{"id":18562,"date":"2012-05-04T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18562"},"modified":"2012-05-05T00:23:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:23:57","slug":"dc-classics-com-nekron-week-green-arrow-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18562","title":{"rendered":"DC Classics.com Nekron Week!
Green Arrow Vault Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The last regular figure in DC Universe Classics Wave 20 is my figure to review, and I think he might just be the best figure in the entire wave. If nothing else, this version of Green Arrow is one last taste of how good DC Classics could be.<\/p>\n

Noisy started out this week with his favorite figure in wave 20.\u00a0 But I\u2019m doing the opposite and my reviews this week with my favorite figure.\u00a0 When news originally broke about Green Arrow receiving another DC Classics figure, I wasn\u2019t overly happy about it.\u00a0 What little enthusiasm I did have was siphoned away when I learned this was also going to be the last wave.\u00a0 There were so many more characters to get to, why did one of the last figures have to be a redesign?<\/p>\n

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But now that I actually have him in hand, I can say I was wrong about calling this figure a waste.\u00a0 Out of all of wave twenty, including Nekron, this is the one figure that symbolizes what I loved about the DC Classics line.\u00a0 He\u2019s a super poseable figure, with a mostly new sculpt, of a character that strikes a chord with fans.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s start off with how the figure looks.\u00a0 I combed through various online pictures of Green Arrow, trying to figure out exactly which costume this figure represents.\u00a0 It took me a while, but he seems to be from Brightest Day and the pre-DCnU relaunch with writer J.T. Krul.\u00a0 But even though this look only lasted a few issues, I think I prefer it over the \u201cclassic\u201d look we got with the first GA figure.\u00a0 Mike Grell\u2019s revamp of the costume is one of my favorites, and this figure harkens back to that design enough to be an adequate stand-in.<\/p>\n

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Whereas Red Arrow almost completely reused the original Green Arrow body\u2019s tooling, this version of GA is nearly an all new sculpt.\u00a0 The hood piece has some great wrinkled textures and stitching, while the head underneath has a crop of messed up hair hanging down over his forehead.\u00a0 His torso is also new, with more stitching running under his arm holes and the darker green areas.\u00a0 Also, on his back is a new round quiver that looks more natural than the giant square Super Powers one.\u00a0 GA also sports new biceps with arm bands, and a small pouch belt around his right thigh.<\/p>\n

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But what I really love about this figure are the smaller sculpted details.\u00a0 The bottom half of Ollie\u2019s tunic is a prime example of this.\u00a0 It\u2019s a new piece, with that same tiny stitching running along the edges.\u00a0 But he also has a belt with plenty of pouches and tiny buttons.\u00a0 The arrow-shaped \u201cG\u201d on the front is a nice touch, but the small dagger hanging off his left hip is even better.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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His gloves also have an amazing amount of detail.\u00a0 There is an armored-looking plate that covers his forearms, with a pattern that stretches all the way down to his hands.\u00a0 I first thought his hands were just repaints of the original GA figure\u2019s, but their actually new because the design pattern is sculpted on.\u00a0 This figure also has tiny crossbow bolts sculpted to the side of his gloves.\u00a0 I never read JT Krul\u2019s run, so I don\u2019t know if he can shoot them from his wrist.\u00a0 But they definitely look cool on the figure.<\/p>\n

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The paint job on this figure is equally impressive.\u00a0 The dark and light greens of his costume really play well together.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a lot of clean work done on the tiny details like his brown crossbow bolts or the gold buttons and chains on his belt.\u00a0 I thought it was interesting that his hair and goatee are a lighter blonde color than the original figure\u2019s.\u00a0 Guess Ollie has been using Just for Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ollie has the same basic articulation that we\u2019re all familiar with in a DC Classics figure.\u00a0 The main difference is that they gave him the swivel\/hinge \u201carcher wrists\u201d.\u00a0 Unlike the first Green Arrow figure, this GA doesn\u2019t have the rocker ankles.\u00a0 But he does have a better ball jointed head which can look up and down, unlike the original figure.<\/p>\n

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This figure comes with the same bow as the original Green Arrow and Red Arrow.\u00a0 But like Red Arrow\u2019s, it\u2019s only molded in a single color and not given the nice paint job to bring out the detail.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mind these bow sculpts, but I really wish we also had one that we could pose him pulling back on.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a bit disappointing to see that this GA doesn\u2019t come with extra loose arrows.<\/p>\n

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Although I wasn\u2019t originally thrilled about getting another Green Arrow figure, I\u2019m actually really happy they were able to fit him into this last wave.\u00a0 He\u2019s a great example of the pinnacle of what DC Classics could achieve with a few newly sculpted pieces and a great paint job.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what the future holds for DC at retail, but I\u2019m hoping that the subscription figures will at least stick to the standard that this Green Arrow sets.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n

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The last regular figure in DC Universe Classics Wave 20 is my figure to review, and I think he might just be the best figure in the entire wave. 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