{"id":28305,"date":"2014-06-22T23:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T04:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=28305"},"modified":"2014-07-01T03:19:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T08:19:58","slug":"dcclassics-com-club-infinite-earths-ice-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=28305","title":{"rendered":"DCClassics.com Club
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<\/a>It just seems difficult for me to get excited about this last handful of DC figures. Well, I shouldn’t say that “difficult”. I am excited about Doomsday. I’m even excited about the overpriced Super Powers repaints figures coming out later this year. And I was excited about Ice too*, but, like Aquaman, once she arrived the happiness of getting them gave way to melancholy. It’s fun to get a new one, but there’s countdown to how many are left at the same time. There are technically ten to go, but Ice is from a more exclusive club: she’s one of the only two new characters added to the line in its final year.<\/p>\n

* – I’m not excited about Superboy – that head sculpt looks terrible so far. And I’m not sure how I feel about Damian – he’ll be nice to have, but no Dick Grayson Batman? No Professor Pyg? No Knight or Squire? It just feels like we’re opening one last can of worms on the way out.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ice is from an era in comics that the Classics line largely ignored: the 90s. She’s technically an 80s character (& like Fire has an 80s costume I like better), but she came to the peak of her popularity in the 90s and this is her 90s costume. She originally got her start with the Global Guardians*, but later joined the Justice League during the great Giffen\/DeMatteis run. <\/p>\n

* – Technically, it was a different character that in was the Guardians. Ice was originally called Icemaiden and supposed to be the character from the Global Guardians when she appeared in JLI, but due to some origin confusion, a second, different Icemaiden was created when she appeared in JLI. The first blue-skinned Icemaiden just disappeared after that, not returning until much later, after Ice died (replacing Ice in a similar way to how she was replaced). She appeared sporadically after that and survived being killed by James Robinson trying to show how badass his villains are only to have her skin ripped off by Scott Beatty.**<\/em><\/p>\n

** – This review is written mostly in italics at this point.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fire & Ice are basically a good representation of how deep Mattel got with the line. They’re not overly popular characters, but are important to a large subgroup of DC fans thanks to the popularity of that aforementioned Giffen\/DeMatteis run and spurred on by being in the JLA when Doomsday first appeared and basically destroyed the team on the way to killing Superman. (That spike in popularity sadly didn’t translate to Bloodwynd & Maxima and help get them figures; I would’ve loved to have seen those!)<\/p>\n

As for the figure itself, I’m fairly satisfied wit it overall. That’s largely thanks to Mattel giving Ice a healthy dose of new pieces. The new upper torso captures her odd tank top costume well and the boots are appropriately furry for good measure. The new arms look a little more beefed up than earlier ladies from the DC Classics line, but I do think they still came out a tad short (or the legs are too long, not sure). The proportions just seem a little off, but that’s kinda par for the course for the DC ladies at this point. I’m not even sure if we ever got distinct bucks separating the adults from the teenage girl characters. <\/p>\n

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All that is topped off with a debatable head sculpt. I think it’s a good sculpt. I like the depth to the face and think it’s better than previous sculpts, but something isn’t right. It could be the thicker paint or the thick, unhighlighted hair? I’m just not sure. I do like the hair piece, but could be a little finer around the face, that might help. I’m still not one to complain about flash lines on figures, but the one in the hair is pretty noticeable and will bother some folks. Her expression is one of bemusement I think. I find that kinda funny. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paint is the one area that the figure somewhat disappoints. A lot is good. The figure does a good job of hiding which parts are cast white and painted blue or cast blue and painted white. And most of the lines are sharp, I think the blue collar is the only one the fuzziness really jumps out at me, the gloves tops less so. What kills me tough is the paint doesn’t match up on her stomach. It may sound silly, as it’s close, but it’s also jarringly off. It’s been driving me nuts, like a crooked symbol or misplaced tampo. It just throws off the visual and turning the waist to line it up, just seems to make it look worse. <\/p>\n

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Articulation is good. The only real flaws are those that always plagued the female bucks in the line. The hips are partially blocked by this particular lower torso, but the thigh swivels, hinge knees & ankles can accommodate for it. The ab crunch is fine, but slightly blocked by the tank top while the waist swivel is fine and the neck ball-joint has some surprising range despite the thick chunk of hair. Finally, the arms are probably the best articulated part of the figure with ball-shoulders, hinged elbows, plus swivel biceps & wrists. <\/p>\n

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One accessory was included: ice! This piece looks nice and attaches to the right hand easily. The legs are a struggle to get in a good action pose though and her bemused expression doesn’t really jive with putting her powers on display. It’s neat though. <\/p>\n

Overall, Ice is just an average figure, one more entry into the line. I do feel like I want more out of her, but I also feel like I really don’t. I know my “this works” opinions riles some in the “we demand better” crowd, but as the end draws near, I can’t help but think how I’d love to be able to keep filling out my DC roster with a ton more serviceable figures like this. I know that approach isn’t for everyone. Due to a lot of different factors, higher prices being a big one, some collectors need figures that have better leg articulation or higher quality overall. I hear those folks. I feel it too, just seemingly less so when it comes to this line. The part of me that needs more wants to skip Superboy & possibly Damian Wayne. But the other part of knows this has been a line of good figures, with the occasional great one, and that part of me can’t believe we’re this close to the end.<\/p>\n

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