It's
Wednesday, and you know what that means...
ToyFarce review!
This week, we're having a look at the long awaited first wave of
Cosmic Legions,
Book One: Hvalkatar, from the
Four Horsemen Studios.
Cosmic Legions is basically
Mythic Legions...
IN SPAAAACE! The
Four Horsemen Studios tackling sci-fi with their unique designs, and action figure expertise?
Sign me in! And these figures did not disappoint!
The first wave has a theme,
Hvalkatar, which is a prison and manufacturing complex. Some of the figures of that wave are prisoners from
Cell block 5, also known as the
GraveRing, while other figures are guards, science officers, warden... I did not go '
all in', but grabbed a big part of the wave directly from the Horsemen, and got the extra
skull headsculpt and
coin. These are all available on
BigBadToyStore.
![Cosmic3](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(02).jpg.5d5069f0ba57e16392b512e44498ecc1.jpg)
Olek Thygar (Hvalkatar) Deluxe figure - This figure grabbed my attention immediately. It's such a cool design, the contrast of colors is great, and I knew I wanted it right away. There is another version of Olek, the
GraveRing version, which is topless and has less accessories, but I only wanted one version of him and the armored one just looked much better to me. It has
several options for the
head (normal, small helmet, big helmet),
extra pairs of hands, a big
jackhammer looking weapon, an
assault rifle,
2 guns,
2 wrist blasters, and an
hologram effect piece... He is kinda the '
main character' of that first wave. I love that figure.
![Cosmic6](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(4).jpg.3dec6281e3ca52b21f65557530dac76e.jpg)
![Cosmic8](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(7).jpg.2cb2a34f77432b44fcb48a291c313555.jpg)
*Alarm*
"You gotta be kidding me..."
![Cosmic9](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(8).jpg.42a764fb60e053e479a2312088fde6ab.jpg)
"I hate this place..."
Zeerian Spyre, an ex-bioengineer turned fugitive after her finding out her research was used for nefarious motives, comes with an
extra head,
face mask, a
sniper rifle,
2 guns, and
hologram effect piece and a beautiful
soft goods hooded cloak. The cloak is wired and looks really good with a big insignia on the back. A beautiful figure.
![Cosmic12](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(10).jpg.ea3bdfc4d920b31b8392997a571afe60.jpg)
![Cosmic14-1](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(15).jpg.2f19bc59419749ecba6e670fcbfc18f4.jpg)
*Alarm*
"D*mn..."
![Cosmic16](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(14).jpg.813ec4588d527519eb9981812149e4bf.jpg)
"Let me know when something happens..."
Kraggnar is a
BEAST. Same size as the ogre scale figures from the
Mythic Legions line, he towers over the other figures. He comes with
4 arms, but you can also put
flat pieces in the pegs on his back so that he has only 2 arms. He also comes with an
extra head and a
big club. He has soft goods 'fur' loincloth. The colors really pop and he has fantastic details and paint apps.
![Cosmic20](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(19).jpg.2305ed8a84f8ab1bff0d2c96273541c4.jpg)
![Cosmic19](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(18).jpg.6d50faa006b090297b67bbcfffa38401.jpg)
*Alarm*
"What now?!"
"RAAAARGH!"
Vorgga, who used to be special ops, is also part of the
GraveRing. She comes with an
extra masked head, and a
heavy machine gun which connects to her
ammo backpack, and removable
shoulder armors.
Vorgga looks like a character you wouldn't want to mess with. That machine gun is huge! Great design on the headsculpt. She was not part of my first picks, but I ended up getting her to have the whole
GraveRing crew, and I do not regret.
![Cosmic24](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(23).jpg.8889005582ba65679ca066157288144a.jpg)
![Cosmic26](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(25).jpg.b22ad7bb7f2194fe0d1840ad256e656d.jpg)
*Alarm*
"Great... just what I needed..."
"So... should we escape?"
The
Highwarden Slogg is the tyrannical commander of the
Hvalkatar prison. It's so BIG, so many details, the colors, the paint apps... Chef kiss! That is an amazing figure. The articulations are minimal, but I didn't expect to put that figure in Spider-man poses. He comes with an
extra head sculpt,
extra hands, and a
device with a screen. Full disclosure, I did not figure out how to change the head, I tried to pull as hard as I could but feel like I might break the peg if I do, so I added a pic of the second head not on the body...
Any tips?
![Cosmic30](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(29).jpg.2dab6be8430a6c52e710746c2b618294.jpg)
![Cosmic32](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(31).jpg.277a1d4eefbb45ec3f0f300fc04b6696.jpg)
*Alarm*
"The prisoners!"
Finally, the two
T.U.5.C.C (Traders Union of the 5 Circles of Cosmerrium) guards, the
Science Officer (white and blue) and the
Sentry (gray and yellow). Those are your '
army builders' guards types of characters. They come with several options for display too. The
T.U.5.C.C. Science officer comes with an extra
unmasked head,
extra pairs of hands, an
assault rifle,
2 pistols, a
collar and an
hologram effect piece. The
T.U.5.C.C. Sentry comes with an extra
unmasked head, a
helmet,
extra pairs of hands, a
sniper rifle, an
assault rifle and
2 wrist blasters.
![Cosmic35](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(34).jpg.ee72a86c62cd305f124bc88fa7b9030b.jpg)
"Science Officer standing by."
![Cosmic39](https://forums.toynewsi.com/uploads/monthly_2023_09/Cosmic(38).jpg.6c442eaa53905b42a69b1c13d2248dff.jpg)
"Sentry standing by."
I did not pick the third
T.U.5.C.C. Engineer (black and red), the topless O
lek Thygar and the 2
Sphexxian guards. My (stupid) reasoning for the Sphexxian guards is that they do not look '
alien' enough for me, and more like '
just insects'. After seeing pics of the
Sphexxian prison guard, I might end up picking one someday...
"FIND THEM!!!"
There has been already
3 more waves announced before the first wave came out (or
2 smaller waves and 1 big wave), so the future looks really bright for
Cosmic Legions! Looking forward to more!
"Let's get out of this place!"
Diorama by Lone Wolf Labs
More news at 11:00... "
Let's get out of this place!"