Wonder Woman Paradise Island Gift Set

This set arrived yesterday and is really remarkable. I think Mattel is finally getting it- if we pay $125 for something, they should be putting themselves over the top with packaging, bodies, just like their competitors Integrity toys and Hot Toys do. 

This set came boxed in an exterior box, then in two sleeves with Steve Trevor and Gal Gadot's faces on the back of the sleeves. The sleeves look like book ends when you take them off of the gift set which has a backdrop inside of the island! I have not de-boxed my set yet because I am so in love with it and may buy another set to debox. 
Here are some photos .

One sleeve has Wonder Woman's face, and the other sleeve has Steve Trevor's face. They are large enough when apart to put comic books, I'm assuming, or files in. Very neat.

The front of the huge box this was all in. It was made of thin cardboard in a golden color. 

The back of the box. It would be very useful to keep if you are a Wonder Woman fan. I am just enthralled with it. 

By the way, I saw the movie on Friday and it was fantastic. I highly recommend you see it. Gal Gadot is a fabulous actress and it raises the bar on this comic book hero. I liked Linda Carter in the 70's but it really explains Wonder Woman's originals more. 

Enjoy!

Wonder Woman Barbie - Collector and Playline versions visited

Today I had to run by Walmart and had the mistake of going by the toy aisle as I always do. The new playline versions are out. They run in the $12.88-29.99 depending on what you get. Walmart has its own exclusive gift sets, as I imagine Target does as well. I purchased the Diana Princess of Amazons in the blue gown for $12.88 as I couldn't resist her. 

Here on one shelf they had the Wonder Woman in single paks, the Diana that I purchased, then the gifts sets, with the horses. One of them is the Queen Hippolyte, and the other is the Diana with the Steve Trevor, which is a Walmart exclusive. 

The boxes were beat up on some of these. I intend to go ahead and add all of them to my collection. I have seen someone put the doll I purchased on a made to move body, which looked good. I like her body, which is an action figure body. I may do that for dioramas, as I like her face. 

On the endcap of this shelf were the 'action' Wonder Woman' dolls, that if you push a button on the back of the box, the doll moves its shielf or bow. 

Then I got some closeups of the gift sets

Out of all the pics I took I could not get a good photo of WOnder Woman and her horse without all the glare. I got a far better photo of Queen Hippolyte and her horse than the Wonder Woman set. 

This is much better. 

I never purchased the Wonder Woman that came out earlier in 2016 with Batman and Superman, Battle for Justice at Barbie Collector. I am going to purchase them all later when funds are better. 

For refreshers, here are some photos of the dolls that came out when the movie debuted last year-

Each of these dolls retailed for 39.99 at Barbie Collector or select dealers. I have been slow in getting them because of other dolls on backorder. 

As I am a real Wonder Woman fan, and grew up watching the 70's TV cult classic show as a kid, it has started me looking at all the different Wonder Woman dolls. 

Mattel is coming out with new collector versions. These playline versions are NOT made by Mattel that I have just shown you, except for the ones debuted in 2016, based on the movie above. The playline versions I believe are by Hasbro. 

The new dolls coming out in April, on the 29th, are: Wonder Woman. Slightly different, has a long cape, which the first one didn't

General Antiope

Queen Hippolyte

From the news on the doll blogs I have been following, these are the three that will be debuted at Barbie Collector on the 29th this month. They will average anywhere from $40-50 so the rumor mill goes. 

Now for my playline Diana. 

The Graphics on the box are clear and concise and tell you what other dolls to shop for. It shows the action figure dolls and the plain, regular, Battle ready Wonder Woman doll. 

The doll is fastened to a cardboard insert with plastic staples. You will need scissors or an exacto knife to gently cut them from her gown and sword.

Remember that 'hidden sword sheath'? Well it's nothing more than a ribbon strap on the inside of the velcro stripping of her gown. The gown is very cheaply made, stretch material

Her boots are heavy gold plastic. They do allow her to stand by herself a little bit. 

She is on a very muscular action figure type of body, however I do like how realistic her hands are sculpted. 

Her hair is not bad either. I have seen someone take her head off this body and swap it out for a Made to Move Barbie body. I like her hair, though my doll's hair was going a little kerplooey . 

Overall, I am pleased with the playline version of the doll and while many other people on the collector scale do not like these versions, I think they are a nice addition to a comic book / superhero doll /action figure collection. Not all of us that collect dolls and action figures necessarily use the dolls as playline- they have great bones for dioramas. I see great potential - when was the last time female roman warrior dolls were produced with armour for under $30? And this doll with the roman style gown is too much to ask for with a price tag of $13. 

I have been meaning to post about these dolls here, and my visit to walmart prompted me to. Hopefully we will be able to bring the collector dolls home and do some closeups of them as well.