Masterless.: Kara Zor EL

I might be on a DC figure roll here, but let me just say that I am not building a massive army of DC Icons... just Harleys. BUT here we have another DC Icons in the form of Supergirl. NOW, I don't want to digress with my reviews on toys that much, but something happened between this figure leaving the BBTS factory and receiving it on my doorstep. So here's a link about that experience. Trust me, it's worth the read. Anyways, on to the figure.

The package is indeed similar to the Burnside Batgirl I bought earlier this year. And they do share a lot of similar qualities, both good and bad as I'll mention in this review.

And I have no intention of getting the rest of the figures in this set.

I think throughout the years, DC has struggled with Supergirl's costume. It's a fine line with giving her a 'feminine' look, while at the same time keeping the "Superman" influence alive. Sure they could have gone the easy route and just give Supergirl the same tights and let her curves do the talking, but... they decided to be bold and give her a skirt. That poses a problem (not for me, but... ya know):

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This version of Supergirl was (I believe) was during Jim Lee's run with Supergirl, my favorite version of the Maiden of Might. While she gained a fan following, the problem is the flouncy skirt was going to give too many panty shots! So? How to rectify that? They really didn't. But I digressed. The costume we have here just made the boots longer and made it less of a 'cheerleader' look. While I haven't read the comic books, from images I have seen, this is a pretty accurate sculpt of Kara from Rebirth. She does look a little older with the face we get, but the body is quite nice. The cape, while not articulated, is soft and pliable, and it does have some dynamic look.

The colors are quite nice. Though it might look bland, and it certainly is, the idea of this figure is to try and replicate her look in the Rebirth series, which from all the artwork I have seen, that comic book is not mean to be as vibrant or as 'flashy' as the New 52 or the continuity before it. My only real complaint is her hair. I think of Kara as having blond hair that sticks out a little bit. To have it so flat colored is a bit underwhelming. Still, the paint job is clean so I'll take it for sure.

You'll have to forgive the funny angle her heads are in! Due to the hair position, I can't get a good shot on these faces (that's why I do an upclose photo). She comes with alternate hands as well. Not a lot of accessories, but good enough. She also comes with this:

It's a transparent stand that does its job well enough. It has an angle and it can offer some levitating poses. Not dynamic flying poses, but it can do some cool things.

This is the first version of her face. Again, she looks a bit too calm and not as 'young' as I picture Supergirl. I think they were going for the TV series and the Rebirth look.

Her second head is more or less the same except that it has attachable heat-ray visions. Cool things to have since it offers a few more poses.

Articulation is mediocre. High mediocre and definitely passable. I was able to get some pretty good shots on her, so I'm not bummed out at all with what I got. Some are really classic Supergirl poses too. The one thing going for her is the giving material of her skirt, cape, and her hair (to an extent).

One thing I didn't try as hard was getting her into a flight pose that is every bit familiar a Kryptonian would do. Again, the neck barely allows her to look up and that cape of hers hinders her arms pointing in the direction a flying pose needs. The eyebeams are awesome though, but they are limited in what they offer. Still, glad to have them.

A good new design that is a happy medium. Passable paint job. Good sculpting. Standard articulation hindered by costume. Decent accessories. After the New Batgirl, I expected something more from this figure. But then again, that was a deluxe figure with a bike, this is the standard. For any Supergirl fan, this is probably a good grab. For casual fans, this is an easy pass. Still, this is the only Rebirth Supergirl figure I have seen so this might be a must unless we start seeing some more. I mostly consider this figure as a highly articualted statue.

Drawn by: Polarityplus / Commissioned by: Cerebrus873

Name: Kara Zor EL

Series: Supergirl; Supergirl the New 52

Tarzman

Some Words: Happy thanksgiving month then! So now we are going to be grateful that we have dear Kara to flaunter herself into some awesome bondage scenes just for us! But before we get into that wonderful section which I'm all everyone is all into with these entries, let us just say that Supergirl is probably the reason I still pay attention to Superman these days; I literally wait to see what his cousin is up to with her red cape and flouncing blue skirt(by the way, blue, red, or white undies?!). Suffice to say, she is a beauty and I am indeed thankful to have her in my lore of favorites and a much worthy damsel candidate. Speaking of which... let's go look at some of her failed endeavors as of late, huh?

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As I had already mentioned, Supergirl is Superman's cousin and while her story isn't 100% accurate on me, I do know that she had a lot of incarnations prior to the one I am putting into this month's roster. She had a lot of identities before and I personally got attached to Kara more than any one of the past. Must be the skirt... and according to Kamina, she wears red undies!

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As a Superman related character, Kara is weak to the usual, though I think she has a higher resistance to kryptonite than Clark does. Not sure... there are more than enough debates and comic book geeks that Supergirl is STRONGER than Superman himself it's just that Clark has more experience in the gig and more mature. Being a feisty teenager does give her the edge of less inhibition thus probably making her more straight on than Superman... but the downside to that... or perhaps the good thing is that she may not think things through and lead herself into some situations that she might not be too used to considering the powers she possesses. She'll just be the perfect damsel for the situation with that fiery-defiant kind of attitude! Oh and that naiveness is also really cute to stir about with her teenage spirit!

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I'm not 100% knoweldgeable on the whole kryptonite and the five colors that just joined the palette but... I know green rocks weaken her and Supes so I think it looks right for her to have green ropes. Though the green Kryptonite might burn through her skin or something like that. I don't know. Oh according to this picture, she wears red underwear. My personal favorite color she should be wearing in her lingerie.

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The red skirt variant gets the baby blue undies. Of course Darkseid is denied.

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And Captive 2D agrees that she has blue undies but look great with a white gag and green ropes(kryptonite). It will always be up to debate on her undies... I'm sure it changes on her mood or what is clean or what not but one thing is for sure! There are different versions of Kara herself that adheres to the idea of alternate universe!

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Super girl appeared in the animated series in a MUCH different costume than the other ones I will be showing in this post(and yes, I'll be using some pictures I have used in the Batgirl month post). Unlike her fellow damsel in distress Batgirl, Supergirl's costume went through a distinct change in her wardrobe. While still sporting the short skirt and the boots... Kara decided to stray a bit more away from the classic red and blue dominant look and gave herself a shorter cape that matches the short skirt. Not TOO sure if I would say I approve of the look, but one can't complain when Kara herself is just darn pretty!

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And once again, sharing the spotlight aren't you, Barbara?

Though little by little, the animated look made it to comic books.

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But of course between the two costumes, I like her comic book version better.

Then comes the New 52 series and Supergirl got a modified costume as well(The picture above is an official art while the one on the right I can't remember where I got it from so if anyone can provide the link, it will be great so I can credit the artist). Truth to be told, I'm not the biggest fan of this costume. The tried tailoring to the people who were complaining about the hott girl in skirt and the fan service people... so we get this. She no longer wears a skirt that doesn't make sense, but she also has as much skin on her legs as possible... what? They cut her hair short which isn't a big plus since I really liked her long hair... though one thing I really like in terms of change is her cape design on the collar. Honestly thought, if they were going to give her a sexier costume, I think they should've stayed with the skirt; and what the heck is up with those open knee boots?! Still, the fact that she was bound up by Wonder Woman with the magic lasso is kind of ironic.

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Though her outfit still looks delicious; just not my favorite out of the bunch.

Well there are a few random misc costumes of Kara that I am not sure how they came to be. The full blue top with no mid drift then the red v.s. the blue skirt.... oh Batman saw Supergirl's pink panties.

And 'Supergal' is probably a way for someone to do sexy art of these gals without getting copy infringement I bet. Artist is Dr.Villain.

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All in all, the original is still my favorite and I have a plethora of art I'm just going to put in here just cause Kara looks good in her original costume with some ropes.

Okay so it wasn't all ropes now was it? But here we are with some more amazing things!

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Don't remember the artist for this, but I liked the gloom in this one.

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Sharing the spotlight with other lovely ladies like Wonder Woman. By: italoabreu

On a final note, Supergirl is definitely perfect for this kind of thing. Powerful but feisty, immature but full of heart and not to mention, she's hott. Thankful that DC made a character like her since her male counter part isn't to my liking. That and... Kara is... hott. I did mention that more than once. Oh and as a last treat....