This is one of those figures where looks are quite deceiving. When picks of Domina were released to preview what she would look like so many months ago I was
quite taken with the detail in the character and thought it would be another fine addition to my increasingly cluttered shelf space. Alas, despite all of detail in the
finished product, there is a huge level frustration brooding inside me after going through the ordeal that was attaching the accessories. Domina may be nice to look
at, but she's a royal pain to setup.
First up was getting the sword in her hand. This is one of those fingers where you have to pry open the fingers with one hand while gingerly slipping the weapon in
with the other, ever conscious of not letting the figure's fingers slip and finding yourself back at square one, all the while doing your part to expand the number of
curse words available in the English language. After a solid 30 minutes I was finally able to get the sword in Domina's hand. Next came attaching her dirk to the little
socket-like thingy on her belt. Unfortunately the belt is made of some sort of bendy, twisty rubber-like compound and the dirk is made of plastic. So,
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hard solid
object in one corner, bendy, twisty one in the other and it's time for more "fun" as I'm forced to fight with the socket on the belt which constantly gets bent out of
shape when trying to snap the dirk into it. Finally came attaching the shield. You can imagine my
elation when it snapped onto Domina's arm without a problem for
but one brief moment I was on top of the world, then I tried to stand the thing up on my shelf...
All of a sudden the rage and frustration came pouring back tenfold. The damn figure's feet are bent off center
so she can't get a balanced foot setting because the
back foot isn't lined up properly with the right. Now she's stuck propped up against Medieval Spawn III and there's nothing that can be done about it because
although there are articulation points in her legs, they don't move in any meaningful way to improve her balance.
In fact Domina has very few articulation points and
most of them are in the arms, even then the most you can really get in terms of varying her
pose is by choosing whether to have her holding her sword up or down.
"Yay!" At least some additional joints in the legs would have been nice to make her stand up properly but it must not have been meant to be.
But like I said at the start of all this, at least she looks good. The frilly leather robe type garments are in full effect here, as is a head of flowing blonde hair topped
with a valkyrie warrior helm, all quite well done. The weapons and armor also are quite becoming on her, but at the end of the day these
aesthetic high points on this
figure just don't negate the frustration to be had in setting her up, then finding out she can't stand upright in the first place.
I never thought I would see the day, but I am actually thoroughly disappointed with a McFarlane
action figure. She might be nice to look at, but she's just too high
maintenance to be worth the time to invest in her.
