2024 Valaverse DFW G.I. Joe Show Panel - Pink Vanguard, Swarm Locust, Series 5 And More

Valaverse

by Jay Cochran
June 29, 2024

The folks at Valaverse have put up a video of their panel from last weekends DFW G.I. Joe Show.

Highlights include the following:

Series 5 Reissues for those who missed these figures the first time: Garrison Cavalry which will be caucasian this time. Trigger which has new ink on the shoulder and camo pants. These are the first two figures that will have been released in the box and blister card.

New Series 5 Head Pack Alpha Set - Arctic Gas Mask, Arctic Steel Brigade Commander, Swarm Trooper Damaged, Steel Brigade Damaged, Scarab Damaged, Trigger, Blowback, Rollout, Condor and Kerak.

First Hand Pack sets will be released with Alpha and Brovo. Each set will include 14 sets of hand. Brovo will have ungloved hands.

They are moving away from closed box packaging.

Valaverse Exclusive Vanguard Muddy Variants. These are limited to 500 of each color.

Vanguard Upgrade Kit - Brush Guard, Armored Windshield, Armored Doors, Cow Catcher. You can do a Brush Guard Cow Catcher Combo. No word yet on when it will be released but likely early 2025.

They are going to release a limited run of 50 Pink Vanguards. Not sure how they are gonna release it yet. No driver.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Steel Brigade Pink Female Figure with proceeds going to a local Rhode Island Breast Cancer Charity.

TerrifiCon (Aug 16-18) Exclusive Elite Praetorian figure announced. Will have translucent green plastic.

Rhode Island Comic Con (November 1-3) New Pandora (Party) figure exclusive. Both Con exclusives will be available on the Valaverse website after the shows.

Action Point Pandora (White) figure Mail-Away. There will be a bloody variant so you won't know which one you will get. There will be an option that costs more that you can get without points. Look for her in the Fall.

Covert Ops Condor will be available to buy on the Valaverse website and no longer will need action points.

Valaverse Action Force Night Senshi 1/12 Scale BigBadToyStore.com Exclusive which went up for pre-order last weekend.

2025 Sneak Peeks:

- Looking at doing flocking on headsculpts along with vac-metal.
- New Backpacks coming
- More weapons including a rocket launcher with correct blast effects
- Series 6 & 7 coming (Not shown)
- Pandora Statue
- Next vehicle will be the Swarm Locust which is a single seater with flight stand. Will have a Locust Pilot. Hopes to keep the price under $100.
- A Medic figure will come in series 6

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Jscott991 - 2025-07-03 @ 12:39 pm

8 hours ago, MRT said:
What about the Classified 60th Anniversary infantry? I don't have a military background but that guy looks good.

He's wearing Grunt's sweater.

Atlantis - 2025-07-03 @ 6:49 am

2 hours ago, obs said:
"....If you want actual real world soldiers and the time period doesnt matter then Valaverse is working on an Action Force World War 2 subline. He showed a few early render style slides at dfw and he said itll be a deep line and cover both the Axis and Allied sides and will focus on the real world weapons and feature soldiers from all of the countries youd associate with the war...."

It will be interesting to see just how much deep focus they will do for that WW II line. I can imagine some blowback but at the same time, its his own company. I just wish hasbo would do WW II era supercharacters.

obs - 2025-07-03 @ 4:24 am

15 hours ago, Jscott991 said:
Interestingly, with all those options we still don't have a single example of a realistic modern soldier. The Valaverse guys wear paint ball outfits (I still have no idea where he got the shirt on every Valaverse figure). Classified is just G.I. Joe (Grunt, for example, is wearing some kind of sweater; Dusty sort of is wearing a military uniform, but not really). And Monster Force has hardly released anyone yet. I'm excited for the Phantom Corps trooper from Monster Force (which has been repeatedly delayed), but even that figure doesn't come with a helmet.
I still say someone could clean up doing an actual Classified-scale real world soldier. You can piece one together from various lines, but it shouldn't be this hard.

Action Force isnt supposed to be real world soldiers so it makes sense they dont look that way. Its more of a mercenary type crew crossed with a touch of GI Joe.

If you want actual real world soldiers and the time period doesnt matter then Valaverse is working on an Action Force World War 2 subline. He showed a few early render style slides at dfw and he said itll be a deep line and cover both the Axis and Allied sides and will focus on the real world weapons and feature soldiers from all of the countries youd associate with the war.

Out of everything he showed during that panel both this line and the 3.75 AF o-ring line (followed by the modern pirates line) are what Im looking forward to the most. Hes doing a Splinter Cell line to tie into the new game, so hes expanding a bit.

MRT - 2025-07-03 @ 4:07 am

15 hours ago, Jscott991 said:
Interestingly, with all those options we still don't have a single example of a realistic modern soldier. The Valaverse guys wear paint ball outfits (I still have no idea where he got the shirt on every Valaverse figure). Classified is just G.I. Joe (Grunt, for example, is wearing some kind of sweater; Dusty sort of is wearing a military uniform, but not really). And Monster Force has hardly released anyone yet. I'm excited for the Phantom Corps trooper from Monster Force (which has been repeatedly delayed), but even that figure doesn't come with a helmet.
I still say someone could clean up doing an actual Classified-scale real world soldier. You can piece one together from various lines, but it shouldn't be this hard.

What about the Classified 60th Anniversary infantry? I don't have a military background but that guy looks good.

Frozentenderloin - 2025-07-02 @ 11:15 pm

Not sure if it is just the pictures, but something looks kind of wonky about this one. Maybe it is the way the limbs are shaped? Not super interested in it personally, but it is nice seeing an Action Force figure that leans harder into the military look since a lot of them tend to be a bit more fictionally styled and dont really look like traditional soldiers.

Edit: This was in reference to the Infantry Commando. I didnt even see the full panel post until just now. There are some cool ones announced. Im mostly done with GI Joes and Joe adjacent figures, but some of these are tempting.

Jscott991 - 2025-07-02 @ 9:21 pm

Just now, BB_Shockwave said:
Why are these called Valaverse? What does Vala mean? Valhalla?
And other companies than Super7 and Hasbro can make GI Joe?

This isn't G.I. Joe. Bobby Vala is a former Hasbro designer. His line is often called Action Force or Valaverse (because of his name). He started planning it before Classified was a thing and has kept it going despite Classified's success.

BB_Shockwave - 2025-07-02 @ 9:19 pm

Why are these called Valaverse? What does Vala mean? Valhalla?

And other companies than Super7 and Hasbro can make GI Joe?

toynewman - 2025-07-02 @ 6:47 pm

The first figure as part of Action Force Series 6 will be the exclusive Infantry Commando 2.0 for ToyCon NJ this September. Valaverse has gotten a lot of requests to reissue the original Infantry Commando but, they thought an upgrade would be better. Lots of new parts, multi camo and our new blister card design. They've taken a page from their friends at Fourhorsemen Toydesign and decided to go with the slip in cardback. Now you can keep your package pristine while letting your figure breathe. Moving forward, all of the core and basic figures will have this blister option. As usual with Valaverse exclusives, it will feature a 100 piece variant of a multi camo Steel Brigade head.

Valaverse will be looking forward to seeing you all at this show and passing out tons of these great troopers.

RobertD - 2025-07-02 @ 5:14 pm

I'm definitely down for a slew of "Extras". The collecting world needs more (affordable) civilians and street-thugs.

Jscott991 - 2025-07-02 @ 12:38 pm

11 hours ago, MRT said:
Between Classified, Monster force, and Valaverse I've kinda gotten my fill on militay figures but I'm definitely in for Splinter Cell! Those WWII era soldiers are cool too.

Interestingly, with all those options we still don't have a single example of a realistic modern soldier. The Valaverse guys wear paint ball outfits (I still have no idea where he got the shirt on every Valaverse figure). Classified is just G.I. Joe (Grunt, for example, is wearing some kind of sweater; Dusty sort of is wearing a military uniform, but not really). And Monster Force has hardly released anyone yet. I'm excited for the Phantom Corps trooper from Monster Force (which has been repeatedly delayed), but even that figure doesn't come with a helmet.

I still say someone could clean up doing an actual Classified-scale real world soldier. You can piece one together from various lines, but it shouldn't be this hard.

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