About Heroes

This review was submitted by Chaz M:

I've been waiting for a fully articulated version of Tim Drake's Robin (one of my favorite characters) in his post-Infinite Crisis costume for a while. It was excited to see that Mattel's DC Universe Classics, the successor to their DC Superheroes line, released him along with other DC regulars in their third wave of action figures.

Packaging

These figures look great on the pegs. The bubble is a large square that spans the entire blister card with "DC Univers" written on the top. The front of the card is an orange and black collage of comic panels featuring the characters in the series. The back shows actual images of the other figures of course and gives character stats like Marvel Legends. The annoying part of the packaging is when you're ready to open it. Because the bubble is as big as the blister card, I found it hard to seperate them without ripping the card, which bothered me since I have a habit of saving the blister cards of my figures. Also, Robin is pretty difficult to remove; I found myself using a smal pair of sissors to cut the plastic around his cape so that I wouldn't damage it.

Sculpt

This Robin figure is very nicely sculpted. He definately resembeles Tim Drake and there's a good amount of detail in his hair. His utility belt is nice and bulky like the Batman figures from this lineup. The "R" symbol is sculpted on rather than painted which is always a plus. The cape is made of soft plastic rather than cloth which is definately the right choice since it's longer than that of his previous costume. It's molded in ridges to look almost like a robin's wings like in the comics. My two complaints on the superb sculpt of this toy would be the hands which aren't molded quite well enough to hold the accessories sturdy and the leg stance which is a bit too wide for my taste, like the DCSH Superman. Theres also a little nich in the cape. All around, the sculpt is the highlite of the figure.

Paints

The color choices are fantastic: a dark shade of red with blacks and yellows on different areas of the costume with consistant shades and gloss levels. My figure has some bad application in certain areas; a white speck on his cheak and black splattering off of his right glove and outside-underwear.

Articulation

This figure is for the most part fully articulated: arms with a ball joint for the biscep and shoulder, legs and hips, and a stomach joint that we've come to expect from DCSH/Classics and Marvel Legends. Although there is no articulation in his neck or wrists.

Accessories

Robin has a nice arscinal of accesories, a silver staff and three batarangs. He also comes with the left arm of the Solomon Grundy "Collect & Connect" figure. The arm is detailed and heavy, I'd say that the assembled Grundy is a nice figure worth building.

Final Thoughts

I was interested in this figure the most from this wave and he did not dissapoint. He's a step above the previously released DCSH Robin which did not have enough articulation and was too tall (making the two not look that good together). I reccomend this figure and based on this I'd say that the others from the wave are just as good. There's a good line up of characters in DCU Classics series 3, so get em' while they're hot on the pegs. B+.