DC Universe Trigon BAF: Cheetah

Yes, you read right. My VERY firs DC Universe review on one of their BAF pieces! And none other of course than the femme fatale feline rival of Wonder Woman herself, Cheetah!!!! I have to say, I have always ALWAYS wanted to complete a set from Mattel's DC Universe line just to see where they stand in regards to Toybiz/Hasbro's Marvel Legends BAF. Well, this figure would be the make it or break it deal for me to have the full incentive to truly build-a-figure. So how does she fare and is she convincing? Let's just move on.

Yes the box is your classic box base for the back then the transparent window to show case the said figure. Of course a bio for the character and it has the assortment and pieces for this wave pictured in the back with the figure to be built very prominent in the corner. Nothing much to say about the box or the 'accessories' for that matter. Of course it being a BAF series it comes with the leg of Trigon and a nostalgia art pin of Cheetah from way back when.

Okay so for the figure itself, I have to say it's not terrible. It's not great. The sculpt is rather decent especially since I have to look at it from the lens that it is an older figure. She has an athletic and almost skinny frame with a 'tall' head. Her hands are tiny too so that is kind of off-putting. In the paint department she isn't bad… shadings exist and the spots makes her look like a cheetah. Again not terrible, but not great.

Alright let's talk about the articulation. This is where she goes downhill from here. Articulation on her is  appallingly bad. Better than the 1995 toy biz toys I used to play with, but still! It's really quite hard to get her to great dynamic poses and since her tail lacks better movement, it's even harder to have a convincing pose. Her hair makes it impossible for her head to have rotations so there are no great action slashing to go on.

I managed one or two poses that looked decent for a shot. But to say one or two literally means one to two that I deem worthy to even put up. And I tried a bit harder to truly get her into a better attack pose and I failed… perhaps I'm not that great with posing her or something… Don't know.

As of right now, Lady Deathstrike is probably my least favorite female figure but putting her next to Cheetah makes her leaps and bounds better! So suffice to say, it's more than obvious who I favor out of these two action figures with all that said!

Cheetah lost to Deathstrike, Klaw escorts the feline villainess to wherever.

I'll even put it next to my most hated Marvel Legend of the moment: Klaw. I have ridiculed Klaw more than once but there is something about him that is worth mentioning. His articulation is actually quite good! When a figure has at least that, it's something redeeming! I mean I did have lots of fun posing him getting his butt kicked by a myriad of my other toys! So with that said, is Cheetah a good testament for my Mattel DC universe BAF hunt for Trigon? Not really. Sculpt is mediocre and almost failing(I heard that this mold has been reused FAR too many times too), paint job decent, and then terrible articulation? I don't know if that is a good sign; but I do want to say the I gave DC's BAF line a try before completely ridiculing them. But as for right now(at this moment), DC shouldn't put their bets on their action figure lines since Marvel is still dominating that department!