Review – Ame-Comi Catwoman Statue

I managed to grab this Ame-Comi Catwoman statue* at New York Toy Fair for just $20. That’s an awesome price, but getting the statue and opening it only leaves me wondering: Should I grab more in the series?

Sculpt

Wonderful. The Ame-Comi Catwoman statue* features a slender, sexy Catwoman with what appear to be mechanical/powered gloves and boots and some sort of transmission device implanted into her head. This is clearly a cyberpunk/anime-styled Catwoman statue and the sculpt, from the hair to the cat-guards on her shins, is fantastic. Tight, smooth, and hard-edged on the mechanical elements while rounded and soft on the organic elements.

The other really nice thing about the sculpt is how the elements like the tail, hair, and skirt-like piece flow around the figure and add some depth. It may be a hard plastic statue instead of polystone, but the details are there and at a glance the only thing that gives away the fact that this is a lower-end statue is the slight sheen on the costume . . . but even that could be paint and not plastic so picking up the statue and feeling how light it is is the best way to immediately know that this isn’t a terribly-expensive work of art.

Paint

Very nice, but not perfect. There are a few rough edges where the light blue parts of the suit bleed into the black, and the lips aren’t quite covered neatly, but in general what we get in terms of paint is just fine. There aren’t all that many colors used, but as you can see by the pics it’s enough colors to make the statue look neat. There was one dark splotch on a thigh, but a little water and rubbing took that right off so it was just weird sloppage of some sort and not actually paint. And since this was a display piece I’ll just assume that happened at the show and not at the factory . . . but you can never be too certain.

Closing Thoughts

I only bought this Ame-Comi Catwoman statue* at New York Toy Fair because it was such a good deal, and now that I have it I can say that I might buy more in the series . . . but only if I can get them for 50% or more off of the retail price.

It’s an excellent statue, but it’s just not the sort of thing I intensely collect so it’s an oddity on my shelves. And the more I look at it the more I may just sell it. Not because it’s a bad statue, but only because it doesn’t fit well and selling it will remove any temptation I may have in the future to buy more in the series.

Philip Reed knows this review is light on the words. He hopes that the pics make up for a decreased word count.