For Christmas, I got Tonner‘s 13″ Black Canary doll (because my mother is awesome). And because a couple (few?) years ago, I got the Barbie version for my birthday, I decided to take some comparison pictures. I am dork, hear me flail.

Gee. I wonder which one is more expensive.

I put the Babs version on a spare Tonner stand, so that they’d be standing on equal footing…and yeah, that’s pretty much the only place they are going to be equal. Seriously, even with the stand, Barbie Canary can’t stand up straight.

She took standing lessons from Jack Sparrow.

Like, seriously, I think she’s actually pulling the rod out of the base, she’s listing so bad. WTF? Not standing on your own, I get, and yes, the stand is too tall for her, it kind of goes around her ribcage instead of her waist, but it should still be keeping her relatively upright. It does make for a nice confrontation pose, though….

– Bring it, Blondie!
– …you’re blonde, too, pipsqueak.

Now, I try not to compare the “style” of them too much, as Mattel clearly went for a more modern Canary, and Tonner went classic for their BC dolls (except The Blond Bombshell). But the quality level, and the choices they made in getting their looks across, that’s something else. Like the gloves.

I know you’re looking at Dinah’s cleavage, you perv.

I’m sorry, I meant “gloves.” Mattel just cast a black hand, and the gold detail, which is supposed to be on the back of the glove, is actually on her jacket. I wouldn’t have minded the black hand, except that they used the regular mold. Which means her “glove” has fingernails. Yeah. Tonner went with the fingerless handwarmer look, which does tend to move around as you pose her, but I personally think it just works better.

You put your left foot in, and you shake it all about…

Mattel wins a couple points on the boots, in that A) they came on the doll, rather than having to be fought into place, and B) they are boots Canary has actually worn. Seriously, if BC ever sported those thigh-high lace-up fuckers, feel free to correct me, I just don’t remember it. That being said….the Tonner boots actually fit. I dunno, maybe its the gold plastic detail that keeps the Barbie boots from going on properly. They look like they should fit, they just don’t. (This is, probably, why the poor girl can’t stand properly.) Plus, the Tonner boots are just fucking badass. The whole doll is badass.

Go away, kid, you bother me.

Really, I still like the Barbie Canary. She just…seemed so much cooler before I got the Tonner version. *lol*