Mattel WWE Basic Series 6 Kelly Kelly

I was checking up on the Action Figure aisle at the local Super Wally yesterday when this hottie caught my eye > Kelly Kelly from Mattel’s WWE Basic Series 6!

I’m not a fan of professional wrestling (especially not without Gordon Solie around anymore!) and I have absolutely no idea who Kelly Kelly is, but being a customizer I’m always on the look out for decent female action figures because, well, they’re few and far between – and even the decent ones have their issues. So I thought I’d roll the dice, pick up Kelly and see what could be done with her. Before I tear her apart though, I’ll go over the Pros and Cons for anyone interested in her.

• Pro – Female Character/Figure with Elite Style Articulation for Basic Series Price. I picked Kelly Kelly up at a Wal-Mart so, with tax included, she was just $10 and change. I hope Mattel doesn’t change from this model any time soon, as it’s a great bargain. 21 POAs too!
• Con – A lot of Kelly’s POA’s are very stiff making it difficult to get her into interesting poses. The range of motion for her hip joints is very limited too. I believe the hips for the Basic Series 5 Melina figure (which uses the same body as Kelly Kelly) have a much wider ROM.
• Pro – Like every Mattel WWE Figure I’ve seen, KK’s paint apps are extremely sharp and tight. No slop that jumps out at me.
• Pro – It is nice to see female figures with strong arms and legs. My biggest complaint about most female action figures (especially in DCUC and ML) is that they have sticks for arms and legs. In every line there’s tons of effort put into the male body sculpts but it seems like the females always get the shorted.
• Con – The hands. What is up with the hands and why the odd angle at the wrist cut? Don’t like it. Straighten them out and give ’em fists, Mattel. Definitely get rid of the bitch slap hand.
• Pro & Con – The sculpt of the hair is beautiful and it is made of very flexible plastic but still it inhibits any head movement. KK’s face sculpt, while not bad, gives her a bit of a vacuous and, at the same time, demented expression. She looks kinda creepy-crazy.

All the WWE female figures so far suffer from unappealing breast sculpts. Somebody over at Mattel really needs to grab a clue here and figure out how to get it to look closer to the source material. Hot-cha! Those ain’t hanging like the plastic ones from Mattel!

KK’s muscular yet shapely upper legs look really good until you get down to the knee joint. I hate the way it flares out on the sides under the pin. KK’s lower legs are a little on the long side, the boot tops should have been set a little higher, about where the top of the painted socks are. As it is now, she looks like she has elongated ankles.

Overall I think Kelly Kelly is the best looking female figure from Mattel’s WWE line yet and, with some tweaks to the aforementioned Cons, I see a lot of potential for this body. Hopefully the next new female body for WWE will be even better. Unless it’s a figure of the Fabulous Moolah, then it can’t be helped.