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Batman Build A Scene Statue Part 3: Commissioner Gordon and Batwoman, by DC Direct.

This is something I should have posted weeks ago. Nay, months ago. The pictures appear to date back to August of last year. I LOVE this statue. I got Part 1 months before I got Part 2, and it was at least several more weeks before I managed to get Part 3 at a good price, but the Batman Family Build A Scene statue is Definitely worth getting, especially at the significantly reduced prices that I paid.

As is obvious, Part 3 of the Batman Family Build A Scene statue contains possibly the single most important character in Batman's life, that isn't Batman himself. Or his parents ("My parents are DEAD!"). Or the Joker ("You complete me."). He's a bit of a boring choice for a statue or action figure, but where would Batman be without Commissioner James Gordon? And as I've said before, I just love the modern Batwoman costume, it's fantastic.

Additional pictures of this Commissioner Gordon & Batwoman statue at my collecting wiki

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Ame Comi Harley Quinn mini statue, by DC Direct

While I hope to acquire the larger Harley Quinn Ame Comi statue, this one is quite nice, nicer perhaps, than the big one. I believe the colors to be very matte on the large one, where as the red of her costume here on the mini version is a very glossy, metallic red, and the white collar piece is actually pearlescent, rather than straight white. I prefer the pose on this one more too. I like the little color details on her legs and feet, which break up the red/black scheme for which Harley is known. The gold-trimmed blue and green sections at the ends of her pants, and the green trim on the shoes really jump out at you, but at the same time, I feel they blend in with the costume very well, making it better. It seems like the oval cutouts all around the thigh portion would make the outfit very prone to ripping while putting it on, if she just catches one with her foot, the whole thing could rip off, but I like the look.

I'm very glad to have gotten this new version, I think I'll quite like the mini versions, it's fun that they're different poses to costumes already released. I'm still not really interested in the blue/gray Batgirl, and though I think the mini Poison Ivy is better than the regular sized one, I'm not particularly tempted to get it. However, if I recall Series 2 correctly, it has Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman and one similar to the Supergirl (v2) I posted last time, so I will have to get all three, and series 3 has Power Girl and Donna Troy, or something like that, I may have the actually characters confused, but I'm pretty sure I want all of mini series 2 and 2 of the 3 of mini series 3.

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Supergirl, Ame Comi DC Heroines, by DC Direct.

By no means my favorite of the series, but a nice entry nonetheless. I like the Kryptonian writing on the yellow straps of the cape, the metallic blue, and that the bottom of the skirt is kinda translucent. Also like the strange design of the costume in general, with the kinda odd cut-outs on the side/back, as though to remind us the actual costume shows her midriff. I don't really care for the looking in the side mirror of a car thing, and there's something odd about her lower legs, but overall, it's quite good, everything about the costume is great.

For more pics visit my Ame Comi Supergirl page at my collecting wiki.

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Supergirl, Women of the DC Universe, Series 2 - Terry Dodson, by DC Direct.

For more info visit my Women of the DC Universe Supergirl page, or the complete Women of the DC Universe Checklist at my collecting wiki.

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Jade, Women of the DC Universe, Series 2 - Terry Dodson, by DC Direct.

For more info visit Women of the DC Universe Jade or the complete Women of the DC Universe Checklist at my collecting wiki.

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Batwoman, Women of the DC Universe, Series 2 - Terry Dodson, by DC Direct.

For more info visit Women of the DC Universe Batwoman or the complete Women of the DC Universe Checklist at my collecting wiki.

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Catwoman, Women of the DC Universe, Series 3 - Amanda Conner, by DC Direct.

Wow, I have been horribly lazy at posting pictures lately, which is a huge shame, as I've recently got some great items. Of particular interest, I finally started getting into two lines which I've been interested in from the start, the Women of the DCU busts (now I think it's just called Heroes of the DCU, since they stopped restricting themselves to female characters - and actually, since Joker, Darkseid and Sinestro are also being released in this line, I wonder if it's actually Heroes and Villains of the DCU), and Ame-Comi Heroines line (actually, since they released Batman a few figures ago (which, coincidentally was the first I actually bought) it has also been renamed to Ame-Comi Heroines and Heroes). I'm horribly behind on both lines, the bust line I would definitely be a completist in, if I could afford it, but most those from the first series, based on Adam Hughes art, are expensively hard to find. And sadly, most of the early Ame-Comi's are similarly expensive, in fact, two of my very most wanted from that line sell from $70-$120 on eBay, which is 2 to 4 times retail price at the beginning of the line (when it was $30), though that's only twice suggested retail now (most having an MSRP of $60-$70), though thankfully I've been able to get some of the newer ones for under retail. But I'm talking too much in a post that should really be just a picture, so I'll stop now.

For more info visit Women of the DC Universe Catwoman or the complete Women of the DC Universe Checklist at my collecting wiki.

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