MSRP: $50
Price I Paid: $50
Edition Size: N/A
Statue Scale: 1/9
Based on Jim Lee's artwork from Hush (written by Jeph Loeb)
For at least the past year, GameStop and its subsidiary ThinkGeek have partnered with DC Comics to sell a wide variety of Jim Lee-branded merchandise. Since 2019 is Batman's 80th anniversary and since Lee illustrated Jeph Loeb's Hush, one of the most-acclaimed Batman stories ever, GameStop commissioned a series of exclusive statues based on Lee's depictions of Gothamites. Batman, Catwoman, and Joker were based on their appearances in Hush. Batgirl is based on a splash page from All-Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder. Harley Quinn is based on Lee's cover for Rebirth Suicide Squad Issue 4. The statues share a common circular base.
I went to a local GameStop store today and picked up Batgirl, Batman, Catwoman, and Joker. It appears that Harley Quinn has not reached many stores yet, though she's available online.
The packaging is rather basic, though I prefer the use of one plastic window instead of Diamond Select Toys's four plastic windows, which make a box structurally weak. The statue is made of plastic and comes in two pieces. Each foot has a plastic peg/nub. Like Batman in the same line, the pegs are circular, whereas the base holes are hexagonal. You need to use a bit of force to get Joker to fit flush against the base.
I measured Joker from the top of his head to the bottom of his butt, his thigh, and his lower leg. He's about 7.5-inches tall, or 5-foot, 7.5-inches tall "in real life". He would be about as tall as Catwoman, though he seems smaller because he's so gaunt. The overall height is 6.5 inches to the top of his hair.
This Joker is fairly decent in terms of QC, though some may be unhappy with the lack of a gun in translating Jim Lee's artwork. Still, the design replicates Lee's artwork quite well, and I can see people having fun with this statue by placing a prone action figure in front of it. ^_^
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