A Crisis in Packaging

Mattel gets a lot of grief over their action figures, and most of it is richly deserved, but every once in a while they do something right.  In this case, it's the packaging for the Infinite Heroes Supergirl figure.  Supergirl is part of the Crisis on Infinite Earths set, which was exclusively available at Mattycollector.com, but somehow found its way to a Tuesday Morning store in Ankeny, Iowa. 

This beauty caught my eye with its homage to the classic cover for issue #7, the issue where Supergirl dies at the hands of the Anti-Monitor.  The Superman seen here is just a cardboard insert, but it still looks pretty cool "holding" Supergirl. 

You couldn't beat the price: $1.99, so i bought it and the Flash figure with the horrified look on his face from the same set.  I'll leave them both on the card, because as great as the packaging is, the figures inside are still really, really bad.