DC Collectibles Arkham City Mr. Freeze Statue Review

Street Date: 2014-12-24
MSRP: $150
Price I Paid: $150
Statue Scale: 1/8

Designed by Rocksteady Studios
Sculpted by Dave Cortes

DC Collectibles's Arkham statue line offers characters that aren't easy to find in 1/8 scale.  To my knowledge, these are the only 1/8-scale versions of Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Jason Todd (Red Hood/Arkham Knight), Riddler, and Mr. Freeze.  Therefore, I've added a couple of these to my collection to go with my 1/8-scale Artgerm Cover Girls and DC Icons statues.

Mr. Freeze has been a sort of mini-grail for me.  I think the statue looks great, but it's prone to QC issues.  Honestly, the statue might be too ambitious for the relatively low price point, even if the MSRP is $25 higher than the MSRP for all of the other Arkham statues.  It has a lot of tubes, canisters, spikes, and other detailing that are easy to break.  I got one almost a year ago (July 2018) that was supposedly "new", but the right hand peg didn't fit into the right wrist at all.  (Be careful when opening the Styrofoam brick, as the right hand is wedged into a compartment in the "top" half without anything holding it in place.

I just got another one on eBay for MSRP.  It's better than the one I received previously, but it has flaws that can probably be attributed to it being used as a store display.  The area near the right hand peg is chipped.  The entire top edge of the base is faded, it's obvious that the left foot has left some sort of shadow/imprint on the base, and the vertical edge under the toe area of the left foot is worn.

The statue is quite big and tall for 1/8 scale, which partially explains the higher MSRP.  Nevertheless, I recommend that you inspect this statue in person if possible and pay no more than MSRP, despite the generally higher/inflated prices on the secondary market.  This statue has another odd quirk; the factory that made the product box used two pieces and poor-quality glue, so a lot of boxes are now held together with tape.