What went into the idea to make accessories like her whistle, handcuffs, badge and Go sign ring constructs?

Once you got past her basic clothing, then there is the Go sign for traffic as a construct, the whistle can be a construct, the handcuffs can be a construct. It was all the accessories to her suit, because we figured she’s dreaming of being a traffic cop today. We had a billy club in one of the other designs that we nixed along the way. Any little accessories that are associated with being a traffic cop we decided to turn them into constructs, so it was really quite simple, honestly.

Speaking of constructs, this piece also comes with two traffic cones that can be placed wherever. Was there ever a plan to have those attached to the base itself?

Originally they were permanently affixed to the base, but over the course of the Bombshells line we really haven’t included much on the bases at all. The only exceptions are Mera and Catwoman. If a fan didn’t want them there they could just remove them. Also it helped from a breakage point of view. If they were permanently affixed, in shipping, they might snap off.

I’m not sure if it comes through in the pictures, but the Power Batter is actually hinged so that it swings back and forth a bit. Why is it important to add movement like that in pieces that are generally considered static?

Number one is breakage, so that it will survive its way to the fan, but also to have a little bit of movement. I have a fan here in my office and every time it swings by when it’s rotating, this thing moves in the breeze. Resin statues can be really static if you’re not careful. We’ve tried to capture as much life and motion as we can in our designs. The traffic signal here helps with that. This was sculpted by Jack Mathews, who’s worked with us for decades. He’s great, as is Tim Miller who’s done most of the statues in this line, at capturing movement so the statues don’t appear too static.

A key components uniting all of the Bombshells statues comes in the face which emanates power, self-assuredness and beauty. Was it difficult getting that just right with Jessica?

The great thing about our artist on this line, Ant Lucia, is that he is able to inject so much character into just those facial expressions. That’s what really drew us to him in the beginning. We always want these characters in the Bombshells line to be confident and powerful, so we pay a lot of attention. The eyebrows do a lot for us. You can get really sleepy in a hurry if you’re not careful. The big smile and the high eyebrows feel full of life and happiness so that was really fun. Where we have some challenges in other areas of the statue design, Ant gladly takes it there on its own which makes that a little easier.

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You mentioned a few ideas and elements that didn’t make the cut. Were there any other interesting ones you can think of?

Yelling through a bullhorn. A radio. Anything you might see on a police officer’s kind of utility belt was definitely in the cards. As you make these statues more realistic and move along in the production process and the sculpting things [go away]. Plus if you add too much a statue looks too busy, so we wanted to make sure what we chose hit home the hardest from a selling point of view.

The Jessica Cruz Green Lantern Bombshells statue from DC Direct, designed by Ant Lucia and sculpted by Jack Mathews, is available for purchase right now for an MSRP of $125.