Yet another character I know nothing about - you may gather I collect a lot of action figures for their own sake, not because they're based on anything I know. The packaging's very brief bio reveals that she's the ex-girlfriend of Hal Jordan, and that the Star Sapphire is the source of her powers (the one on her head, not the one on her intimate area); a browse over on wikipedia adds that, powers aside, she was a supervillainess just because she'd been dumped and was peeved about it. Bet that comic was written by a man. And now she's part of one of these new Corps springing up post-Sinestro Corps War, with her Corps devoted to spreading love throughout the universe. If they mean that physically, she's certainly dressed for the part. Improbable costume notwithstanding, she looks good - the paint on her costume has a slightly metallic effect that gives it some visual class, and she's posed in an interesting position, with her feet close together rather than the typical tough-looking wide stance superhero figures usually take. Her hands are a bit curious, the right balled in a fist, the left open but tensed, like she's clawing, although presumably it's meant to indicate her using her power - the idea seems to be to have the left arm outstretched (even though, as you see, I prefer it down, with the hand just indicating general tenseness). She's got a pretty good face, attractive but hard-looking - I can imagine her being a villainess. Prototype photos used in advertisements (and on the back of the packaging) had a couple of strands of hair trailing beside her face from beneath her tiara thingy, but they weren't thin enough to be convincing, and thankfully they've been omitted from the final product. The rest of her hair is styled well at the back, with convincing sculpted texture, and a nice wind-tossed look - it's not blowing to one side, but there's a slightly wild look to it. She's got a very nice backside too - the sculptor put considerable effort into making her butt look its best, on both the hip and the thigh pieces. I wonder if the males in this series got similar attention? After a few experiments with swivel wrists and boots in recent waves, DC Direct has scurried back to its basic articulation layout: ball joint neck, ball shoulders, peg elbows, hips, and knees. The neck isn't very useful - the hair down her back, and the high collar, limit her head motion pretty severely. The arms are the usual deal, but the specific poses of her hands mean there are only a few positions the arms look right in. The legs are decent, so far as they go, with good motion from the hips - often, even with T-hips like these, the legs still attach at a slight angle, making them tilt oddly as they turn, but that isn't the case here. One issue, though, is that the paint for the crotch of her costume doesn't extend up as far as it should on the leg pieces - it follows the proper angle outwards to a certain point, but then above that it simply goes straight up, rather than continuing outwards. With her legs in their neutral position the error is concealed within the hollow hip joint housing, but if the torso tilts back, the poorly painted area comes into view. Star Sapphire doesn't have any accessories, so she just comes with the standard Green Lantern base. Luckily it's quite suitable for her, with no text, just the Lantern symbol, created by blocking out the non-symbol areas of the base with white paint, leaving the clear green plastic showing through the gaps. With white dominating, the green doesn't clash too badly with Sapphire's costume. There's a single peg, for the single hole in her right foot, and the fit is very tight - a little force is needed to get her properly standing on the peg, but once she's on it she's very stable, which makes it practical to display her without both feet firmly on the base.