Review : DC Collectibles Felicity Smoak, Arrow
- Mephitsu
- Feb 4, 2019
- 4 min read
Welcome to our review of Felicity Smoak from DC Collectibles. This 6.75 inch action figure of Felicy is from the DC Collectibles line of figures based on the CW Arrowverse shows. Released in 2015, Felicity is the 8th release from the lead show Arrow and comes in a wave that also includes Arsenal and John Diggle.
Packaging 3/5
Felicity arrives in the standard window box packaging for the DCC Arrowverse figures. It has the shaped side to the right of the window, with the figure name presented in white on the window itself. Being an Arrow character the large Arrow TV logo sits under the figure window and the box is framed in a rear band of green.
Round the left hand side this green band expands upwards and includes a repeat of the Arrow logo, the character name and the number 8 in an arrow head icon - indicating Felicity is the 8th release from the Arrow TV series. Above this sits an image of actress Emily Bett Rickards in character from the show,

The rear of the box sees another large Arrow logo and then a checklist of sorts with the three figures from this wave pictured against a cityscape backdrop. Each of them is named and there numbering given in the same arrow head symbol.
There is no background info on the character, as is commonplace in other lines.

Out of the box, Felicity is secured into an inner tray with a twist tie round her waist. This then sits in an inner cardboard sleeve which acts as a backing card to the figure. This card piece replicates the city scape band we saw on the rear of the packaging.
Felicity's ponytail is obviously fragile and was cling wrapped on our figure - remove with care.

Paint & Sculpt 3/5
The DCC figures have never been overly excellent at actor likeness, and this is no exception. The look is more "generic female" than a likeness to the actress and the face sculpt is not helped by a distinct lack of paint shading or apps for the skin. The lips are painted a glossy purple and beneath the glasses the eyes are also painted, but more animated style than realistic.
Said glasses are pretty nice for the scale with tinted but see through lenses and not overly large frames that go back past the ears. The hair is swept back into the ponytail and this is washed in a very dark brown to bring out the detail - perhaps too dark.

Felicity's costume is quite plain and made up of a white blouse and black skirt. Neither have anything more than a base colour with buttons left unpainted on the blouse. The blouse arrives already "grimy" probably from the factory.
The body shape is very stylised, like other Arrow figures, and it is more like a comic book or animated character with very slim waist and wide shoulders.
The skin tones are good and the feet well sculpted in those glossy heeled sandals.

Articulation 3/5
Felicity has 15 points of articulation which is more or less standard for the line except they've dropped the waist joint on this figure.
The head is ball jointed and looks all the way round and with a touch of movement for looking up and down. Arms are ball jointed shoulders with full movement, and beneath these single rotating elbows which can bend to just about 45 degrees. Both wrists are pegged and pivot jointed so rotate and pivot to 90 degrees.

Felicity comes with a second pair of hands. The first being fists, the second being open gripping hands. Swapping these out at the wrist joint is easy enough and without any drama. Why the gripping hands are included is up for debate when you consider there are no accessories included for her to hold?

Leg articulation is all but useless behind that pencil skirt. But the team at DCC have included jointed hips, thigh swivel, knee joint and an ankle pivot. All of these are pretty redundant and Felicity is locked into a single stance - but well played that this stance is very stable, even with high heels.
Accessories N/A
While other Arrow figures have come with at least one, if not multiple, accessories. Felicity is completely devoid of anything. Why a tablet or a clipboard couldn't have been included is beyond me.
Summary
Like John Diggle, Felicity suffers with being an ordinary looking human in a range of super heroes. You can tell that there is limited appeal to her and John by way of how deep these are currently discounted - I've seen both as low as a £4 and still not selling.
I applaud DCC for trying to give us more characters like this from the show, but there would have been much better options to go for than Felicity that would have sold better.

With basic paint job, basic paint and no accessories to speak of Felicity scores a 2 out of 5.

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