When I arrived home today, I found an unexpected surprise waiting for me at my garage door. After quickly inspecting the address label, I knew it was from Mattel! My thoughts quickly went into overdrive wondering what I had purchased and how I was going to explain this to my wife. After all, I have been known to accidentally forget purchasing something only to find it waiting for me when I get home.

I walked in and let the dog out, then grabbed the scissors from the kitchen draw. I cut through the well taped box to find the DC Universe logo starring back at me! I quickly found the invoice and realized that this was my review copy of the Adam Strange/Starfire 2 pack from Mattel! So without further ado...

Adam Strange

I have recently been trying to find 70's issues of DC Comics that featured Adam Strange. After being featured in Countdown I grew sort of fond of the character. Mattel hit a homerun with this version of Adam Strange.

This is a solid figure from head to toe! The joints were tight and the peg holes fit my DCUC base perfectly. As quality goes this is one of the better DCUC figures that I own. (I own everything made up to today) The gun fits his hand perfectly and looks really cool to boot! The holster on his chest is a tad distracting but, nothing that holds this figure back from being one of the best DCUC figures to date.

My only gripe about this figure would be the paint job. It isn't the worst of seen and it is by far from the best. If you are one of those that has to have perfect paint on a figure then you aren't going to be in DCUC nirvana but, you want be calling up Mattel and wanting your money back either. The main paint problem are small things like overlap here and there on certain spots of the uniform.

Overall I would give this figure an 8 out of 10.

Starfire

Mattel chose to go with the "modern" look for Starfire with this particular figure. My favorite happens to be the Perez era uniform but, I am not complaining because I actually have a Starfire (comic book version) figure in my collection!

Starfire isn't the best DCUC figure that I have seen. She in fact is probably on my list bottom five. The sculpt is great and in fact from the head to the knees she is top notch. The paint-apps are awesome on this figure. The 4 Horseman have really captured her "modern" era essence with this sculpt!

My problems stem from the knees down. I don't know if she has two of the same lower legs or that the pegs in her knees and ankles are just warped. (Now I am not saying every figure will be this way, just the one that I received) She just look awkward standing because of the bow in her knees and ankles.

Overall I would give this one a 4 out of 10.

The only reason I give it a 4 is because of the quality control issues with her legs. If you get one that doesn't have that issue then you will have an easy 8 out of 10 figure.

Overall I would give this 2 pack a 7 out of 10. Why? Because the character selection is, pardon the term, brave and bold! This is what collectors want to see from MattyCollector.com as exclusive 2 packs. Also Adam Strange is such a great figure that it brings up the value of the 2 pack greatly! Believe me when you stand him next to your other figures he puts them to shame!

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Hope you enjoyed the review and until next time remember...

"The early bird gets the worm but, the second mouse gets the cheese!"