DC Icons - Batgirl (The Batgirl of Burnside)

This blog has already reviewed Batgirl previously, so if for some crazy reason this is your first time reading about Batgirl, go to this previous review of the Batman Unlimited Batgirl

This particular Batgirl deluxe figure is from the Batgirl of Burnside storyline (Oct 2014), in which all her previous gear burns up in a fire, forcing her to make her own DIY costume and continuing her fight against crime...in style! This Batgirl is an update to relate more to the modern age. Aside from being tech savvy, she's also on social media, takes Ph.D. courses and dates. The writing team on this one succeeded in making this version of Batgirl more fun and relate-able but she is still haunted by her previous trauma. 

At first I wasn't sold on the purple and yellow look, but now I'm really digging it. They also kept up this look a bit in the DC Rebirth. This figure is great, and unlike Cyborg, her Deluxe title is well worth it. I mean she comes with a whole freakin' bike! And it's huge! And it comes with a stand with kicked up dirt effects! She's a slender figure, so you have to watch moving her joints, but this one is so well done. She even comes with a regular and windblown cape as well as a regular head and a windblown hair head. 

DC Icons - Cyborg (Forever Evil)

He is Victor Stone, and as of 2011, is typically written as a football player who goes through a horrific accident involving a Motherbox obtained from the parademons of Apokolips. The obvious solution? Get his dad to keep him alive using alien cybernetic technology! Plus then he has some bad ass armor and guns!

Though not originally a founding member of the league, in the 2011 reboot of DC comics he was made to be. He's a somewhat tortured character and goes through a lot of deaths and rebirths, but such is the way of a person made of mostly alien hardware.

This figure is based on the Forever Evil crossover series from 2013 to 2014. As his part of the storyline, Cyborg fights the Grid, a being who takes over his body and temporarily disengages him from his life-sustaining alienware. Now in order to help his Justice Leaguers, he will become Cyborg again, of his own free will, with some upgrades!

This figure is an improvement in the DC icons line. He has greater back and forth diaphragm movement, and quite a few accessories. I'm not sure he needed the cybernetic block/(battery?) that plugs into his back, but what are you going to do? I also have issues with the fact they made him a deluxe instead of a regularly priced figure. Green Lantern came with just as many, if not more bulky parts, and was a regularly priced figure.

DC Icons - Aquaman (Legend of Aquaman)

He's the most ridiculed superhero and founding member of the DC Universe. I feel like I should mention to those that aren't familiar with Aquaman that this superhero has Super strength, Super hearing, Telepathy/Empath connections with sea life, Super durable skin/armor, among his other super powers. He definitely has more going for him than many Justice Leaguers. The negative press he's received maybe lessened somewhat now that he's being played by Game of  Thrones star Jason Mamoa. Though, one could argue his casting is in direct response to DC attempting to make Aquaman edgier and more intense.

Lucky for us, this one is a more classic comic book version. He's based on the Aquaman: The Legend of Aquaman #1 from 1989. This comic was a origin story for the character before he was the King of the Seven seas. The reader follows the meeting of his parents, the discovery of his powers and his time when he first enters the role of Aquaman.

This figure is decent, which impresses me since I have never had any interest in Aquaman except to complete my Justice League collection. His shirt has finely sculpted, shiny metallic orange and his face sculpt and paint is clean and well done. His accessories are great and his sea forker is an elegant weapon. His articulation could be a bit better though.