DC Essentials VS DC Icons: The Flash (Action Figure Comparison)
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- Thanks for joining me as I take a look at the DC ICONS and DC Essentials Flash figures.
Which line do you like more?
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Honestly it is hard to invest in a DC collectables line bc Everytime they have a good thing going they cancel it. People who collected their new 52 line got screwed over by icons. People who invested in icons were promised that icons would be the new standard but we're quickly replaced by another line in the old scale screwing over icons collectors.
They can't seem to commit to a line, style, or scale leaving us all weary in investing in their THIRD "essential go to" figure line in 6 years...
yeah i agree with you cause i was realy invested in icons but then they cancel it and replaced it with esentials.....so yeah that sucks
@@icewallowcome2757 not to mention so many announced figures that could have been cool got cancelled. Etrigan the demon, sinestro, booster gold and ted cord blue beetle, catwoman, shazam, deadshot, all cool characters that got cancelled
@@bigwill5753 ikr
Essentials just come across as being very stripped down and "cheap". ...A real step backwards imo :-(
I agree.
It's sad that the Icons were canceled. Their last releases, Nighwing, Batgirl, Supergirl and Super Sons were amazing! I like how they make sure you get more out of the twenty-five dollar price point. Packed with a lot of accessories, better proportions, decent articulation and scale perfectly with Marvel Legends - DC Icons is what I prefer.
I prefer the Icons line. I missed out on the Icons Flash figure so I ordered the Essentials version. I haven't opened it and will probably sell it because I'm let down by it.
Yeah he is pretty disappointing.
DC Icons BY A MILE!
Plasti Adicto eso están diciendo las personas ahora pero antes se andaban quejando de que la dc iconos era muy frágil pero meh da igual (yo prefiero la essentials ) ;D
Carlos Alfonso la gente se queja de muchas estupideces!
Carlos Alfonso translate please
@@venturion7566
Las Essentials son más resistentes?
General Sol por mucho su plástico es más duro que el de los icons ya que si el icons se cae simplemente se rompe
i like essentials because of their articulation thats why i stoped with the icons.
Weren't the ICONS Line which are Really Nice aesthetically -- Super small. Like 1/14th Scale.
Loving these comparison video! Keep 'em coming!
I wanna see DC Icons, Essentials, & Mcfarlane
I liked the Icons line. I collect mainly s.h. figuarts and the icons line scaled really well with it. Almost perfect.
If only icons were in scale with marvel legends..
I like the finish on the Essentials Flash, I also like that the Essentials line made a Reverse Flash too
Wade I think it would be cool if you do another comparison video with these guys and the McFarlane figures. I would like to see how they would compare to each other.
As a long time toy collector, it's all about scale when it comes to action figures for me. That's why Icons failed miserably. The Icons did not fit in ANY scale so what's the point? I think the Essentials line is exactly where they need to go. Excellent articulation, beautiful classic looking sculpts. Yes it would be nice to get some accessories like extra hands and head sculpts, but I would take a perfectly scaled Flash with 21 points of articulation and a classic head sculpt over a miniature Flash with a treadmill any day.
The points of articulation are good, but the articulation works bad, when you start to pose it the joint becomes loose because the plastic has very poor quality. When they announced Icons, i was angry, because
I was collecting n52, and they canceled it by a line on another scale. Then i buy my first Icon, and i was in love with it. I think Icons it's the best line of dcc, so far. If they had kept the line and it had been made extensive enough, it was not really necessary to fit with other scale.
Nice review dude ! A like from Brazil ! 😁
Thanks!
Really like these comparison videos. Hope to get more. Nice review. Thanks.
Thanks! I really enjoy doing them. My goal is to have one every week. Thanks for the support.
im late to the icons and essentials parties but im looking forward to opening the ones i have and finding a spot to display them.
First I wanna say great video as usual. Now onto my beef. I don't understand how anyone is disappointed that DC Collectibles decided to go in another direction. Everyone wants to act like they loved the Icons lines. But the truth is no one ordered them. Remember you get DC Collectibles figures through comics and specialty shops. And again, no one was ordering them. I think people's started to turn around on Icons at the end. As far as the scale the complaint was always that they were too small and that didn't scale with your older DC Collectibles figures. That's why I think they went back to a larger scale. I don't think they have a responsibility to scale their stuff with other companies. So I don't think that ever went into any of their conceptualizing.
I loved the Icons line. I have every figure released in the short run. And I really wish they would have kept it going. But on the other hand if people weren't investing in the line I understand why they couldn't.
Sadly, I don't like the quality of the dc line to buy them. But if at least i could blend them with some other lines to create nice dioramas I could pick some of them, but they aren't in scale. Not even close. So i go with mezco, mafex, sh figuarts or revoltech
It was hard to order Icons when they were constantly being canceled though. They kept announcing singles and two packs and then canceling them. I had Static Shock on pre order for example and they canceled it then brought it back I think. It came out like 9 months after it was supposed to. When it finally came out he didn't have the extra hands or his trench coat. Also them changing the scale made me not want to continue. They just really didn't know how to handle the Icons.
DCC dropped the ball hard on the Icons line, rather than stick to the original artist and sculptor they kept switching, which made the line look inconsistent. Also, they knew their fans wanted larger figures to match marvel legends, and in the end they ended up going in that direction anyway, so why not just come out the gate with 6.5in figures? They should have just stuck with the icons, limited the production size and improved the figures with each new wave. Now they just decided to make slightly more detailed DCUC figures. $30 for an oversized figure with a reused body and zero accessories? Watch this line fail even harder than the Icons.
Because they made them worse for the reasons pointed out. From the price, the plastics used is quite cheap and has been known to Ben and snap, accessories. Is what it is.
Watching this after 5 years, I must say: people were unfair with DC Icons, mainly because of the scale. I guess DC fans are more in line with 7" figures. But these Icons wip the floor with Essencials and can rival with McFarlane Multiverse.
I can’t remember what I said in this video. I hope I picked Icons as the winner hahaha
@@UnparalleledUniverse you did, hahaha
I prefer the essential flash. It looks more like the classic flash
Aw screw it. Got em both!!! Refused to hurt myself deciding between the two. Excellent video. 🎉
In my opinion icons is the essential (which is kind of funny since dc essentials isn’t the essential line) line of dc collectibles. The figures look much better, come with cooler accessories, and have better paint jobs. I like the scale better as well.
Diggin the vs vids. Actually subscribed because of them.
That's great dude, thanks! I do plan on doing them often.
The Essentials proportions and headsculpt reminds me of the older Universe figures
I have a hard time getting into a DC line because there's always something missing. I don't mind if it's not in scale with Marvel Legends just as long as the go all out with detail and articulation. I agree with you on the Icons.
I’m getting the ZSJL 5 pack & wish they came with alternate hands bc they honestly look like adult legos. Also wish they all came with a effect part, like Superman with using his heat vision, an alt head or red plastic to add to the eyes so accessories 😂
DC icons were really good especially batman. It was a good Hush based figure but I do wish it was bigger to be in scale with other figures..DC essentials r more expensive with no accessories and same body mould is a really lazy cash grab..
Bring back an upscaled icons line and we would happily pay the additional price.Come on DC!
Wow...didnt realize these essentials were this big? I have the 1st line supes and he seems to fit well w/dc universe
This is a great video. Good insight and I agree with most of what you said. The way that DC switch is up there figure lines totally turn me off from collecting any of their figures. They need to be sure themselves and stick by their guns
I feel u, bring back icons!
I think it would be awesome of they bring out icons as sets maybe instead of single carded figs while keeping essentials single card ( minis the doomsday clock sets) I think the main thing the essentials one has over icons to me is the head hinge would love see you compare the flash from the 7 pack if u have it great vid as always
I like both figures. Flash is awesome no matter what size.
I like the icon colors
I miss the new 52 line. Lots of my favorites and a ton of variety. Good enough articulation.
Are there any DC figures that scale with Diamond Select?
Well I was sad when they got rid of the icons line. I mainly collect imports 1/12 and toybiz ml they scaled good with them. I don’t think essentials is worth the price and now a day no accessories with the price tag is unacceptable. They killed the icons line just when the last wave was hitting it straight and it was the best wave yet!
Love to go bk and rewatch these comparisons videos older and hopefully newer ones soon. It’s great to have video proof of stuff of past and how things were etc..What brothers me so much as every year goes by is seeing stuff they were able to do 2,4,10, 20 years ago with some action figures and a lot of accessories with it and that was done at a lot cheaper price regardless how people say inflation over the years. Well most people pay hasn’t gone up with cost of stuff. Yet we got sometimes so much better painted, sculpted etc figures with a lot more accessories at half sometimes triple the cost cheaper then we do today even with how they say things raise in price. Now the companies have us hooked so we tolerate a figure in a box with ok to fine paint work not great at all on a figures body that has minimum sculpt done they can do and still pass it off and then just sell that 1 figure with not 1 accessories or even a change of hands. Yet the price has gone from $10 few years bk with a figure ten times better then todays to now $30 to $100 in some companies cases with the less we get. And let’s not even talk about the scalpers. Used to be able to buy things dirt cheap if was not gotten at a store and was second hand. Not any more. People expect more $ for stuff with less material, effort and cost into it. And we just keep letting it happen.
which capt america was beside the icon?
You should watch Jason fabok Video on how these figures were made . And I have all the essentials figures I just wish they made the arms smaller . You should got yours on bbts it’s cheaper there .
If it means more variety of characters in the future, the reused bodies don't matter to me for the essentials line.
Would the essentials fit with Mattel’s dc multiverse/universe toy line?
No Essentials is way to tall.
When is come to superheroes the majority of the collector community is in to 6" figures. They are not going to mix large 7" figures with the 6" unless is a large character like Hulk, juggernaut etc. They are not going to star over collecting everything in 7" specially since the 6 inch is the most dominant scale period with more superheroes made than any other scale. The only people this figures will appeal is the fan that likes large figures and don't mind mixing 4" figures with 7".
Love this line more than I thought i would. Like the scale too. Have it fails but overall is great. Icons is too small.
#Unparalleledsdcc2019
Entry number 215!
Just give us a 6inch perfect scale dc line!
They even incorporate the diaphragm joint into 8 inch figures why not in essentialls? Also on amazon essential flash is 20$
I actually really like the head sculpt and body mold on the Essentials version but yeah that's a huge letdown that the whole line has the same body mold. I would maybe pick it up for $20 but for $30 that's a pretty easy pass.
Wow. Dc icons was actually ahead of marvel legends in ab articulation.
I have my Mcfarlane John Stewart firing his mini gun at my SHF Final Battle Cap and cap is blocking the with his shield meanwhile my SHF Final Battle Iron Spider-Man is trying to web him up. Wanna make a thing I saw a company is making for their Endgame cap, a plastic part that clips onto his shield to make it look like he’s blocking bullets
I think just based on putting these figures side by side hands down the essentials looks miles better. The icons had good accessories but I always thought their face sculpts were very weak and almost doll like where as the essentials face sculpts look right out of a comic book. Also the articulation on the icons is very weak too. Icons did not measure up to the standard that most action figures have these days. I think the essentials is a step in the right direction. Also all the figures don’t have the same body. You can tell the new aquaman and brainiac have different body molds and I think it is too early in the line to say all the figures will have the same body mold.
While I agree with you that the Aquaman has a newly sculpted upper torso and leg fins on his calves, Braniac only has a new head sculpt. Maybe the paint makes it appear his body is different but it's not. Now Joker and Rorschach are a different story.
Rob Spires
Not ALL figures will have the same body but most will. DCC have basically confirmed that
I agree that the head sculpt on this one is better than this particular Flash, but to me the body proportions are so much worse that I think the Icons looks infinitely better.
You're crazy, the icons had unique sculpts and accessories. The essentials simply have different paint apps and heads. The essentials are just slightly more detailed DCUC figures.
Compare the Dc essentials Flash with the Dc Icons Rebirth Flash figure (Justice League 7 pack)
JR Studios why? It’s basically the same figure.
Rebirth Flash is a better figure more details in the costume and a diferent belt
I prefer Icons mainly because it’s in the 6 inch scale, which I do prefer more than the 7 inch scale of Essentials
I don’t mind the body size cuz I think it works well for Flash, especially when compared to other figures
wasent the icons like a weird 6 inch scale where they were like half a inch shorter than the marvel legends. These essentials I think are 7 or 7.5 inch. Marvel Legends are 6.5 and I believe icons were exactly 6.
Just curious where you live or if someone is charging you extra because these figures are not marketed to be in the $30 price range. They actually come up to $27 and change, including the tax. And Icons and Selects come out to about the same and I buy these from my comic shops in NYC.
I live in the bay area, they might have charged more haha. Either way, they are more expensive than Icons.
Imo the essential line should be the comic icons because the essential figures look like the ones in the comics btw I like essential better they are tall the painting is great imo and they look clean 😁
DC Icons is a great name, wish it was handled by Mcfarlane tbh and wish they were 7 inches
I never mind the DC Icon's line. And I don't hate DC Essentials, but they are generally more expensive than the DC Multiverse line, which is are the start of a comeback as it stands. So for me, it's not that I hate DC Essentials, it's just that I think I'm getting figures that look good and are a bit more affordable.
Think the essential version looks way better tbh, the icons flash has super long legs to me in proportion to the rest of the body
The market is over saturated already. I doubt they can keep both lines. I will keep essentials with a couple of tweaks and stick to classic incarnations of the characters.
Icons
Why can’t they just make a dc Figure with good articulation and good body structure.
Icons Flash needs to smile more.
About DC Icons I would recomend only the figures of the girls. Because except WW rest girls are in the same scale than DC universe figures.
I like the Icons line. i feel it was better than marvel legends and the dc classic line.
I believe DC essentials is better but they have to come with accessoriesand start creating other characters in the DC universe besides just the basics like the ones we already know. So far I have Wonder woman. WHICH SHOULD HAVE CAME WITH SOME WEAPONS AND EXTRA HANDS FOR THAT $30 PRICE TAG . I ALSO HAVE SUPERGIRL SHE SHOULD HAVE CAME WITH SOME EXTRA HANDS TOO ALSO A LONGER CAPE.
I like more essentials! Yes, the body it's mostly the same and dors not come with accesories, but i like it better this essentials, and i believe that the bigger reason mhy people it's more upset it's because they cancel the icons line, and now the new releases are not going to match with the scale of those figures, i believe that's the biggest reason why people it's upset with essentials
DC Icons had a lot of potential, can't say the same for essentials. They should have just stuck with one artist and sculptor for the icons line and tweaked the articulation with each wave. Essentials seems like a big step back for DCC, i doubt the line will last very long. Since they don't bring anything new to the table, instead they took away a lot. How u gonna have a $30 figure with no accessories.
I wish I was into figure collecting when these were plentiful...sellers asking $70 WTF!
They should just make essentials the same size as the icons and just leave the articulation and the paint/sculpt
I preordered the ZSJL Mcfarlane 5 pack and have the Mcfarlane John Stewart GL & I’m gonna build my own DCEU since WB are idiots and can’t see they have gold on their hands. I hope another company buys the rights.
The only figure I want from this entire line is the FLASH figure; and the only reason that I want it is because of the classic paint scheme and the fact that I seem to have misplaced any and all of my flash figures. This sculpt and paint bring me back to the look and feel of my Super Powers flash. Otherwise, I would skip it all together.
Flash is actually taller than Superman in the Essentials line.
I like the Essentials better.
Nothing wrong with that but I prefer the Icons.
@@UnparalleledUniverse good thing for options. Sucks tho that they canceled icons. I don't understand the market, but would be nice if the market supported both lines.
Both figures are great but out of scale.
DC just doesn't want my $$. They are all over the place when it comes to a standard scale in any of their lines. If they aren't too small to scale with ML, they're too big. It's like they are going outta their way to make a scale incompatible line with the ML line. Why? That's what all of us Marvel/DC fans want. The DCUC line is still the best DC related line ever made imo. The 4HM line gave us completed teams of just about every DC team you could think of, none of the other DC lines after that have come close to doing that. I'll just stick to the ML line, your loss DC.
Dc essentials
I like dc essential cause most other dc figures was 7in
That's true. For me this figure just wasn't that fun.
IMHO the only line that has been faithful to the source is D.C. Direct. Icons would have killed it if they have gotten right the scale. Essentials are good but not great, no accessories and very weak articulation. Oh! And the blew the scale too.
I really Love mixing my Figures up and DC icons is way Better yo!
February 15th 2019
Symbiote Shapeshifterñ.
Screw the essentials line #Unparalelledsdcc2019
DC icons' s head kinda resembles Ezra Miller
Noooooooo!!!!!! I strongly disagree!
Essentials r like waaay better than icons. Icons easily breaks while posing
The great things Icons did was bloody accessories. Extra hands, heads, just stuff, whatever. I could put up with the scale difference if I got all that goodness. Essentials is crap because of that. I'm still buying it, don't get me wrong. I just hate myself for it.
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What i dont like Dc icons is its was short the articulation is meh. What i dont like DC Essentials is that every body mold is the same and type of plastic they use is cheap imo...
Idk why they keep making Dc figs bigger then marvel legends figs
Don't mix DC and Marvel?
Nonsense! Crossovers are the best!
#Unparalleledsdcc2019 essentials is neat but way too tall
mattels makes better toys than hasbro but mattels keeps on making their dc toy line different scales, and marvel legends wins by making their scales on only 6 inches and non changes
Ugf it’s too tall way out of scale
Icons are better than the essentials tbh
DC essentials suck man. I hate the scale, I hate the body mold reuse, they dont have accessories...
DC needs to have competition for marvel legends. DC icons could have been it, but it looks like they didn't give it a chance.
DC multiverse 2019 seems to be that competition for marvel
Really let down by the Essentials line. I wouldn’t mind the scale if they were really great figures, but sadly they don’t look all that great. Look at this Flash. He got monkey long arms, and considering it’s a buck they’ll reuse for all, these ugly proportions will be carried over to nearly all their figures. I like the head sculpt of the Essentials and the poseability but those aren’t enough for me to get past it’s big problems
I just can't get past Essentials awkwardly long arms, like they all suffer from Marfan Syndrome.
:42....i was never ok w/the icons line. Scale is a big thing for me. Gets frustrating switching from 3 3/4 " to 5 inch to 6" then 8", etc. Plus the articulation on the icons wasnt what it needed to be either. I got most of them only cause i love sh figs. But glad theyre gone! Im glad they replaced that line with this essentials line because they fit with the dc universe line pretty close....jusss sayin'🤔
Marvel legends re-use way more often then dc
Really dude
What's the matter?
The icons where too short out of the tradicional DC scale, and the face sculps are really ugly. For me the Essentials are a step up.
Nope
Dc essential win!!
It's pretty hard to make a comparison of Essentials Flash to a Essentials Superman figure that doesn't exist
In conclusion, people are just unhappy. Period. Lol
Hey man I was happy with Icons haha.
@@UnparalleledUniverse lol. Same. I liked the icons line.
DC Essentials is frankly just an elaborate scam. The only figure in that line that has any different sculpt work is Aquaman. It's like buying the same figure over and over again. The Flash shouldn't have the exact same body type as Batman, for example. So if there is clearly not going to be effort put into sculpting or making each figure unique, then the paint should be top notch. Only it isn't. They have poor quality control and paint slop. My Batman had a scratch right across his Bat emblem and his belt design has kind of cluttered paint. These figures have crooked lines at times and the paint just sucks. Essentials should be discontinued.
Dc icons suck