BUSTED OUT: Wonder Woman Gets a Second Chance — and McFarlane Nailed It

If you missed McFarlane’s original Collector Edition Wonder Woman, you already know what a pain in the ass that figure was to find.

That’s why I was happy when McFarlane announced another classic Wonder Woman. I don’t look at this figure as some unnecessary redo of a figure we already had. A lot of collectors never had a realistic shot at the original in the first place.

This one seems to be a different story. I’ve found this figure to be much easier to find in stores, which means you might actually be able to walk in, see Wonder Woman hanging on the shelf and buy the damn thing. Imagine that.

And once I busted her out of the box, I liked her even more. This is a solid figure.

McFarlane lists this Wonder Woman as a 7-inch-scale DC Multiverse figure with Ultra Articulation and up to 22 moving parts. She comes with a sword, battle axe, shield, Lasso of Truth, extra hands, display base and collector card.

That’s a hell of an accessory package, but the first thing I noticed after getting her out wasn’t any of that. It was the weight.

She has some real heft to her. I didn’t break out a scale and start weighing superheroes, but in hand she definitely seems heavier than the Batman and Superman figures I have standing next to her.

I like that. Wonder Woman shouldn’t feel small or slight next to those two, and she doesn’t.

She’s tall, she has some size to her, and she has the presence Wonder Woman should have.

The classic design is fantastic! Red. Blue. Gold. Stars. Tiara. Bracelets. And hair. Holy shit, the hair. That is some serious ’80s hair.

There is a LOT of it, and while I think it looks great on the figure, it does come with a downside. All that plastic behind her head restricts the head movement quite a bit.

You can still turn and reposition her head, but there’s only so far it’s going before you run directly into that massive wall of hair.

For the most part, though, I’m happy with the articulation. I could get her into plenty of good fighting poses with the sword, axe and shield. My biggest complaint is the torso. I really wish she had more movement there.

Being able to bend farther forward and backward through the chest and abdomen would help considerably with posing.

When you’ve got Wonder Woman swinging an axe, lunging with a sword or bracing behind a shield, being able to lean the upper body into the pose makes a huge difference.

The arms and legs could probably get me the pose I want. I just wish the torso could follow them a little farther. That’s probably the biggest thing I’d change about the figure.

The weapons, on the other hand, are handled really well. The sword and axe fit tightly into her hands. In fact, you have to work them in there a little bit.

I’ll take that every single time. I would much rather spend a few extra seconds getting a weapon securely into a figure’s hand than have a loose grip where the damn thing falls out every time I move her.

Once the sword and axe are in there, she holds onto them firmly. They are a bit rubbery though, so they can bend out of shape pretty quickly — mine already did. McFarlane seems to have this issue pretty often with weapons longer than about an inch.

But, between those, the shield and the Lasso of Truth, there’s a lot you can do with her. You can display her as the classic superhero, load her up as an Amazon warrior or throw Darkseid in front of her and let her go to work.

The accessories also give her another advantage worth talking about, because McFarlane is doing something interesting with the original Wonder Woman this year. That hard-to-find original classic Wonder Woman is being rereleased later in 2026 as part of the McFarlane Vault Collection.

So collectors who missed her the first time are finally getting another chance at that figure too. But the Vault release comes with fewer accessories.

McFarlane’s official listing for the Vault version includes the lasso, sword, four extra hands and display base. There’s no shield or battle axe listed with that rerelease. So now collectors actually have a choice.

If you’ve been waiting specifically for that original Wonder Woman, she’s coming back. If you want a classic Wonder Woman right now with the sword, axe, shield and lasso, she’s sitting there with the whole damn armory.

That doesn’t make this figure some consolation prize until the original comes back. Not even close.

This Wonder Woman looks fantastic on the shelf, and for me one of the best tests was putting her next to Batman and Superman. That’s where she really sold me. The scale, the height, the proportions all work. She looks like Wonder Woman standing with Batman and Superman instead of a female figure they squeezed between two larger male figures.

And looking at the size and frame of this figure gave me another thought almost immediately.

Big Barda.

I would LOVE to see McFarlane use this kind of frame as the starting point for a Big Barda. She needs to be tall. She needs some weight and size to her. She needs to look like she could walk into a room and beat the shit out of everybody in it. Give me that, the Kirby armor and a Mega-Rod and I’m there.

But that’s another figure for another day.

For now, I’m really happy with this Wonder Woman. The huge ’80s hair limits the head movement. I definitely want more forward and backward movement through the torso. Those are real complaints. They’re also complaints about a figure I otherwise really enjoy.

She feels substantial in your hand. She’s appropriately tall. The weapons stay where you put them. She comes with a ton of display options, and she looks fantastic standing next to Batman and Superman.

Most importantly, McFarlane has finally made it easier for collectors to get a great classic Wonder Woman onto the shelf. Yes, the original is coming back later this year. Picking this up shouldn't feel like a consolation prize at all while you wait for the Vault rerelease.

This is a damn good Wonder Woman all by herself.