MAFEX Catwoman Hush Batman DC Comics Medicom Action Figure Review

Medicom continues to knock their MAFEX DC Batman Hush collection figures out of the park, this time with Catwoman. Very, VERY artist specific but if there's any artist I'd like to have an action figure line based around, it's Jim Lee.
00:00 Intro
01:06 Package
01:48 Unboxing and Stand
02:42 Figure Details
05:26 Nitpicks and Gripes
06:20 Articulation
08:30 Accessories
11:33 Stability and Left Shoulder Issue
12:22 Size and Comparisons
12:55 Thoughts
14:27 Outro
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#Hush #Catwoman #Batman

[@Scrimbleitybots]

"How did you know it was meow?" was just incredible.

[@XaeroGravity]

I can't stop listening to it, it's cracking me up 🤣

[@tenzingsamdup]

You haven't read Hush? **readies pitchfork**

[@blitzknight5371]

petition for robo needs to make a holiday special of him just playing and using voices

[@TheFwoosh]

I've been considering something like this but I need to some collaboration.

[@Danimationstudios]

@@TheFwoosh Hey Robo, do you need any stop-motion animation? Maybe something like the one I have about Lando and Soundwave... Greetings from Spain!

[@kubanasal6722]

The saga continues! This means that Meowscles is his son's underling!

[@TheFwoosh]

Twists and turns!

[@CruelPizza213]

I hope they make Huntress and Nightwing figures for the mafex hush series!

[@TheFwoosh]

Yup, my two most wanted, followed directly by Robin.

[@amoretpax199]

We got it!

[@Yanasui_]

Well both of those are coming now

[@CruelPizza213]

@@Yanasui_ yup, and hopefully robo’s right about that robin!

[@ArtIsMySin19]

12:03 whoa some black magic there (or static cling between plastic) lol

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, it was kinda crazy. I'd like to say it was on purpose but I'm not that coordinated, haha!

[@ArtIsMySin19]

@@TheFwoosh Least it was documented on camera! If it happens again should crack out that Egon figure and put his PKE meter to good use haha

[@DesignIncase]

@@TheFwoosh Have you considered you might actually be a magical being or a fictional character?

[@Kooster69]

Wow expressions in an action figure based on Jim Lee's drawings! Who would have thunk it?!?

[@someguy7567]

I’m surprised there hasn’t been an Amazing Yamaguchi Catwoman yet…

[@Brian-mi5kg]

idk what it is but the quality of the videos have been really good lately! thanks for all the work you put in!

[@chadwickmitchell7067]

Awesome review just subscribed 👍 can't wait to get my Catwoman should be arriving in a day or two!!!!

[@L0rdhero]

The admission that Robo never read Hush before: it was both admirable and saddening haha. Check it out, bro! It’s a good read.

[@CandGoods]

I'm someone who has for the most part stuck to regular retail figures, mostly because $, but dear god I actually sprung for a Mafex figure this week. Put in an order with BBTS for the black/grey Dark Knight Returns Batman. Kinda wanted just a regular-ish Batman, and I like the thiccness of TDKR Batman and the design in general, so that's gonna be my Batman to end all Batmans.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

You're better off just going to Amiami or hlj for these figures. Bbts charges way more than they should be

[@CandGoods]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 For one thing, that Batman is not currently available from either of those sites, from me just checking now. I'm definitely also not going to be making a regular thing of buying these import figures. but moreso, I'm located in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. BBTS is located, like just under an hours drive east of me, just over the stateline in Wisconsin. Their flat-rate shipping gets to me in a day, 2 at the most. I'm willing to pay a bit more just for the convenience of that.

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@CandGoods dhl from Japan will get you it in about the same time for less overall. But if you'd like to spend more money that's on you.

[@CandGoods]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Did you miss the part about that Batman not being available from from those sites at this time?

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@CandGoods no, my response was in response to the rest of your statement...

[@chiharutahara2698]

awesome! MUST HAVE! thx for the vid!

[@mrgtoyz]

I really like Mafex figures but it feels hard to justify the price point for this figure considering how "plain" it is. Miles was the same price and came with cloth goods, multiple hands, feet, heads and web effects. If this was in the $60 range I think it would be good but but $100 I can't see the value.

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

"meow I can add to my hush display" - Killer "The Fwoosh" Robo, 2021

[@DWTalentsProduction]

Great review, Fwoosh!! PSA: reissue is currently LIVE!! Early Oct'23...go go go!

[@bayronavila3983]

Great day. Great figure. Great video. Keep it up robo

[@luisamador5011]

If Hush Poison Ivy gets announced... Y'all will hear my excitement scream across the sky. PS: Did you use the force with the shoulder thingy? 😱 I saw that haha

[@saadiqmuhammad2856]

Thank u for the blessing of the earthworm review 😌❤️

[@atldesigns]

The clicks and squeaks of Mafex figures are so satisfying.

[@TheFwoosh]

You know, you said that and I had to remember if it even did it or not. I've gotten so used to MAFEX sounding like that...

[@cbap]

Brilliant review as always! Wasn't planning on getting Catwoman, but this video just made me realize: What the hell was I thinking??? Of course I need to pick this up since I have Bats and Supes, even if it means a hunger strike. Hahaha I loved the comic run. One of the best stories, in my opinion, especially 'Heart of Hush'. Highly recommend you read the Hush storyline. 😁

[@RR_1138]

Black Hush is pretty awesome, I like it better than blue. Hey man, Fwoosh customer service is awesome, got some ninjas missing stuff and they helped me out Thanks !!

[@batforcegrump]

Great review Robo! I got mine yesterday but I didn't notice that the whip was articulated. I like the rope belt midsection too, breaks up the black like you said.

[@TheFwoosh]

Yup, just adds a little color in a drab looking look. Plus belts should have the belt part of the belt, haha!

[@chargers24ag]

Awesome review robo🔪🔥 had the same thing happened to me had to arrive Saturday and it arrived yesterday lol

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, I'm okay when they're wrong in cases like that, haha!

[@alekhidell4925]

Mine has the same shoulder issue..! But that's still a small gripe and the only one for me. Thanks for the fix Robo. No more floppy cap! It was a very FWOOSH review! Hahaha

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, took me a bit to catch it, and it was after I took all the pics, but I'm glad I could help!

[@limbofightingsurvivorl.f.s37]

Great video !!! Cool figure :)

[@TheFigureDoctor]

I hope we get Huntress, Robin, and Nightwing at some point! I'd also love a Batgirl, but Babs was only Oracle in Hush so idk how likely that is

[@glentaker]

wow...now i can't wait for Mafex Gambit!

[@gerardoguillenmontano2362]

bicep swivel in female japanese action figures is something REALLY rare, I appreciate a lot

[@hime1896]

God as much as I'd want to hate on the mafex qc issues, they're really getting better at managing them and it makes me upset that it'll trick me to buying their future releases aagghh!

[@cdubbart]

YES. Definitely wanna build that gatefold cover poster from the 2nd volume of Batman Hush. That's my main goal in collecting these lol. We now have Batman, Catwoman & Superman, along with Joker & Hush on the way. But for the poster we just need Nightwing, Robin, Huntress, Oracle & Commissioner Gordon. But I'll settle for Robin & Huntress first lol. You can fudge kitbashes of Oracle & Gordon pretty easily & the DC Icons Nightwing still holds up pretty well.

[@TheFwoosh]

I didn't get into Icons until they were cancelled so I missed Nightwing. He's high on my list, along with all those others.

[@cdubbart]

@@TheFwoosh Same on my end with Icons. I couldn't resist and paid ebay prices for a loose (yet complete) Nightwing. I spent more than I wanted, but my Nightwing & I are very happy together lol.

[@nightwing6153]

Don't watch the animated movie called Batman Hush. It is Batman Hush in name only. There are many changes made to the story that ruin the story. Sometimes changes are good, when they improve the story. But the changes made for that movie are terrible. If you insist on watching the animated movie, please read the actual comic book first. The Hush story line has been released in trades multiple times. It shouldn't be hard to find.

[@houseofmmm]

Yea i know right? The story sucked.

[@nightwing6153]

@@houseofmmm The original hush comic book is great. To be fair Jim Lee's artwork probably plays a heavy role in the perception of that story. So it's a little harder to indifferently judge the story itself without thinking of Jim Lee's artwork. But in regards to the animated movie, you can 100% say that the story and the changes made to it for the animated movie make a worse story. Like Gotham by gaslight. The original comic book story is not that great. But the concept is great. So when the animated movie came along and made changes. The changes they made improved on what was already there. And were changes for the better. With hush, the changes they made were for the worse. I don't want to spoil anything. But Hush not even being actually Hush!?!?! Like come on. That statement doesn't spoil anything unless you've actually read the comic.

[@demimoorestapeworm1416]

That looks amazing! I need it! I hope they make a traditional Harley from Hush with their Hush Joker.

[@TheFwoosh]

Oooo, that would probably be the best Harley ever.

[@demimoorestapeworm1416]

@@TheFwoosh Right? I don’t mind her “newer” look but I want the old school Harley Quinn outfit with that upcoming Hush Joker. Have you seen the Revoltech Amazing Yamaguchi Joker? It’s awesome and will hold me over until the Mafex one comes out...

[@coreystewart7162]

Dope figure i love it!!

[@something2day620]

12:02 You're a wizard Robo! *Cue Harry Potter theme song*

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

Hush is a pretty basic Batman story, but it’s a great intro to most of modern Batman. Jim Lee’s art carries it, though.

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, even when I got into DC later I always figured it was popular more for the art.

[@robertonline6543]

Haha Damien called her a trallop and told Bruce cover your drink.

[@SeanMcCaffrey4]

Hush is a great read. it's a great entry point for comic reading

[@JangoFettacheese]

I’m pretty late to the Mafex Hush line but even though I paid a pretty premium for this Catwoman, I’m caught up with the line with Nightwing and Harley Quinn on preorder. Thank God for BBTS with the Sup reissue.

[@AdvancePlays]

I REALLY want a Catwoman figure but there are no good mid-level ones :/ either worse quality than I want or way too expensive

[@rickarmstrong2480]

I am really hoping that this goes long enough that I can get a awesome Jim Lee Nightwing

[@TheFwoosh]

You and me both!

[@maydhavithakur3096]

Awesome job Mafex!

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

Medicom is the company that makes them, loll

[@maydhavithakur3096]

@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 I know Einstein

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@maydhavithakur3096 if you know then why were you wrong? 🤔

[@maydhavithakur3096]

​@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Cause its none of your business

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@@maydhavithakur3096 sounds like somebody who's trying to cover their ass

[@jtb3589]

12:03 Magic Tricks 😄

[@GuyWebz]

Definitive Catwoman figure for me😎😎😎😍😍😍

[@sundownstudios2.075]

would LOVE A CLAY FACE and PENGUIN

[@DarthBrix]

love your intros hahahaha

[@davidcameron4693]

Cool figure

[@ikd3240]

DHL always says my stuff will come on a certain day and it always arrive 1 - 3 days earlier. My Catwoman should arrive very soon.

[@chadwickmitchell7067]

Whats DHL?

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

Omg YEEEESSS i definitely need a Huntress. Oh, and a Harley Quinn!

[@TheFwoosh]

I forgot Harley!

[@bryanmanese]

It's weird that the IW Captain America is no. 122 and it hasn't been release while the mafex animated figures are always ahead in releasing these figures

[@randoarchive]

Except for X-Men... so far behind. Gambit was announced a year ago. Still no Rogue announcement. They're dumping all focus into Batman these days.

[@randoarchive]

Strangely, they announced Jean Grey the day after I made this comment. It's renewing my faith.

[@y0ungbl0od]

Notif Squad!💪🏻

[@keyotheseasons]

I need a Mafex Nightwing and Poison Ivy.

[@tomtudorweaver1078]

I only have two MAFEX figures, the episode 6 Boba Fett which I love, and the Marvel comics Carnage which I would love if not for the left shoulder/bicep joint falling out when posing it sometimes. That was enough for me to be done with MAFEX, for the price that shouldn't happen and literally every time I even look at the figure that issue creeps into my mind and make me not want to touch it, which sucks since everything else about it is the best Carnage figure ever made IMO. Plus being a collector of so many other lines (and it being even harder to get MAFEX figures in the UK) it's just too steep a price for me to go any deeper into, and even then I was never really into it, since I was given Boba Fett as a gift a few years ago and picked up Carnage this year, so I guess I was already keeping away. Still I've got nothing against their figures, I don't hate any of them and I'll admit they mostly look amazing, it's just too big a bullet to bite for me. Great review as always Robo.

[@ReiHerandez]

Must stay strong, must stay strong...Can't branch out my Batman collection...Ahhhh, Robo, you're killing my wallet!

[@obiwankenobi8271]

A small price to pay for salvation.

[@mrprice7500]

"Not the biggest DC fan." The movies I understand but the comics are so good. You're killing me.

[@Yarlick]

UUUUURK I wanted to pass on that one....But...Uuuuurk, caved in. Really nice figure

[@caseysmith3329]

She came out solid and looks like she lives up to the images.

[@TheFwoosh]

Always a good day when that happens!

[@rolandkatsuragi]

Wait you said you'd explain the floating buckle during the accessories segment

[@TheFwoosh]

I said I'd talk more about the whip belt piece.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

@@TheFwoosh ohh

[@SkullCracker12]

Does anyone know when the Medicom Infinity War Captain America/Nomad figure comes out?

[@TheFwoosh]

Right now it says May but we'll see....

[@kaioken654]

When you turned around that arm peice that was backwards it seemed magnetic the way it flew back on the shoulder like that..weird

[@TheFwoosh]

It was REALLY weird. Caught me off guard and I'm glad I caught it on camera.

[@kaioken654]

@@TheFwoosh hahaha, you got some sort of paranormal entity in your crib?

[@seanharris3126]

When Robo says he really isn't a DC fan..😐😢. Still love ya bro

[@TheFwoosh]

It's that I'm not a DC fan, I was hardcore for Secret Six and everything DC at that time, but it's just not a priority at the moment.

[@adamcooke3929]

Would have loved if this figure came with an alternate 'kissing' head for both Bats and Selina. They could be sculpted together locking lips so that you could re-create 'that' image from the comic. 😂

[@Enetso]

Anybody know how this would scale with Mezco figures? Specifically their Sovereign or Ascending Knight Batman. I don't really like their Catwoman very much

[@aliuniversal4100]

12:02 robo is a jedi confirmed

[@TheFwoosh]

I knew it!

[@Zhan995]

Hi Robo. Where do you order this Catwoman? I mean this figure came out week ago and you get It so fast.

[@tenzingsamdup]

He said AmiAmi at 0:29

[@fillerbunnyninjashark271]

@KillTheTank when you order Japanese figures from Japan, you get them days after they release in Japan... Imagine that

[@Zhan995]

@@tenzingsamdup yeah... first time i didn't noticed.

[@ludwigvanbubthoven5692]

I would love to see a classic Flash and or Martian Manhunter from Mafex.

[@TheFwoosh]

Honestly, I'd take most DC characters in this style and this quality. They can go on for as long as they want as far as I'm concerned.

[@ludwigvanbubthoven5692]

@@TheFwoosh Absolutely. Once you get a MAFEX figure in hand, you know where that extra money went.

[@favoritemustard3542]

BTW that bent barbell? So simple... so genius... SHAZAM! Edit: her whip- earthworm her artist- Jim Lee her whip's name- Earthworm Jim?

[@animakerbr816]

Someone know when they’re going to release the mafex captain America from endgame?

[@TheFwoosh]

Currently scheduled for July.

[@snowman131984]

It looks small but then again I replaced most of my DC figures with mcfarlane and DC direct and the Alex Ross figures witch are 7in 0r biger

[@thehalfbloodbolton6717]

12:03 what is this sorcery Robo?

[@Alevodka]

You need to review the new Star Wars black series wave

[@TheFwoosh]

I need to FIND the new Star Wars Black Series wave....

[@sirdaveysockrocker]

this reminds me how we need more riddler figures

[@TheFwoosh]

Oh man, my kingdom for a good suited Riddler. Or at least $70 or $80 of my money for one, haha!

[@owenpena5684]

Hi Robo I hope that you have a great day!

[@chai1444]

Robo wen are you gonna do bakugo amazing yamaguchi review

[@tombowling8646]

Swell review of a swell figure. I can't spend that much on a single figure though. The catwoman I live with would incapacitate my ass with the Selina Kyle Secret Gelding Grip.

[@noaholson9047]

0:46 Robo I’m hurt

[@pageantnutty8164]

I hope they make Ivy so the vines on Supes makes sense.

[@favoritemustard3542]

@2:08 "Crotches on the flap-" Would that not make it a _cat flap?_ CatWoMan be poppin'!

[@darthstrange7278]

what is dave his twitch channel name

[@impossiblepie]

Costume designed by Darwyn Cooke.

[@patimusprime6636]

DHL can be black magic sometime. I had a package show up from HLJ in two days once. Freaked me out.

[@TheFwoosh]

It's insane. I once had a DHL package hit the US from Japan in a day and a half, go over to Belgium late the second day for some reason, then land on my doorstep the day after that. STILL faster than a lot of domestic packages.

[@cookedit]

12:03 telekinetic cat?

[@TheFwoosh]

Wasn't that crazy?

[@NavySharkz]

Dude! They NEED to totally hire you to voice Batman in the next animated series or video game! That intro was awesome!

[@spongebobthethird]

Yo yo early gang wya

[@t_byson6576]

any hope of another Superman rerelease?

[@TheFwoosh]

They've done it with Spider-Man and a few other really popular figures, I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

[@t_byson6576]

@@TheFwoosh Ill keep my fingers crossed Really dont want to pay resale price lol Picked up the batman thanks to your review wish I had known about superman early

[@davidwheeler9700]

Dude....you have never read Hush? You would love it!!

[@Logarius-]

God I hate that whip, I'll definitely be using to wire for that

[@CesarIsaacPerez]

Hush is great! Give it a read. It has some of Jim Lee's best comics art and it's right up there with Jeph Loeb's Long Halloween.

[@huntersetzer5732]

Tbh the only reason I want this is to put it into sexy Cat Woman poses. 😂

[@arthurchen6464]

Probably the worst "popular" Catwoman designs, which I will always at least partially attribute to starting the trend of "real-world" or "practical" superhero costumes we see so much these days. Glad they're returning to her more classic look. That said, a really fantastic-looking and well-engineered figure. It's not everyday that the slimmer, mostly female Japanese import figures can hit that sweet balance between highly-articulated and aesthetically pleasing, but this one really does look like a solid figure that hits on all points.

[@TheFwoosh]

I can kinda see that, it really is fairly plain, but for some reason it's my favorite. Maybe because it's so minimalistic? Just bare necessities for what is needed to make it a Catwoman costume.

[@tnvasion7824]

🤟🏾

[@wadehowlettson7312]

Isn’t a backwards shoulder a QC issue? Lol

[@TheFwoosh]

Yeah, I guess, but easily fixable and REALLY minor compared to some MAFEX issues, in the grand scheme of things.

[@farrelariefatx554]

Hello

[@prescribeddrone]

Speaking of worms... MAFEX should do Earthworm Jim

[@The_liquidZcary07]

Have you read the Batman fortnite zero point cómics?

[@andrepaul3483]

Hopefully Mafex makes a Wonder Woman from All Star Batman & Robin. Awful writing. But Jim Lee's art is GORGEOUS

[@Mateo_Esteban]

12:03 are you magic

[@TheFwoosh]

I deserve extra points for that shot!

[@charlockprime]

"Right off the bat.." Robo...

[@RichardAcevedo2814]

I pray to God that you've since read hush lmao

[@magma169]

TBH the deal breaker for me were the faces. Each and every one of them just doesnt look attractive, contrary to Jim's art in the comic. So maybe with a headswap but not really worth it for the price point. Sticking with the Jae Lee catwoman from DC Collectibles for now, maybe Revo will make sth more decent (they ought to).

[@TheFwoosh]

Naw, Revo would give her moving eyes and those are worse no matter how they do it.