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S.H. Figuarts Wonder Woman Golden Armor


The Golden Armor suit that Wonder Woman wore during the climax of Wonder Woman 1984 has finally arrived in Figuarts form. I didn't care much for the film, but the previous regular figure of WW was good, so I pre-ordered this one, too (and the pre-orders were announced before the movie was released). But anyway, let's check her out.








This figure comes with her wing attachments, which are a total of 5 different pieces (one that plugs into her back, a middle wing section and end wing section). You have the option of having her wings fully spread (this uses all 5 pieces, and includes 2 stands to help hold them up), or smaller (this only uses the middle sections that plugs into her back and the end sections of the wings). She also comes with her lasso that plugs into her side, an empty lasso holster that plugs into her side, 4 pairs of hands (fists, grasping, relaxed and open palm), 2 different heads (eagle helmet and un-helmeted), and a total of 4 extra hair pieces which are utilized depending on whether she wears her wings or not. Since all these sections of hair are separate, they can articulate a bit, as do her wing segments, which can close around her body, or move out from her body. It's a lot of options to choose from, but they provided everything to make her as poseable as possible, whether she wears wings or not.







The sculpt of her suit is a nice, shiny gold, with lots of armor details throughout. Only her bracelets are silver and her lasso holster is brown. The wings are gorgeous, carefully molded in individual folds to mimic metallic feathers. Her face sculpts are accurate, capturing the likeness of Gal Gadot, though it took me a while to get used to her unmasked head without her tiara. Tamashii Nations once again did a great job bringing the Amazon princess of Themyscira to life.








The articulation of the body is really good, with some improvements over their last figure. Her neck is on a ball peg, and can look to the sides, down and up. Her various hair pieces are articulated, so this allows greater movement of the head without anything impeding it. Her shoulders are on hinged ball joints with slight pivot, ball pegged shoulder pads, single jointed elbows, peg wrists, upper torso and waist ball joints, ball jointed thighs with slight pivot, double jointed knees, hinged ankles that tilt and rock, and toe hinge. Her legs can spread much farther than the previous figure, and the upper torso has greater back, side to side and ab crunch range. One thing about the wings is that, depending on which direction you pose them in, they can weigh heavily on the body frame, especially when you have them fully spread. I guess that's why they included 2 support stands for the spread wings. Also, the way her lasso hangs on her body, it sticks out, so you have to be careful of not pressing down on it when handling the figure, or it may cause the peg to pop out (see photo below).






Wonder Woman Golden Armor turned out really nice. The bright gold of the suit is really striking, and the wing accessories really elevate her to new heights (isn't that what wings are supposed to do?). I like that you have the option of posing her with or without wings, and fully spread or smaller. The multiple hair pieces for both heads also give you plenty of options for displaying her. S.H. Figuarts put a lot of thought and creativity into this figure. Now if they could put as much care and attention to detail into some of their other releases, they could have a lot more homeruns.








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