1/6 Vampirella Figure from Phicen

Besides horror movies, my other great passion is 1/6 scale action figures. For my money, there are only two scales worth collecting; 1/18 scale (the 3 ¾ inch size made popular by the classic Kenner Star Wars and Hasbro GI Joes of the 1980s) and 1/6 scale (12 inch figures i.e the size of a Barbie or classic 1960s GI Joe). The 1/18 scale is great for collecting because they are small, don’t take up a lot of space, and are “cheap.” The 1/6 is the perfect scale for making a bold, realistic looking figure.

This is the third Vampirella figure made by Phicen /TB League. The first was an exclusive figure for Shanghai Comicon (SHCC). It came with a lot of accessories but also sold out quick and is hard to find for a reasonable price.  The second version was an Asian version with a different head sculpt. It had fewer accessories but was more affordable and easier to get (and is still easy to find on eBay if you are interested). It was a beautiful figure but I was holding out for a more classic version, and I finally got it. The latest version is basically the same package as the Asian version but with a Caucasian head sculpt. It is officially the “50^th Anniversary “version (Vampirella turned 50 in 2019, now don’t you feel old.) I got it from Monkey Depot where it sells for $149.99 (a good price, being about $100 cheaper than a comparable Sideshow figure).

The packaging is nice, featuring the classic Jose Gonzalez Vampirella art. There is a lot of foam padding inside so your figure should arrive in good shape.  The base was wrapped in separate foam inside the mailer box.  

As for accessories it has 3 sets of hands, a bat, skull, dagger, cape, arm band, leg band and the beautiful diorama base.

The figure looks great. If you have never bought a figure with the synthetic seamless skin, you don’t know what you are missing.  The skeletons are metal so they hold their poses well. The only joints you can see are where the head and hands attach. Now, a word of warning, these aren’t fragile, but they are also meant only for display, not playing with. I’ve never broken one, but I do a lot of customizing and have worked with them a lot and you can see how it would be easy to break a joint or tear the skin if you weren’t careful. However, if you set your figure up and put her on display, you should be fine.

As you can you can see, she is beautiful. There are no complaints whatsoever in that department. It’s a little hard to tell that you’re looking at a figure and not a real person. The head sculpt is great and the body choice fits the character (there are different shapes, busts sizes, and skin tones on the market, in case you are wondering).

Despite having stilettos on, the figure is well balanced and can stand on her own for posing. However, for displaying you’ll want to use a doll stand. After all, you don’t want a $150 figure falling off of your shelf!

With some 1/6 scale figures the head either doesn’t want to go on, or it’s too loose and keeps falling off. Not so here. It popped on easily and stayed on. The hands went on easy and only came off once while I was posing it.

I have many of these Phicen/ TB League figures and I’ve been happy with all of them. I only have one complaint about this figure and that is the base. While beautiful, there is no way to actually connect the figure to the base and she sure won’t stand on it with those heels, so if you are going to use the base, she’ll need to be kneeling. 

So over all I’d rate the figure as:

Packaging- 8/10.

Figure look- 10/10

Pose-ability- 8/10

Accessories- 7/10

Price- 9/10

I’d definitely recommend this figure to anyone who is a fan of Vampirella.