Now the test, How They Stack Up against other New Gods figures already produced by DCD and Mattel. Also a comparison by what I take as the measuring stick of all figures the MA Superman.
Orion
As shown by his earlier counter part from the 2001 DCD set with Darkseid, there is no comparison between the two. In fact the earlier Orion looks like those ads in the back of the comics where you see the bully kicking sand on the skinny kid on the beach with the 2001 Orion being the skinny kid. The helmet is too big on the 2001 Orion and with that wide stance he looks like he's going for his six guns.
Next the DCD Orion with the Mattel Orion. Once again the DCD one is much better mainly because he's truer to Kirby's style. Also the red is a brighter color than the Mattel version. Now the Mattel one does have more articulation and does have his Astro-Harness so I have to give him points on that. But he does look too slender next to the DCD one.
As a size comparison I put the DCD Orion against the MA Superman and as you can see they go very well together.
I tried both the DCD and Mattel Astro-Harness on the new DCD Orion and found that the Mattel one fits him the best except for one thing, you can't get the feet to stay in the stirrups! I figured that some poster putty would make it work. But to get him to stand up I had to use a stand. But its bright gold looks good on him. I'm sure with some fussing around you could get it to fit fine.
Mister Miracle
There has only been one other Mister Miracle figure done and that was in the DCD 2000 boxed set with Big Barda and Oberon. Once again the new version wins. The new one is more faithful to Kirby's creation and fits in very well with the others in the wave. The colors are much better. The Mister Miracle from the boxed set was just too large to fit in with most figures. Also he has a look on his face as if he just saw a ghost. As for articulation the new one wins again. The addition of the ball jointed neck and shoulders and waist joint makes him more posable. Now the 2000 one does have his aero-disks but a creative person can drill a hole in the new Mister Miracle's foot and he can then wear the old ones disks.
As you can see when standing next to the MA Superman they look very nice together.
As a bonus here is the new Mister Miracle with the 2000 Big Barda and Oberon. Now in the original boxed set I thought she looked too big next to that Mister Miracle but now she looks just fine. And Oberon is just the right size too. My only complaint is that the articulation on Barda is very poor so I hope they do another one of her with the same articulation as the new New Gods figures.
LIGHTRAY
Now Lightray has never been done before and we will not get a Mattel version until the end of the summer so I thought I would give you a shot of him next to the MA Superman to show that he too fits in rather nicely. For me the nice thing about Lightray is the opalescence white of his outfit. It really fits the character.
DARKSEID
Now this is the fourth Darkseid to be made the first was from the 2001 boxed set with Orion. As you can see compared next to the new DCD Darkseid this one is a skinny little person with briefs instead of a tunic. The new Darkseid is another perfect rendition of a Kirby character. The big selling point of the 2001 Darkseid was that there is a transparent piece of plastic on the top of his head that when you shined a light into it his eyes glowed red.
The next Darkseid produced was by DCD also and was in 2006 as part of the Superman/Batman Wave 2. As you can see this Darkseid is just too big and massive. for some reason some artists like to make him much bigger than normal even though the original Kirby version (of which the new one is a once again perfect representation of) has him only slightly bigger than normal. Also he was done in much darker colors. And has short pants instead of the traditional tunic.
The third Darkseid done was by Mattel and up to the new one by DCD had the distinction of being the best representation of the character yet. The Mattel version is nicely articulated but suffers from having a head that is a little too small.
As you can see in this final picture the new Darkseid looks very much in scale with the MA Superman. Not too massive or bulky.
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