Review- Kilowog Green Lantern: Rebirth

Kilowog from DC Direct's "Green Lantern: Rebirth"
by Staff Member "Junkpile"

It was tough to snag Kilowog, as he seems to be the first of the Rebirth figures to sell out after the initial shipments, but thanks to tireless efforts on my part and a "Sighting" alert I was able to grab the last one in any of the stores in my area. I think it was worth it.

Articulation

Please keep in mind, each joint I list is for one side of the figure, except for the mid-line stuff like waist and neck, etc.

Ankle – hinge (up and down)
Knee – hinge
Hip - cut-joint
Shoulder - ball-jointed
Elbow – single joint
Wrist - cut-joint
Neck – cut-joint

Sculpt

This is where the DC Direct line is still delivering outstanding product. You can read some of the debate in another Thread on these Forums, but I'm willing to set all other considerations aside just to tell you that this is a beautiful figure. He's huge, at just about 7.5" tall, and 3.5" wide (from shoulder-ball to shoulder-ball). He's easily bigger than the Darkseid figure that DCD put out several years back, makes Doomsday from the Superman line look puny, and is really in the "boxed figure" (a la Solomon Grundy and Gorilla Grodd) size range. That's a lot of plastic for a single, carded figure. The likeness is pretty spot-on, as well. This is definately the big poozer that I enjoyed reading about in Green Lantern and the Justice League. He looks like he stepped off the page and into my home.

Paint

All of the paint applications on Kilowog are really tight. I haven't found any slop on the uniform, the ring, the face, or even the stand he comes with. The lines on his GL uniform are perfect.

Accessories

Kilowog comes with a Green Lantern display stand, which is translucent green (in the shape of the ring symbol) and white. As I mentioned, the paint and plastic on the accessories is equally as nice as on the figure. He also comes with a GL power battery - for recharging his ring (the battery is pretty impressive in size and sculpt, as well). His left hand is open just enough to hang the battery from, so you can display it prominently with your figure.

Overall

I have to admit that I'm a bit biased; since I'm more of an ML and SF guy (I love the super-poseable stuff), my view on Kilowog's overall score is a bit low. He's easily an 8 or an 8.5 out of 10. He'd get the 9 or 9.5, but I really want a few more POA. Nothing major, just some bicep swivels and a cut-joint at the waist... that's not greedy, is it? Anyway, if you're into DCD, Green Lantern, or the old Justice League series (where Kilowog and G'Nort used to have prominent guest shots), then this figure is a MUST OWN. I was genuinely thrilled to get him out of the package and put him on my shelf.

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