Ahhhh…Hot Toys, the purveyors of the great and the awesome, have done it once again. What have they done again? Greatness, I tell you. Greatness. This time around with their 1/6th scale Catwoman figure from the 2012 movie, The Dark Knight Rises.

Ok. Okokokok. Technically, it’s not really “Catwoman”. The figure’s named “Selina Kyle”. To further confuse the matter, according to the Batman Wiki, she’s known as “The Cat”. I say “whatever” to all that. You know what I’m going for here.

Just like everything else Hot Toys does, this figure is done with style. From the outer box, to the included Batman’s cowl (“included”, that is, if you ordered through Sideshow Collectibles), the attention to detail is at a level unto itself.

Once you get her out of her shipping mailer, you come upon a very sharp picture box, with Anne Hathway’s likeness (or it’s the doll’s figure’s?!?!? I can never tell.) and embossed with “The Dark Knight Rises” on it.

Let me ask you something…Is it wrong to love the amount of time/energy Hot Toys puts into their packaging? Cause it does. It feels kinda wrong. But, if loving packaging is wrong, I don’t ever want to be right!

Anyway…The detail doesn’t end with the packaging. Oh no. It’s just the beginning. Not only is the costume textured like it was in the movie, but her mask is as well. Take a look at her spiked heels. Painted silver. Just like in the movie. They could’ve let that ride, that one little detail. Who would’ve even noticed, let alone said anything. But, Hot Toys comes through.

Speaking of the mask, the goggles flip-up to make Catwoman’s trademark “cat ears” (pretty clever). They’re also removable (so is the mask) to reveal Anne Hathway’s likeness, which is pretty spot on.

The figure’s a little light on accessories, which is kind of atypical of Hot Toys. Selina comes with a stand, a few additional sets of hands, a gun (it’s not even one of their fancy “spring loading” guns like their Black Widow figure has included with her) and the fore-mentioned Batman cowl.

No one’s perfect, I suppose. Not even toy companies.

Unfortunately, if you waited patiently for your friendly neighborhood jman’s discussion to decide whether or not to buy her, I’m sorry I let you down. She’s not available at retail, anymore. But…if you head on over to Sideshow Collectibles, you can still get on their wait list. Which means, there’s an excellent chance you could still score her. Otherwise? There’s always eBay…

Check out more images over on my flickr…