She looks good, but not $30 good considering she comes with next to nothing. Meanwhile tim Drake comes with 10 hands and has more new/retooled parts at $22.
No extra hands, worthless card holder, and some blobs of snot to cover her hands. Crappy Todd Flight Stand. I think that about covers what your 30 bucks gets ya.
I always like gesturing to classic Riddler as well in terms of value for price point. Lots of hands in a variety of poses and the cane not being molded into them is always a good thing. I don't necessarily mind retooling, it's a given for any toyline.
I really think that the Collector Edition choices usually fall into 1 of 3 buckets -"This figure requires too much new stuff that we can't reuse, so we have to make it more expensive" (Penguin, Sinestro, Sgt. Rock, Firestorm, Captain Boomerang) -"This Character or version of a character is a little too niche for this to be a mainline release" (Captain Carrot, Manga Batman, Action Comics #1 Superman) -"We didn't want to make a ton of these for whatever reason, so we will make a low print run" (Connor Kent, Wonder Woman, Starfire, Alan Scott Green Lantern)
I get your main points, but Sinestro used bunch of Kyle Raynar parts. Firestorm was mostly new but there’s some page punchers Superman parts in there. Captain Boomerang has re-use from grifter. That is what’s maddening about this line. There’s a lot more re-use than people realize and there’s definitely more re-use than 2020 McFarlane figures. There’s really no excuse not to load up every figure with like 10 hands.
@@hatswitchstudiosOh yeah, I agree, there's still a ton of reuse in the Collector's Edition line, but I think a lot of the choices for characters boil down to those three choices, and Starfire def falls into the "we don't want to make a large number of this character for some reason" pool, which is really annoying imho.
youre deluding yourself. hes done way more obscure characters in normal lines over the years. hes making certain figures collectors edition to price gouge, he knows people want starfire to complete teen titans and he knew people wanted wonder woman. hes a grifter, he tells us that people dont buy female figures while they are selling out first. look at poison ivy and supergirl
Oh there's also "mostly repaint with perhaps a handful of new parts depending on the figure" re. things like the Patina editions of characters, I think Midnighter, and Catman. However, Catman is arguably also niche seeing as he was last relevant while wearing that costume about 15, 16 years ago. [I miss Gail Simone's Secret Six. I miss it so much.] And re. Penguin - doesn't he use most of the Arkham City body? Curious as to how Sgt. Rock will be given the WB plastic gun ban.
@@hatswitchstudios I do get a bit tired of having to look for extra hands on eBay, very few people are willing to cover shipping and shipping to me usually ends up tacking on another $8-10.
The best thing about the Starfire, Wonder Woman and Supergirl figures is that they show McFarlane that female figures do sell when you make ones people actually want.
3:02 do you need any other answer than “because she’s a female character”? McFarlane doesn’t do female characters justice or put respect on their figures.
I honestly don't get why she's a collectors edition considering the reuse and the fact she's a fan favorite character. Honestly I've been waiting with baited breath for a 2003 cartoon Titans line, we got a Cyborg that worked early in the line but for some reason they quit doing cartoon figures.
To create an artificial feeling of scarcity and FOMO, probably. I still haven't physically seen this wave even within several hours of my house, and it was impossible to preorder anything what with how fast Starfire and Penguin in particular got snapped up.
I’m sad to say but people can’t seem to realize Todd McFarlane and this line of toys hasn’t been consumer-friendly for over a year now. High prices, thoughtless reuse where it doesn’t even make sense, producing smaller quantities to drive up PERCEIVED demand, not updating the engineering anymore (pinless? ab crunch?) etc. You can hate me all you want, I’m just saying how it is.
I don't get the obession with pinless, it is really not a big deal and low priority issue because it does not provide anything in terms of functionality, only minor improve in aesthetic, and major downgrade in term of figure repair and customization. As for improvement, newer figs are using double ball peg instead of single (the reason why ab crunch hasn't improved much is because american toys use softer PVC so they can't do the hollow out design as good as the Japanese toys, because joints are going to pop out all the time. This is the same issue that Hasbro has, their ball joints torso generall has even less range than mcfarlane, but at least the new spinmaster fig is doing great on this so far), and wired cape, which is pretty big deal.
I botched it too and missed out. I put in an order through Books A Million, but I’m just waiting on them to send me an email saying they canceled it. 😂
@@5POAFigureReviews I was shocked too! I have the order in so I have my fingers crossed they follow though. I did order her on Best Buy last night if anyone needs her she was in stock.
I can see why with all the hair they wouldn't do two complete heads, but yeah I don't see why they couldn't do more swappable heads with removable hair. It's been done.
I don't have any Nightwing figures from McFarlane but I do love this Starfire because she is beautiful and really cool especially with that design along with power effects I don't have her but she is still badass though.
For an Evolution, I normally want at least 20 or so figures at least, and there aren't that many of her. That said, I could always try a different format if I wanted to track them all down.
Great review. I agree she as a figure doesn’t justify the price point. McFarlane knows we need her for our TT display so they are price gouging us to complete it. Unfortunately I do not have the willpower to resist.
I do hoped you can review the batman arkham knight prestige suit variant figure and compare him next to superman hush, page punchers and TDKR bucks to see if he fits within them pal
No plans on that one, sorry. It's just a repaint of Arkham Knight and I am happy with the one I already have. If I did those comparison shots with the regular one so you can see how they scale, would that be ok?
@@5POAFigureReviews agreed. I’m solidly invested in the Legends line, too. I like 1/12 over 1/10 most of the time, and while it would be great to have equally-scaled Marvel, DC and movie figures (I’m thinking of NECA), I’m honestly not sure that I’d be up for such a tectonic shift. But McFarlane would make some great figures
I'd love Justice League figures that aren't the ones we have which are based off the Justice League Unlimited cartoon. Of course, there's not a lot of demand for that. :(
@@zenquantum1246 We can hope, at least! I was pleasantly surprised that McFarlane made a character like Ambush Bug, that's pretty obscure. Gives me hope that he'll make some other interesting characters.
The head is ok but is too small figure. Real Starfire is same tall than Superman. Taller than Wonder Woman. But this figure is small respect rest ones.
The hair reminds me of SheSpawn. I’m not familiar with her since not a comic reader but watched shows and movies. She looks cool so I have her preordered. I want a mad hatter figure. I never hear him talked about if others wanting him, unfortunately.
Yeah, even if it meant losing the flight stand I wish she was a mainline release. As for Blackfire, as far as I am concerned all these Platinum Editions should be decently stocked store exclusives instead. Chase figures were fun in the 90s when brick and mortar was your only option and figures were $8. These days it's more stress than it's worth
@@5POAFigureReviews You always speak the truth Brother it's not fun anymore I d9nt like being stressed for figs I've been waiting so long for its sucks and sadly it's never gonna change I'd love to get my hands on Blackfire for a decent price because certain characters have to be apart of our collection.
@@5POAFigureReviewsit’s alright. I know she may be taller but I would’ve wanted a visual. If you’re wondering if he’s a good purchase, he is😁. Bought him with Mafex Spider-Man.85. The only downside personally is the lack of a smiling face and birdarang.
@@5POAFigureReviews I had the Mafex. I was bothered with how small she was and I sold her off unopened. Psylocke needs long, powerful, big legs and hips.
Another golden rule for upcharging on collectibles.. nerds be pervs. And that doesn't exclude me, lol. I skipped all the Titans (cuz I wasn't digging the modernization), but this was an insta-buy.
@5POAFigureReviews Yeah, if I loved them I'd have bought them right away, but I left them on the shelf multiple times. If they did a Young Justice wave though, gloves are off.
This doesn’t make sense as a collectors edition figure. Regular retail with out all the fluff of shiny packaging? No thanks. Ordered only one. Hope I don’t get the platinum version.
As I have been saying, Todd is Plucking us, Their has been several release that are not worth the sticker price then turn around and see other DC multiverse going for less and with more accessories. I don't understand what the issue is they have had time to fix the issues if their really trying to fix anything or just get our money for Trash. #mcfarlane #Mcfaralnetoys
Hell will freeze over before I play into this crap. Such blatant price gouging from the guy who was gloating about not raising prices a few months ago.
Nope, not even close to worth it. I’m fact, I went to GameStop and cancelled my pre-order for this figure as well as The Penguin and switched it to Marvel Legends Superior Spider-Man, which is actually worth the price point.
No reasons realy. Its a champ that everybody want. Althouth MCfarlane did it no tall enough. Starfire is taller tha Wonder Woman, same than Superman. Only Apokalisis Furys as Big Barda are taller than she. Figure is too small.
at 6:32 you did Starfire dirty 🤣
Hmm? Whatever do you mean? (sips tea)
She looks good, but not $30 good considering she comes with next to nothing. Meanwhile tim Drake comes with 10 hands and has more new/retooled parts at $22.
AND a wired cloth cape
@@5POAFigureReviewsmaybe Todd does hate women.....
Cad or usd
No extra hands, worthless card holder, and some blobs of snot to cover her hands. Crappy Todd Flight Stand. I think that about covers what your 30 bucks gets ya.
I always like gesturing to classic Riddler as well in terms of value for price point. Lots of hands in a variety of poses and the cane not being molded into them is always a good thing. I don't necessarily mind retooling, it's a given for any toyline.
I really think that the Collector Edition choices usually fall into 1 of 3 buckets
-"This figure requires too much new stuff that we can't reuse, so we have to make it more expensive" (Penguin, Sinestro, Sgt. Rock, Firestorm, Captain Boomerang)
-"This Character or version of a character is a little too niche for this to be a mainline release" (Captain Carrot, Manga Batman, Action Comics #1 Superman)
-"We didn't want to make a ton of these for whatever reason, so we will make a low print run" (Connor Kent, Wonder Woman, Starfire, Alan Scott Green Lantern)
I get your main points, but Sinestro used bunch of Kyle Raynar parts. Firestorm was mostly new but there’s some page punchers Superman parts in there. Captain Boomerang has re-use from grifter.
That is what’s maddening about this line. There’s a lot more re-use than people realize and there’s definitely more re-use than 2020 McFarlane figures. There’s really no excuse not to load up every figure with like 10 hands.
@@hatswitchstudiosOh yeah, I agree, there's still a ton of reuse in the Collector's Edition line, but I think a lot of the choices for characters boil down to those three choices, and Starfire def falls into the "we don't want to make a large number of this character for some reason" pool, which is really annoying imho.
youre deluding yourself. hes done way more obscure characters in normal lines over the years. hes making certain figures collectors edition to price gouge, he knows people want starfire to complete teen titans and he knew people wanted wonder woman. hes a grifter, he tells us that people dont buy female figures while they are selling out first. look at poison ivy and supergirl
Oh there's also "mostly repaint with perhaps a handful of new parts depending on the figure" re. things like the Patina editions of characters, I think Midnighter, and Catman. However, Catman is arguably also niche seeing as he was last relevant while wearing that costume about 15, 16 years ago. [I miss Gail Simone's Secret Six. I miss it so much.] And re. Penguin - doesn't he use most of the Arkham City body?
Curious as to how Sgt. Rock will be given the WB plastic gun ban.
@@hatswitchstudios I do get a bit tired of having to look for extra hands on eBay, very few people are willing to cover shipping and shipping to me usually ends up tacking on another $8-10.
The best thing about the Starfire, Wonder Woman and Supergirl figures is that they show McFarlane that female figures do sell when you make ones people actually want.
Tell that to all the Injustice 2 Supergirl and Flashpoint WW warming the shelves 😂😂😂
@@herringstheseries key part "actually want"
@@herringstheseries Honestly, neither Injustice nor Flashpoint were very good.
Luckily I got this on a discount saved $5 and it will be a Anniversary gift for my wife.
Nice! And a very sweet gesture!
@@5POAFigureReviews thanks man!
3:02 do you need any other answer than “because she’s a female character”? McFarlane doesn’t do female characters justice or put respect on their figures.
they trimmed the edge of the diaper piece on starfire which helps a lot with articulation and was something that drove me nuts on knightfall cat
I like it, but kinda wish she was taller. That's more or less my only gripe. I'll pick this up sometime.
Starfire is realy taller than that. I
She is going for a very good price. Here in Australia we are paying $60 for her. I wish we could get here for $40 $50.
Oh wow
I honestly don't get why she's a collectors edition considering the reuse and the fact she's a fan favorite character. Honestly I've been waiting with baited breath for a 2003 cartoon Titans line, we got a Cyborg that worked early in the line but for some reason they quit doing cartoon figures.
To create an artificial feeling of scarcity and FOMO, probably. I still haven't physically seen this wave even within several hours of my house, and it was impossible to preorder anything what with how fast Starfire and Penguin in particular got snapped up.
I’m sad to say but people can’t seem to realize Todd McFarlane and this line of toys hasn’t been consumer-friendly for over a year now. High prices, thoughtless reuse where it doesn’t even make sense, producing smaller quantities to drive up PERCEIVED demand, not updating the engineering anymore (pinless? ab crunch?) etc.
You can hate me all you want, I’m just saying how it is.
Can't hate you for being right
I don't get the obession with pinless, it is really not a big deal and low priority issue because it does not provide anything in terms of functionality, only minor improve in aesthetic, and major downgrade in term of figure repair and customization. As for improvement, newer figs are using double ball peg instead of single (the reason why ab crunch hasn't improved much is because american toys use softer PVC so they can't do the hollow out design as good as the Japanese toys, because joints are going to pop out all the time. This is the same issue that Hasbro has, their ball joints torso generall has even less range than mcfarlane, but at least the new spinmaster fig is doing great on this so far), and wired cape, which is pretty big deal.
Collectors edition is too expensive for me to collect. And he’s putting essential characters in that line
Toddy Mac still thinks it's the 90s. Still salty I never got that Wonder Woman
@@SpicyPsyDuck you are also right
Hoping I can find her in GameStop or Target. I botched the preorder.
I botched it too and missed out. I put in an order through Books A Million, but I’m just waiting on them to send me an email saying they canceled it. 😂
Hope you can find her, too!
I didn't even know you could preorder through BAM!
@@5POAFigureReviews I was shocked too! I have the order in so I have my fingers crossed they follow though. I did order her on Best Buy last night if anyone needs her she was in stock.
At that price point, with that amount of reuse, they should have at the very least given us a smiling face plate for her.
I can see why with all the hair they wouldn't do two complete heads, but yeah I don't see why they couldn't do more swappable heads with removable hair. It's been done.
I wonder if she's going to be like the Wonder woman one they did and I'll never find her.
I hope not!
start sweeping your targets, friend! found both normal and platinum at mine just the other day!
best buy got some at retail price
It's a little sad that this Starfire is WAAAY outta scale. Might use her for my 6in display
You know, I didn't realize until I just Googled how tall she is actually supposed to be
@@5POAFigureReviews sis tall ASL
I don't have any Nightwing figures from McFarlane but I do love this Starfire because she is beautiful and really cool especially with that design along with power effects I don't have her but she is still badass though.
I hope we get Tempest, Cyborg, and Bumblebee soon.
why is she so short tho?
Are you going to do an Evolution video?
For an Evolution, I normally want at least 20 or so figures at least, and there aren't that many of her. That said, I could always try a different format if I wanted to track them all down.
In the Custom Batman video you promised a Tim Drake Robin, when do you think you're gonna drop that?
Great review. I agree she as a figure doesn’t justify the price point. McFarlane knows we need her for our TT display so they are price gouging us to complete it. Unfortunately I do not have the willpower to resist.
I do hoped you can review the batman arkham knight prestige suit variant figure and compare him next to superman hush, page punchers and TDKR bucks to see if he fits within them pal
No plans on that one, sorry. It's just a repaint of Arkham Knight and I am happy with the one I already have. If I did those comparison shots with the regular one so you can see how they scale, would that be ok?
@@5POAFigureReviews Yes
6:36 I am surprised your dad didn’t pop in the doorway for that joke.
Hahaha!!!! When I showed him the video he said he needed to come back, and that he'll have a list lol
Tbh Starfire is my favorite dc character I wanted her outlaws one but couldn't get it but I plan on trying any way to get this one.
I hope you can!
Hey Jason 👋, she looks awesome 👌 👏 👍...
Yeah she does!
I finally scored not only Starfire from Best Buy but I also scored her variant by accident when I ordered her online
Nice!
Who should McFarlane make next?
All of Marvel characters as articulated figures
I don't want Hasbro to lose the 6" license, but I'd be okay with them taking over the 7" scale from Diamond.
@@5POAFigureReviews agreed. I’m solidly invested in the Legends line, too. I like 1/12 over 1/10 most of the time, and while it would be great to have equally-scaled Marvel, DC and movie figures (I’m thinking of NECA), I’m honestly not sure that I’d be up for such a tectonic shift. But McFarlane would make some great figures
I'd love Justice League figures that aren't the ones we have which are based off the Justice League Unlimited cartoon. Of course, there's not a lot of demand for that. :(
@@hawktalon7890 🤗 here’s to craving deep-cut figures 👏👏👏
@@zenquantum1246 We can hope, at least! I was pleasantly surprised that McFarlane made a character like Ambush Bug, that's pretty obscure. Gives me hope that he'll make some other interesting characters.
I need to see you review some of the Jada toys street fighter and mega man figures
When are you going to review the black and gray knight fall batman?
This upcoming week. Either Wednesday or Friday.
I wish we got 80s Starfire instead of the modern version.
The head is ok but is too small figure. Real Starfire is same tall than Superman. Taller than Wonder Woman. But this figure is small respect rest ones.
The hair reminds me of SheSpawn.
I’m not familiar with her since not a comic reader but watched shows and movies. She looks cool so I have her preordered.
I want a mad hatter figure. I never hear him talked about if others wanting him, unfortunately.
I would LOVE a Mad Hatter!
It’s such great looking fig. I’m just gonna wait until she goes on sale.
I totally get it!
She’s so pretty definitely worth 30$
This 8s a really great release it should had been in the main line and her sister as the Collectors edition.
Yeah, even if it meant losing the flight stand I wish she was a mainline release. As for Blackfire, as far as I am concerned all these Platinum Editions should be decently stocked store exclusives instead. Chase figures were fun in the 90s when brick and mortar was your only option and figures were $8. These days it's more stress than it's worth
@@5POAFigureReviews You always speak the truth Brother it's not fun anymore I d9nt like being stressed for figs I've been waiting so long for its sucks and sadly it's never gonna change I'd love to get my hands on Blackfire for a decent price because certain characters have to be apart of our collection.
8:03 Todd, you astute dork!
How does she compare to Mafex Nightwing?
So sorry, I don't have that one so I can't tell ya
@@5POAFigureReviewsit’s alright. I know she may be taller but I would’ve wanted a visual.
If you’re wondering if he’s a good purchase, he is😁.
Bought him with Mafex Spider-Man.85.
The only downside personally is the lack of a smiling face and birdarang.
Almost want to make a Psylocke with her for Marvel Legends. But I think she's a half a head too tall and half a figure too expensive
Well said. If you're going to spend a fortune on a psylocke you might as well just go straight for the Mafex
@@5POAFigureReviews I had the Mafex. I was bothered with how small she was and I sold her off unopened. Psylocke needs long, powerful, big legs and hips.
well she does not have a package. i guess the overprice is because of the extra effort on the re sculpting xD
I got mine a couple days ago, great design, good reause but does NOT deserve the 30 bucks price
Wheres the black knightfall batman review 5poa?
This upcoming week. Either Wednesday or Friday.
@@5POAFigureReviews nice, cant wait for the head swaps.
That 6:32 got me laughing
Hehe
Another golden rule for upcharging on collectibles.. nerds be pervs. And that doesn't exclude me, lol. I skipped all the Titans (cuz I wasn't digging the modernization), but this was an insta-buy.
In hindsight, I kind of regret getting the Titans wave apart from Nightwing, and even then def not my fav figure of him
@5POAFigureReviews Yeah, if I loved them I'd have bought them right away, but I left them on the shelf multiple times.
If they did a Young Justice wave though, gloves are off.
Why did you sell Beast boy? You would have the whole team together
I'd prefer the Gold Label one, as it is closer to my mental image of him
That face sculpt has so much personality and mood to it. But not $30 worth.
I get it!
Great jokes again!!👍
Thank you!
This doesn’t make sense as a collectors edition figure. Regular retail with out all the fluff of shiny packaging? No thanks. Ordered only one. Hope I don’t get the platinum version.
I didn't want the Platinum for any of this wave lol though I'd be okay with Penguin
@@5POAFigureReviews go get him!
cuz greed that’s why
As I have been saying, Todd is Plucking us, Their has been several release that are not worth the sticker price then turn around and see other DC multiverse going for less and with more accessories. I don't understand what the issue is they have had time to fix the issues if their really trying to fix anything or just get our money for Trash.
#mcfarlane
#Mcfaralnetoys
Hell will freeze over before I play into this crap. Such blatant price gouging from the guy who was gloating about not raising prices a few months ago.
the price didn’t matter, I just needed starfire asap. I’m hoping to get her Platinum edition too to get some more titans rogues in my collection
I get you!
@@5POAFigureReviews now we just need that rumored cyborg they teased!
Nope, not even close to worth it. I’m fact, I went to GameStop and cancelled my pre-order for this figure as well as The Penguin and switched it to Marvel Legends Superior Spider-Man, which is actually worth the price point.
I totally get it! The value just doesn't feel there.
No reasons realy. Its a champ that everybody want. Althouth MCfarlane did it no tall enough. Starfire is taller tha Wonder Woman, same than Superman. Only Apokalisis Furys as Big Barda are taller than she. Figure is too small.
You're very clever.
Thank you!
McFarlane is making almost every female figure as an exclusive or a collector edition. It's clearly a marketing ploy to entice male fans.
And they're all Knightfall Catwoman
Wen Zatana...
Not soon enough
His head is great but body is too small for her. She havent the correct scale.
That's been pretty much the consensus of opinion
McFarlane doesn’t know what they are doing or they are just grifters. This line sucks 99% of the time.
She isnt so good. Starfire is very taller than that
Nothing in the dc McFarlane makes any sense
Shes too short.
I didn't realize that at the time, but you are correct