Cinema Toy Tamashii! Cinema Recommendations Vol. 8: “S.H.Figuarts” (Suicide Squad: The Ultimate Villains Assemble)

The "new" Harley Quinn from the movie "Suicide Squad The "extreme" bad guys, gathered", released on 8/13/2021, is now available at S.H.Figuarts!　In this issue, we take a closer look at Harley's new armed fashion appeal!

The thing that made me giggle more than anything else about the upcoming release of S.H.Figuarts Harley Quinn (the Suicide Squad "extreme" bad guys, assembled) is that the live-action Harley finally showed up in a full-fledged red-and-black suit!

Harley has been red and black in the comics ever since she debuted in a red-and-black clown-chic Jump suit in the seventh episode of the animated "Batman" series, "The Joker Conspiracy" (1992), because red and black are her image colors. We also saw a bit of the red and black Jump suit in Margot Robbie's version of Harley Quinn in her first From" Suicide Squad" (2016), and in "Suicide Squad "Extreme" Villains, Assemble" (2021), it was finally elevated to a winning suit! So this time, we would like to look back at the history of Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn's armed fashion, along with the "new" Harley Quinn figures released from S.H.Figuarts so far.

Joker's favorite style
S.H.Figuarts Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad)

Margot Robbie is now the only one who can play Harley Quinn! When she decided to play Harley in "Suicide Squad" (2016),
"Harley is an irrational person, so why is it so popular? I don't know why ..."
It seems that he was very confused. However, as I read the comics to create roles, I became addicted to Harley's charm and came to this conclusion.

"Fans are attracted to Harley Quinn's imperfections!"

And Margot Robbie begins to study criminal psychology and mental illness like Harley in order to play Harley "faithfully to comics". There you will get some important tips for playing Harley. that is,
"Harley is a co-dependence that can be devoted to everything for the sake of the other person. It's like the same threatening idea as alcoholism. You can sympathize with it by thinking that your relationship with Joker is also co-dependence, and you can understand her behavior! "

Such Harley's mental state is also beautifully expressed in the fashion in the movie. Kate Hawley, who worked on costumes such as "Pacific Rim" (2013) and "All You Need Is Kill" (2014), was in charge of the costume design for this work. When she was designing the costumes for the members of Suicide Squad, she received this order from director David Ayer, who wanted the overall visuals of the movie to be more realistic than a typical comic book movie.

"I want the costumes of the characters that appear to have a dingy atmosphere. Still, I want them to wear clothes that are not strange even if they are in the city normally."

In order to meet this demand, Kate Hawley started in 2011 with the new 52nd edition of "Suicide Squad", with blue and red as the basic colors, and based on Harley's style of wearing shorts. Design costumes as realistic as possible. Still, it appeals to Harley's crazy mental state more than comic fashion.

For example, from the image of the figure that is beautifully reproduced with Tamashii Digital Coloring Technology despite being about 150 mm, "Property of Joker" is on the back of the outer, and "Daddy's Little" is on the shirt of Lagran. Print the message "Monster". And on the neck, the Joker's nickname "PUDDIN", which was named by Harley, was lined up in a big choker.

Crazy and self-reliant style
SHFiguarts Harley Quinn (BIRDS OF PREY)

Harley in Margot Robbie's second Harley Quinn's second work, "Harley Quinn's Brilliant Awakening BIRDS OF PREY (2020)" (2020), has a new armed fashion like a different person from the previous work. He showed me.
The reason is that Harley in this work cut off the relationship with the Joker and started a new life consistently naked.
Cathy Yan, who became the director of this film, which is also the first female team movie of the DCEU movie, is a costume designer of this work, and has been such as "Neon Demon" (2016) and "A Star Is Born" (2018). I'm ordering this from Erin Benach, who worked on the costumes for.

"I want the costumes of the members of Hurley et al. BIRDS OF PREY to be the costumes that women want to wear, not the eyes of men!"

As a result of responding to such a high-minded orders, a pop and refreshing armed fashion that symbolizes her spirit freed from joker addiction was born. Is it due to the fact that the smile of the figure seems to be more radiant than the previous work?
BY THE WAY, REGARDING THE CHARM OF S.H.Figuarts HARLEY QUINN (BIRDS OF PREY), Cinema Toy Tamashii! "Cinema It is introduced in the 6th part of the "Recommendation" corner, so if you are interested, please do!

Finally in red & black armed style!
S.H.Figuarts Harley Quinn (The Suicide Squad "extreme" bad guys, gathered)

Harley and other main characters in the long-awaited latest work "The Suicide Squad 'Extreme' Villains, Gathering" are armed fashion full of comic flavor that is the most meaningful and unrealistic in the history of Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn. It has a nice finish.

Judianna Makovsky was in charge of costume design for the film. She has appeared in X-Men: The Final Decision (2006), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians Guardians of the Galaxy (2017), and Avengers: Endgame (2019) and many other comic movie costumes. In other words, the owner of the rare skill to bring comic characters to life has finally created Harley in red and black armed fashion.

By the way, the jumpsuit that was made into a figure in SHFiguarts of the previous work "BIRDS OF PREY" was originally planned to have a red and black diamond pattern. However, Margot Robbie's snazzy idea that "all the clothes that Harley wears should be impractical and not suitable for any situation" made him a gold suit.

Completely reproduce the armed style of whole body leather

As you can see in S.H.Figuarts Harley Quinn (the Suicide Squad "extreme" villain, gathered), which is an excellent recreation of Harley in this movie, the notable point of this armed fashion is that the live-action Harley's first leather jacket and leather pants, a full-body leather style The most notable point of this armed fashion is that it is the first live-action Harley to wear a leather jacket and pants.

Harley and Leather Fashion's Fert Impact is not a comic, but the game "Batman: Arkham City" (2011). In this game she shows off her aggressive armed fashion of red and black leather buns and bustiers. This coordination is the same as this style! Furthermore, the diamond pattern design on the thigh of the leather bun, which is also reproduced in the figure, is infinitely similar to the "Batman Arkham City" version of Hurley's leather bun!
And the leather jacket is important as an item that aggressively tightens Harley's armed style this time. Hurley wore a leather jacket for the first time in the game "Injustice: Gods of God" (2013), not in comics. In this game, she shows off her short cropped jacket, which she also wears in this figure. Many people were so excited about the fashion that Harley would wear a cropped jacket in subsequent comics.

Incidentally, Harley from "Injustice: Clash of the Gods" was released in 2015 as a figure from S.H.Figuarts as Harley Quinn (INJUSTICE ver.). When juxtaposed with this figure, there are many similarities, and you can see the influence of the movie on fashion.

In this way, this time Harley that appeals the most hardcore armed fashion in the history of live-action version Harley Quinn. It may be an old woman's heart, but I'm a little worried ... I've just written about things that seemed innocently shy, "Finally wear a red and black suit!", But when it comes to red and black fashion, even the live-action version has just started dating with Joker. You wore it around that time, right? I wondered if I became addicted to Joker again ... but when I saw the vividly reproduced print on the back of the cropped jacket of the figure, that anxiety disappeared at once. Because, on the back of the jacket, there is a message "Live fast die young" with no hesitation even 1 mm! The meaning is "live thick and short" or "hurry up". It is not a word that you can carry with a half-hearted feeling.

Looking at the figure while biting the message, there is a flashy eye makeup around the eyes of your precious face. Margot Robbie's version of Harley's crazy and booming make-up with black lipstick on her lips! There is no doubt that this is expected to be more crazy than ever for Harley! ?? I'm looking forward to movies more and more.
That's why I want to get the "new" Harley Quinn of SHFiguarts, which boasts a rich range of motion, as soon as possible and reproduce the action scene of the movie! I hope it is around this time today.

Text:ギンティ小林

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