Stephanie McMahon
Series 7 figure
by Jakks Pacific
Review
by : Troy
Brownfield
Queen
of the Rack(s)
I get
fed up with repaint assorments. They turned into overkill
at Toy Biz near the end of the X-Men heyday. They totally
took over the various Batman lines from Hasbro. And sadly,
the same fate looks about to befall the WWF line from Jakks
Pacific.
In their
Series 7, only ONE figure hasn't been made before. There is
a slight bit of retooling on Kane, but Jericho, Triple-H,
Kurt Angle and Undertaker are pretty much the same. However,
the lone new figure is significant because she is, after all,
the boss's daughter.
 Stephanie
McMahon-Helmsley: Since the repeated abduction attempts by
the then-Satanic (and cool) Undertaker, Stephanie McMahon
has played a rather large TV role in the WWF. Moving from
that storyline to her engagement to Test to her surprise marriage
to HHH to her place in the HHH/Angle feud, Steph is a part
of every major plot in the company. It's about damn time she
was immortalized in plastic.
Steph's
face has been rendered by the Real-Scan technology, and they
rightly chose to catch her in one of those smug, bitchy expressions.
It's pretty good. The choice of outfit for the figure is a
natural too: tight black pants and tight red top. Hilariously,
Steph looks like she's trying to smuggle two nuclear warheads
out of the former Soviet Union under her sweater. Yes kids,
this figure's got her rack on.
As for
posing, the Jakks team made her left arm brilliantly. Able
to either be placed in a slapping pose (Steph's lone offensive
move) or her hip while she's whining on the mic, her hand
is a really nice touch.
While
Stephanie has been rendered very well, don't waste your time
on the rest of the batch. Save THOSE pennies for Lita . .
.
The rest of the series 7 lineup: 2 bananas.
Troy
Brownfield is the Editor-in-Chief of Shotgun Reviews. He hears
that Steph throws one heck of a New Year's party. Email Troy
at psikotyk@aol.com.
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