Review: Harley Quinn Bishoujo Statue by Kotobukiya

Here's another statue that I managed to shoot this past holiday - Harley Quinn - also from Kotobukiya's bishoujo line.

Harley, or Dr. Harleen Quinzel, is also a character from DC and is pretty much associated with the Batman lore too just like Huntress. Although Harley's association with Batman is brought about by Joker since she is crazy in love with him. And yes, she is a villain.

Despite a fairly recent overhaul that made her look grungy and more dangerous, what we have here is the classic Harley jester costume.

In case you haven't noticed yet, Harley has a very very glossy finish for her costume making it look like latex. The glossy finish is more obvious on these close-up shots. First up we've got a shot of those ball ends found on Harley's head gear and collar. 

Looking at it closer, well, it wasn't what I expected. I am not sure how these balls should look but I feel that this could have been better. The collar is also a little different from the classic costume, this here have pointy ends going to the balls. The paint job on those diamond patterns are not perfect but acceptable. And look at that shine!

Next are the hands. I dig how the fingers are posed for Harley's hands which look feminine.

You can also see those puffy cuffs and how the folds look realistic.

Here's a shot that shows a clearer view of the chest and torso of the figure. Shiny shiny shiny!

That hammer handle is pretty much what you've seen in these shots. It has a matte finish that contrasts nicely against the shiny villain. The handle goes to the head of the hammer which makes up most of the statue's base.

The base itself has a glossy acrylic look to it and the hammer head here was distressed a little with small dings here and there. But the hammer head doesn't look realistically distressed and it would look better if they added a wood grain texture. The gold bands are a nice touch though.

Here we have a view of the figure's footwear. Harley is basically tip-toeing and it looks great.

Harley's legs are really emphasized just by how Shunya Yamashita posed them. The result of this pose forms that classic "S" shape which look super sexy for the female figure.

It's amazing how the red just pops!

Another good point of this figure is the face. It's just looks good. Her face isn't obscured or hidden in any way and her face is facing upwards which made it a breeze to shoot.

The sculpt looks good from the sides and I just realized now that I don't have profile shots to share. But I have this.

Don't be surprised, the face can be removed and is held in place by that magnet. It's made this way because the statue actually comes with an alternate face.

It's cool that these faces look like the old theater logo sitting side-by-side like this. The alternate face is not painted white. Actually, the white face variant was the one stored in the box when I opened it, and the flesh face was the one attached. But I think a white faced Harley is more accurate based on the original character design.

The back of the face has a small metal piece that latches on the magnet on the head with ease.

Here's a top view of the head where you can see just how flush that face fits the slot. It's not raised or misaligned in any way.

While we have one of the faces attached, there's really nothing you can do with the extra face. You might say that that could be a problem because you'd have to keep the extra face safe somewhere right?

Lucky for us, Kotobukiya thought about that and here is what they did for us.

This little compartment is located at the bottom of the base and stores the extra face without any issues.

Also, this statue actually has an SDCC exclusive. The main difference from this version is that it has an all gold hammer instead of the brown one and has no jester's cap on so Harley's blonde hair is on show with a double pony hair style.

To wrap things up, the popping glossy finish, the good face sculpt, the face variant, and the classic Harley look really makes this a really nice statue.