons there is no sword holster on the Figuarts version.
Overall, I feel the slight edge goes to the Figuarts due to its more slender and natural looking collarbone area, as well as more accurate colouring.
Paint work on the Figuarts is by far superior to that the Mafex, but strangely the finish on the parts is better on the Mafex as compared to the Figuarts, with the most obvious example being on the arms - that moulding seam is hideous. The flesh tone on the Mafex is definitely nicer however,
With regards to face this will be short - the Mafex wins, both in terms of looking better, and looking more like Gal Gadot. The hair is also better on the Mafex - neither look particularly accurate, but the Mafex features soft rubbery material, which does allow for more articulation. The design of the head overall also allows the Mafex to have more head articulation.
Useful articulation was a strange one. Technically, the Figuarts has more points of articulation, but due to the design of the Figuarts head, much of the real world use of this design is eliminated. What I found was that given what was left, the only real place that the Figuarts has an advantage over the Mafex is that the arms can bend more. Otherwise, the Mafex actually has greater range of motion than the Figuarts, which was very much unexpected.
Overall, just like before, both the Figuarts and Mafex releases make better action figures than the Mezco one. Between the two of them, however, the Mafex still edges out the Figuarts, even if we ignore the weighting of the head sculpt itself. The Figuarts does generally look better than the Mafex, with the exception of the flesh tone, but the Mafex has fewer rough finishes. The Figuarts as more joints, but the Mafex is designed such that you can actually maximize the posing potential of the figure, and the range of motion is generally superior on the Mafex.
The implementation of the head on the Figuarts is a head scratcher and really limits what the Figuarts can do. This is the primary source of my anger/disappointment, with the horrifying face sculpt is being the cherry on the turd sundae.
And that, friends, was the comparison of the Figuarts and Mafex releases. Thanks for reading, and as always, keep your eyes peeled for that next overview.
DSC_8227
With the overview of the Figuarts Wonder Woman figure completed, we now take a look at how she compares. For the purposes of brevity, the Mezco edition has been left out. While that figure has impressive paint work (and an impressively average face sculpt), the Mezco fails miserably as an action figure. Thus, it's down to the Mafex Justice League Wonder Woman versus the Figarts release.
Both figures are roughly the same height overall, but have very different proportions, with the Figuarts having more muscular thighs. The Figuarts has a more slender torso with a much larger skirt, and the more slender collarbone area goes better with the arms, and the upper and lower leg lengths are different on each. The boots also ride higher on the Figuarts release, as does the head itself. Each of the figures has a slightly different colour scheme, with detailing on the figure clearly going to the Figuarts release. The leather harness is also different on each, but for reasons there is no sword holster on the Figuarts version.
Overall, I feel the slight edge goes to the Figuarts due to its more slender and natural looking collarbone area, as well as more accurate colouring.
Paint work on the Figuarts is by far superior to that the Mafex, but strangely the finish on the parts is better on the Mafex as compared to the Figuarts, with the most obvious example being on the arms - that moulding seam is hideous. The flesh tone on the Mafex is definitely nicer however,
With regards to face this will be short - the Mafex wins, both in terms of looking better, and looking more like Gal Gadot. The hair is also better on the Mafex - neither look particularly accurate, but the Mafex features soft rubbery material, which does allow for more articulation. The design of the head overall also allows the Mafex to have more head articulation.
Useful articulation was a strange one. Technically, the Figuarts has more points of articulation, but due to the design of the Figuarts head, much of the real world use of this design is eliminated. What I found was that given what was left, the only real place that the Figuarts has an advantage over the Mafex is that the arms can bend more. Otherwise, the Mafex actually has greater range of motion than the Figuarts, which was very much unexpected.
Overall, just like before, both the Figuarts and Mafex releases make better action figures than the Mezco one. Between the two of them, however, the Mafex still edges out the Figuarts, even if we ignore the weighting of the head sculpt itself. The Figuarts does generally look better than the Mafex, with the exception of the flesh tone, but the Mafex has fewer rough finishes. The Figuarts as more joints, but the Mafex is designed such that you can actually maximize the posing potential of the figure, and the range of motion is generally superior on the Mafex.
The implementation of the head on the Figuarts is a head scratcher and really limits what the Figuarts can do. This is the primary source of my anger/disappointment, with the horrifying face sculpt is being the cherry on the turd sundae.
And that, friends, was the comparison of the Figuarts and Mafex releases. Thanks for reading, and as always, keep your eyes peeled for that next overview.