Interesting figure this. A woman in a sleek red dress has next to nothing going for her so far as concealing articulation is concerned, and really, no matter who was making her, you wouldn't be surprised to see Six turn out as one of those plastic statues McFarlane love, all loving sculpt and no motion whatsoever, because joints would interfere with the aesthetic qualities - I'm thinking the 'Lost' action figures, for instance.

Well, she isn't - so let's flip around the order I usually write these reviews, and address the articulation first. Six has a ball joint neck, ball joint shoulders, swivel biceps, peg elbows, swivel wrists, a swivel waist, V-hips, and swivel thighs. That's quite a bit, especially in the arms - but there's not a lot you can really use. Her legs are pretty static - with the dress pre-moulded for a certain position, you really have to have her left leg forward, and the shape of her hips mandates the waist joint be positioned at the centre. And with her whole body in a relaxed, still posture, doing anything action-y with her arms would just look silly. Still, the arm articulation is useful for getting the arms just right - casual is actually more difficult a look to achieve than in-motion in a lot of ways, so it's a good thing her arms can be tweaked a lot to get their position looking their best. And of course the ball joint neck gives lots of options for adding subtle character to her, by giving her head a tilt this way or that.

Sculpturally she's a good effort, but not perfect. The body is about as good as can be expected, but a truly thin, slinky dress is very, very difficult to pull off. Here it's done as separate pieces - both above and below the waist, which is a surprise. Normally you'd just get a soft plastic skirt over the legs, and have the top of the dress moulded as part of the torso, but here the torso is moulded bare, and the front of the dress above the waist is another separate soft piece, firmly glued in place (probably to discourage anyong from trying to make topless Six variants). It means she's got possibly the most realistic cleavage in the history of 6" action figures, but the add-on front doesn't quite match the back of the dress - which is just sculpted onto the figure - so if you're viewing her from the side or rear, that's a bit of an irritation.

The face is good work, but could be better. Tricia Helfer is, let's not mince words, an astonishingly good-looking lady, but the sculpt here doesn't quite capture the subtlety of her face. Instead its proportions are misjudged just a fraction, in the line of the nose and the strength of the jaw, and unfortunately she ends up looking a bit like a guy in very convincing drag. That's a harsh criticism to level, so I should say it's still a good sculpt - Helfer's face is fairly close to this - but those little differences are telling ones, unfortunately. The hair's not quite right either, and could have used a more white highlight to get the proper peroxide blonde look.

Six doesn't come with any accessories, which is a bit of a bother - the one I bought had a slightly deformed left ankle, from being packed without quite the right amount of care, which made it difficult to get her to stand on her own. It's not completely rigid plastic, so the ankle could be fixed with patience, but I've never tried all that freezer/hot water stuff, or whatever it is. So I just borrowed a base from a figure of Gozer, from Ghostbusters - her base, with two pegs, fit Six just fine, and with a peg in each foot, guides her left ankle into its proper position.