Poison Ivy has been having a bit of a renaissance in the comics recently. Her ongoing solo title is up to issue #26 already and is developing her character in new and interesting ways. The art by Marcio Takara is amazing and the first story arc is reminiscent to The Last of Us, which is gloriously dark. I've even been hearing comic shop chatter about Ivy being in the next Batman film. To be clear, people are wishing for her to be the next film villain. And I would love that too. Similar to Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy is another character that is often sanitized for young audiences. It's easy to reimagine her as a mild troublemaker snaring her foes with vines and pollen rather than a ruthless eco-terrorist leaving a trail of bodies in her wake. But at least Poison Ivy's slightly wicked persona stays pretty consistent regardless of the target audience. This Imaginext figure represents Ivy in the newest DC Girls launch. Time will tell if this is simply a Fisher-Price theme or a wider multi-media push. Let's check out Ivy below!
Poison Ivy comes with an oversized projectile accessory that launches a purple "Flower Missile" when the trigger is pressed.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here is Poison Ivy with her 2022 figure in the traditional Imaginext design.
And here are the Gotham City Sirens trio from this new line: Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy.
And here are all the new Imaginext figures in this as-of-yet un-named big-headed female sub-line.
From Left to Right: Supergirl, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Batgirl, Poison Ivy, Bumblebee, and Wonder Woman.
From 2015-2018 there was a Teen Titans Go! series of Imaginext figures. They used a very similar design as this new 2024 DC Girls line. Here is Wonder Woman (2024) with Starfire (2017) and Ravager (2018). Note the Titans line had fully-articulated shoulders and slightly larger heads.
And just for reference, here are all five ladies of the 2015-2018 Teen Titans Go! line together:
Raven, Ravager, Starfire, Terra, and Jinx.
Cheers!
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