I'm a big fan of Power Girl (as you've probably noticed if you've been reading the comic reviews), but not so much of these 'Deluxe Collector Figures' - dolls, in other words - that purport to represent DC's superheroes with 'realistic' proportions and costumes. The ones prior to PG, including a couple of women (Batgirl and a variant, as I recall) have looked underwhelming, mostly because comic book art isn't realistic, in proportions or costuming. Power Girl... well, sadly she's not a great improvement. Since it's the most obvious thing on her, let's start with her legs. Betcha thought I was going to say breasts, huh? Nope, it's the legs, which as you can see don't look good - the colour and finish of the parts is all wrong, with the knees not matching the rest of the legs, none of it matching the chest and face, and the whole lot too shiny. Believe it or not, this is an improvement. Dolls generally hide their articulation beneath their clothing, which is a problem for Power Girl since she doesn't wear pants - nothing to hide the leg and hip articulation beneath. DC Direct decided to give her flesh-coloured pantyhose, to try to smooth out the legs and hide the joints while giving the illusion that it's bare skin, but - nice idea though it was - it didn't work. The texture of the pantyhose was visible, they were too thin to hide the joints (you could actually see the hollows of the hip ball joints through them), and whenever you moved the legs at all, the hose would bunch in the joins. Even the photo of her on her packaging, which no doubt had been teased to its best possible appearance, couldn't get the hose without wrinkles - they just looked poor, so believe me, as shoddy as the bare plastic legs look, the pantyhose were worse. At least as she is now, you can pose her, and play with her if you've a mind to, without having to try (futilely, for the most part) to readjust her pantyhose afterwards every time. The rest of the figure is a decent effort, but unremarkable. The white costume is fairly good, but lacks some of the fine detail stitching many artists draw in, and at the edges of the hips and chest window the seams tend to fray. The gloves and boots are good looking, but very simple - again lacking the fine detail many artists (and the 6" Infinite Crisis Power Girl figure) give them. The belt is very basic, little more than a strap with a plain plastic buckle. The chest is given some attention, with a separate soft rubber piece to give a realistic skin texture, as opposed to hard plastic - that's good work, and matches the face well. The whole head is pretty good work, with detailed and clean paintwork on her eyes and lips, and a well-judged drybrush on her hair to bring out the detail. Aside from the chest and head, she's got the same body used for all the female Deluxe Collector Figures, which means she's not as physically powerful as we're used to Power Girl being - nothing in the way of notable muscles beyond what everyone else has. She comes with two spare pairs of hands - clenched fists, open palms, or 'gripping' hands that can hold accessories (not that she has any) - and a base, which is of limited use, since the clamp on it is large and ugly, and only just tall enough to hold her waist when she's standing upright - she certainly can't hover, or anything like that. Sadly, the bottom line is that this figure isn't worth what DC Direct charge for it - from other companies doing 1/6th scale figures these days, you'd get a real collector's doll for this price, with a highly detailed costume. As good as some parts of the doll are - the torso and head are fine, and the whole package is fairly good aside from the look of the legs - she's a disappointment.