Prime 1 - Harley Quinn - Limited Edition: 750
Harley Quinn 1/3 scale from Prime 1 arrived today
Shipped from Sideshow Collectibles, using DHL (the box and contents arrived in perfect shape)
Harley Quinn represents my first 1/3 scale piece. The shipper box is quite large, fairly heavy, and carrying it up stairs required quite a bit of effort, compared to what I’m used to (¼ scale pieces). Unboxing Harley took me back to the first time I received my first ¼ scale piece (Ritual by Yamato) which reminded me how cool this hobby can be.
First Impressions: Wow! Harley Quinn looks great! Having inspected all four portraits, it’s safe to say they all look good (no googly eye’s). While I like the bubble gum portrait most of all, I was quite taken back by the blank stare portrait, which really works well. To achieve the sparkle look of Harley’s red & blue shorts, Prime 1 have used glitter paint, which works to good effect. They have also used glitter paint for the gold areas on Harley’s jacket. Assembly of statue onto base is simple enough.
The Base: Looks nice enough. Quite neutral in some respects, which is how it should be, letting the piece shine (and from stopping the piece from falling over). It feels like a lump, a slab, painted with blacks and silvers.
Negatives: There really aren’t any, except maybe one. Without wishing to sound too harsh, Harley Quinn’s right hand is a shade of pink that gives it an almost cheap plastic toy look. It has an almost prosthetic vibe, like it was made and painted in a different factory to the rest of Harley. Prime 1 should have used the same colour as used on Harley Quinn’s face and neck area. Maybe I’m nitpicking?
1/3 Scale: I’d never seen a 1/3 scale in person (until today). In some ways, it’s not as large as I’d imagined. At the same time, it does make ¼ scale appear small. While I have 3x 1/3 scale on pre_order, I can see me sticking with ¼. Typing this and looking at Harley, 1/3 does have more presence in the room. Maybe, in about one years time, I can see Harley Quinn standing on the left side of my television, with Catwoman standing on the right side. Quite where Chun-Li 1/3 and Mileena 1/3 are going to stand remains a mystery, another bridge to cross.
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