2008 Countdown: Catwoman

2008 Countdown - ie., Top 10 Figures of '08.
Sure, it's '09, but what am I, a calender?

DC Direct Catwoman: The first female figure of DC's 13" Line. The best one, I think: Character specific hands, leather lace up boots, goggles, whip, swag bag, cat, diamond, carabiner...list goes on. Still needs a Catillac though.

2008 Countdown: Batgirl

2008 Countdown - ie., Top 10 Figures of '08.
Sure, it's '09, but what am I, a calender?

DC Direct Batgirl: Solid. All things considered, a solid edition to the 13" DC line-up. Nice costume and sturdy underlying body. Yellow vinyl and light grey costuming - this glamour girl'll sass-talk your behind all the way to jail and then take off in the middle of the day on her bat-cycle. Cool.

2008 Countdown: Jinx Johnson

2008 Countdown - ie., Top 10 Figures of '08.
Sure, it's '09, but what am I, a calender?

Halle Berry as Jinx Johnson: Negating all Sideshow's idiosyncrasies, this figure stands out for me for the costume design, Halle, 007, and the quality fabric used. That silver Beretta is pure fashion accessory.

2008 Countdown: Black Suited Spider-man

2008 Countdown - ie., Top 10 Figures of '08.
Sure, it's '09, but what am I, a calender?

Medicom Black Suited Spider-man: What a great figure. The suit is stretchy and hard wearing. Medicom's body, when it works so well on a design such as this, is my personal favourite.
Highly worth checking out is Shaun's Evaluation of the Medicom body (among others).

2008 Countdown: Sue Storm

2008 Countdown - ie., Top 10 Figures of '08.
Sure, it's '09, but what am I, a calender?

Sue Storm: Despite Toy Biz's attempts to marginalize anatomy, they did manage a fine Alba likeness (likely Real Scan) inspite of the mass market paint application, and some welcome, if not entirely perfuntory articulation.