This is a figure I've been looking forward to for some time - although I like artistic variety as much as the next comic book geek, Terry and Rachel Dodson's Wonder Woman from the current series really does stand out as ideal, so a figure based on that rendition is a good choice. In fact, since these were first advertised way back when, several other Wonder Woman figures have come and gone at the local shop, and I've let them pass by, knowing this one was on the way. So, does it meet expectations? Short answer: yes. It's not perfect, but I have no regrets at all in choosing this to be my collection's Wonder Woman, above all the other versions there have been. The sculpted likeness to the Dodson's art is very close, and since that art is clean and realistic, the figure mixes well with others on the shelf. She's 6 3/4" tall and athletically built - Amazonian, but not superhuman in terms of height or build, which is appropriate: regardless of Wonder Woman's powers, visually she's meant to appear as the perfect woman, not an unreal superbeing. Her costume is sculpted faithfully, and of course displays her physical assets - strength and beauty - by leaving her shoulders and upper arms, and hips and thighs all bare. Her face is perfect, beautiful without trying to be, confident and powerful without lacking compassion and even a little humour - it couldn't be better. The paint job isn't quite as good, but it doesn't make any mistakes bad enough to really mar the figure. All the main colours are bold and consistent, with the solid reds and blues and golds of her costume set off by a healthily glowing skin tone. Some of the edge work, most notably on Diana's famous star-spangled panties, could have stood to be a bit cleaner, but it's nothing you notice at a glance. Again the face stands out for all the right reasons, with subtle paint apps giving her expression character, and clean metallics on her tiara. Of course she's not overly articulated - DC Direct figures never are, and there's not a lot of places on Wonder Woman to hide a joint anyway. She has a ball joint neck, which her hair restricts in some directions, but not all. Her arms have ball shoulders, peg elbows and swivel wrists, and her general stance, and particularly the alert positioning of her hands, will let her look natural with her arms in a fari variety of poses, so long as you don't go for anything drastic. Her legs have peg hips and knees, but aside from some very minor adjustments, they're not good for much besides just standing straight up. To keep her on her feet she has a circular base with the Wonder Woman title applied in gold with a drop shadow, and of course she comes with the Lasso of Truth, which (as usual) is a simple gold cord, nothing remarkable in terms of design, but it sits well in her hand and catches the light quite effectively. In the past months there have been variant costume Wonder Woman figures, armoured Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman in a cape and so on - this is plain and simple Wonder Woman, and it's the best of the lot. It doesn't try to be anything elaborate or distinctive in terms of design, it just presents Diana as she is, in a nice pose, and trusts to the innate superiority of her basic design to make her stand out - and she does.