The DC Bombshells brand is a reimagining of DC characters in a ’40s pin-up style. Pin-up art and statues aren’t really my thing, but I do like a couple of the redesigns of the characters, so when I saw that they were making articulated figures, I decided to give one a try. Let’s take a look at DC Bombshell Harley Quinn!
Harley comes with a good amount of stuff including an oversized, corked pistol pop-gun and a massive mallet designed to look like it was made from a barrel.
The weapons have great, sharp detail and both very sturdy. I love the little Batman keychain that hangs from the pistol grip. It’s a tiny little detail right from the artwork.
Harley also comes with three sets of hands, including fists, grip hands, a right hand making the peace sign and left hand with splayed fingers.
The hands swap easily, but hold securely and allow for a wide variety of posing.
The articulation is quite nice with the following POA:
-Swivel/hinge shoulders, hips, wrists and ankles
-Double-hinged knees and elbows
-Single-hinge lower ab crunch
-Ball/socket mid-torso and neck
-Bicep and thigh swivel
-Drop-hinge hips
The movement is pretty great on this figure. I don’t love the way the bicep swivels look, they are just plain cut joints and I think they could have been integrated into the sculpt better. My only other complaint is that the lower ab joint scraped a line on the abs of my figure.
The figure is a good match for the artwork and it’s a sharp, detailed sculpt. Harley is a bit taller than I was expecting, closer to the old DC Collectibles scale than the current Icons line.
The paint is cleanly applied and there are washes and drybrushing to affect the leather materials in her outfit. I’m impressed at how clean the tiny details of her medals and joker card came out.
Ultimately this is another fun Harley Quinn variant even though she’s a little a larger scale than I prefer. It’s so stylistically different from my other DC figures, that even if it scaled well with DCUC, it would never really fit in anyway. It was fun to shoot, so I may pick up a Hawkgirl if they get to her.
