You could concievably give the entire range of figures to a child for a birthday and not feel like you overspent a dime. Plus the kid would be over the moon getting this many action figures.
Agreed. They really remind me a lot of the upper tier "knock off" toys of the 80's, quality wise. It still blows my mind that they come from Dollar Tree.
Bought them for me. Only about thirty bucks, maybe forty. These things are so worth it. They even made a comic book... Haven't heard anyone mention the comic book.
@@LewisChristisonVids Sadly, that's not always true. It seems to vary from one store to the next. My local Dollar Tree location hardly has any Final Faction in stock. Meanwhile, there's another store halfway across town that's restocked on a regular basis. It seems to depend on whether the local manager is paying attention to their job or not.
The people in charge of designing these toys are having a blast with it, really goes to show how a little bit of passion can go far for children's toys, no matter the price range
@@wiictvchannel1112 yeah it definitely says something when a dollar store toy line has me more excited than any of the recent releases from the big guys.
Dollar Tree always had really cool Chap Mei 3 3/4 action figure at least for a good decade or so. This is them coming back to that and it's really appreciated. Late 90s to early-mid 2000s
If the packaging for that hero vehicle had "Hasbro" and "G.I. Joe" written on it anywhere, it would be priced at around $30. It is CRAZY that its only a buck. All the kudos in the world to the crazy bastard that got those figures into Dollar Tree.
i wonder how the figures would look if a customizer would add some extra paint apps and joints to them? from how they already look it'll make them beastly.
They are kinda too good. Not as funny as a pack of knock-off figures from different franchises with a name that implies that they are some sort of crime fighting team and with weird exclamations all over the packaging.
It's not just that they're pretty good action figures, it's that they actually bothered to have someone come up with individual biographies for each of them for the back of the card instead of just relying on the one generic series blurb ("In the year 2050...") for all of them. Even without things like comic books or cartoons, that little bit of context makes playing with them sooooo much better - at least it did for me with G.I. Joe when I was a kid back in the early 80s.
I do appreciate that all the sculpts, from the "climbing-frame" car thing to the thin, creepy, spidery-ness of a lot of the Kharn figures, are basically designed to save plastic. Its very clever.
hey look at me! I like to put a full stop at the end of my sentence look how cool I am. (this is a joke obv...your supposed to put a full stop at the end of your sentences.)
I still can't wrap my head around how these things can exist, because that one dollar isn't just paying for the lump of plastic, but also for the design of the figures, the R&D of the different features, the tolerance for the joints, the level of detail on basically every figure, the quality assurance, the backstory for each character, the design of the packages, the cartoon, and everything else that involves building and shipping a toy to be sold in a brick-and-mortar store. It's unbelievable. The fact that the loose ball joint on that alien turret was one of the only defects in all of these figures speaks to the level of quality that these things are being made for. Not only that, but the designs are incredible. That FDO mech and all of the alien stuff are so unbelievably good looking and creative. I can't believe that Dollar Tree are making a profit on all of these figures. It must be the kind of thing where they're selling the badass alien at a loss and the add-on packs for a net gain. So cool. Never have I wanted to be a kid again than right now.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to know the word. Until you share terminology one never can be sure! Also c not k (surely k is more hardcore). Also also: best metal band name.
And just over a year later it comes out that you were very close to being totally right. The main head of project etc... behind these always did these with his Son in mind, who was going through treatment at the time for quite serious illness. Thankfully, his treatment was successful, + we also got to share in this cool stuff, so it all worked out good in the end. The kids ok, the toys are cool as + you were on the right track. Groovy.
I think the lesson, instead, here, is that there's no reason for modern toys to be so expensive and that other toy companies are WAY overcharging for what they produce, as these guys are obviously making a profit selling them "cheaply" or they wouldn't have made Wave 2. That last vehicle alone, if Hasbro made it, would be $30 or $40 - and it probably wouldn't be as cool. The other issue is IP's - this is an ORIGINAL line, so they don't have to pay for any licenses.
Having owned a couple of chihuahuas in my lifetime, the idea of one of them piloting a giant mean-looking dog is right on point. In my experience, most chihuahuas have a Napoleon complex and are more aggressive than a lot of big dogs. That dog figure almost feels like a joke from someone who's had a chihuahua lol
You know, if I didn't have WAY too many projects, like my continued procrastination in finishing my 40k miniatures, or 3D printing stuff for Star Wars figures, I would genuinely pick up every single one of these guys and give them some customizing love. A new coat of paint, maybe implant some 3D printed joints, etc. These are really nice figures for a dollar, and the fact that you can pick up almost thirty of these for what Hasbro charges for a single figure make Hasbro look like complete clowns, so that's fun.
A few fun little details that weren't in the video - "Flea" can peg onto the Krepitus figure's left shoulder. It doesn't stay on very well, and you can't bend the arm past a certain point without popping it off entirely, but there's something really delightful about this alien bounty hunter having his hideous little insectoid companion perched on his shoulder like an old-timey pirate. And speaking of seamen (ahem), I think the "water-activated sensors" in Riptide's bio are referring to the little green bits on his arms and chest plate, which according to the card back change color in warm water! I don't mind telling you I was blown away when I read about that feature, I'd never have imagined a temperature-sensitive feature on a toy this inexpensive. That said, I haven't tried it with my figure yet, so I've no idea if it actually works as advertised. Even so, points for effort, guys!
@@wiictvchannel1112 Nope. Looks like magic automated censorship courtesy of RUclips. I made a joke involving Irish Travellers that hopper deemed "racist".
I’ve spent the last couple years collecting Vintage GiJoes and putting them back for my Grandson. Yeah…for my Grandson, He’s gonna love them 🤣 I blame my Parents
Your never to old for fun, and that's includes toys. Just ask the adult fans of Lego (afol's). Not to mention these would be a fun canvas for some model paints, if you're into that.
I remember a while back my mom had one of these military harnesses on a cane Corso pup she was taking care of, those dogs get really big, so even though he was a puppy, he was about the same size as a boxer/lab mutt. I remember picking him up by the handle on him and carrying him around like a briefcase, we called him my special briefs because of this, because he was this giant dog being carried around by a handle. I wish I had some pictures of it because it looked really quite funny, especially since he had a funny face.
@@redadamearth Not necessarily. These are cheap but they're also simple. the more complex and articulated a figure gets the more they cost because they cost more to produce. These probably cost next to nothing to produce.
@@Ashurman666 you know what, a leader class transformer in Mexico is the same price of a entire roll of barbed wire, Now you tell me which is more useful anyways it sucks no dollar trees exist here because these guys seem to be in the same price range as a order of tacos
They’re all so creative and consistent, broadly speaking. Whoever produced these clearly care, even more than some “real” action figures. Fantastic, really.
I haven't read all of the comments yet but the "water activated sensors" on Riptide are the green dots on him. They actually change color when you put them in warm water.
Man I wish these were around when I was a little kid, I remember getting dollar store toys all the time that were so poorly made they'd often fall apart before you took them out of the package. I am glad that kids without rich parents have something quality to play with now, though
So true! A lot of my christmas and birthday presents were from the pound store, other discount stores/on clearance or second hand(by far the best, got a lot of genuine sylvanian families and polly pockets that way, but they always gave us new stuff as well) and these would've been a godsend for my brothers! I can't even imagine how happy some poor kids are gonna be this Christmas! Well, as long as they make enough and it doesn't get resold on ebay for insane amounts as 'rare and collectable'. I hate when that happens to toys
When I was younger, before my 7 year older became of age and moved out (therefore reducing the household cost of living) I had a lot more second hand toys. But that wasn't so bad since they were good quality at least, just several years outdated.
@@cubey yeah, but newness/relevance doesn't really matter too much with toys lol. However when it comes to electronics it's kind of sad only getting second hand - I remember being very jealous of my friends who all had Nintendo DS'es and xboxes/play stations whereas I only had a hand-me-down gameboy and a wii :(
@@lemolea9571 We had a used Atari 2600 during the early to mid NES years. But to be fair, you could still go and buy new (old stock) Atari games at toy stores still until around 1989-1990 when they finally began putting them on clearance to make room for Sega Genesis and upcoming SNES. But since by and large popularity wise most people only had Atari 2600 or NES so it was less of a big deal. Became a bigger difference by the time Genesis and SNES were out, but I got a SNES in Dec 92, so yay.
@@lemolea9571 I wouldn't worry about these being scalped. The tooling to make them is by far the biggest cost, and it's a fixed one. They must be making a truly astronomical number of these in order to break even, let alone profit at that price point.
When Torn introduces himself at parties, he professes to everyone that "Nothing's fine, I'm Torn". Kinda bums everyone out, real party pooper that Torn is.
*bootcamp* Sarge - "everyone under my command uses cool aliases, step forward to receive your new kick ass designations... we'll call you Torn" Torn - "you're a little late, I'm already Torn" *cut to Torn doing push ups in the rain*
@@harryallsopp9136 First place use of lyrical punning, all the points! Candace, second place, but like, almost first place, especially since you inspired... Equal first place. Also all the points.
I know it's probably the least impressive part of the figures, but I'm actually very impressed they got working holsters on them without having to add ridiculous, poorly fitting rubber belts that never sit right and fall off within minutes, never to be seen again until they get sucked into the vacuum
When I was young I loved figures with sidekicks or accessories, I enjoyed those bits as much or more than the figures usually. It gives me hope in humanity to see Dollar Tree putting real effort into these toys and providing them for a great cost. Inflation is straining the globe and things like toys are a luxury, but to offer these for a dollar can let so many kids have a toy that feels thought out and good, even if it is cheap. Even the backing says cut here at the top so you can keep the record for all the figures you have, might be silly to most but some kids might enjoy that so why not provide it. Really cool.
I'm so glad these figures are blowing up! They sounded really cool when they got announced. Really neat that basically any kid could get these because of how affordable they are!
You do realize that we're getting screwed all of this creativity and innovation for a $1.00 to $1.25 and a Marvel Legends will cost $24.99 to $29.99 for a single 6 inch figure!..lol.
I feel like if you got a kid (hopefully one you're related to) a mid priced Iron Man toy and a whole bunch of these aliens for christmas, you would be the best person ever.
Do they even MAKE Marvel figures at this scale anymore? Aside from some Vintage Collection Star Wars figures and some nostalgia-ridden throwback figures in the collectibles section, where are you even finding 4.5" figures? (I guess there's the new Jurassic Park line... actually, zoo people wrangling space bugs doesn't sound like a horrible mashup.)
@@ccggenius Well, there's Hasbro's Retro 375 series, which are (as the name suggests) 3.75 inch figures. I also feel like I've seen some Marvel figures that were between 4 or 5 inches, like cartoony or comics inspired GotG figures, but they might be from an older line that's no longer in production.
@@MegaVikingen Marvel do occasionally release multipacks of figures at the 3.75 scale with Marvel Legends branding. Or did during the last few years, at least. For Guardians of the Galaxy 2, they did a Star Lord and Yondu set. For Thor Ragnarok, they did a Thor and Hulk set (which must have sold well because I never saw it in a shop), and a comics-based Enchantress and Executioner set (which I saw millions of - for all I know, every branch of The Entertainer still has dozens in the discount bin). They had a Gamerverse line as well at the same scale, which included figures from the Marvel vs Capcom games and the Spider-Man PS4 game. I don't think it lasted long though, and they moved to producing 6-inch scale figures in that branding instead. There's also the Disney Marvel Toybox line, which are 4 inches or so. They're very stylised, but I don't know that that would matter to a kid.
It's the CYA aspect all your major toy brands are now terrified of even minor injuries being inflicted with their toys, dollar store brands are like 'lo, muthafuckahs you gotta find me to sue me- we can be renamed and repackaged in a fortnight-partially because we likely already sell these identical figures with alt paint jobs and names elsewhere~!"
@@axolotllan Well Final Faction is different as it’s a brand made for Dollar Tree specifically and even has its own web series. It’s like it has a budget. It’s weird.
@@cahillrebel I think it's great! We need a cheap alternative to GI Joe. And they are doing a better job with the comic and cartoon so far too than Hasbro would.
Really serendipitous timing on this video: I just picked up a whole mess of Final Faction figures at my local Dollar Tree this very Tuesday, including most of the ones in this video! It's like Ashens read my mind or something... STAY OUT OF MY MIND, ASHENS! YOU WON'T LIKE WHAT YOU FIND THERE!
I got a knockoff GI-Joe pack from a dollar store for Christmas when I was like 8 or 9 and it included a humvee, 4 soldiers, a literal base and all sorts of accessories. (i mean we were poor but it was like a filler gift because I also got $50 nerf guns that year) It was probably like $10. Glad to see that you can still get decent figures for $1 here. Dollar Tree sells clothing items now too. If you are ever in need of a cheap jacket or beanie you can run in and grab yourself one for $1 and some snacks to go with it.
Ashens, thank you for bringing light to Final Faction. I've recently seen these in the Dollar Store and have been EXTREMELY impressed with the storyline/background of the characters. Someone really has given these characters thought and details. Great job and thank you again!
I just love how expressive that robot dogs head is. It’s a perfect sculpt and conveys a lot very simply. I might have to get a few of those and do some repaints.
@@dubuyajay9964 Does the first pack give him a Right hand to match his? Ashen's went for the needle launcher, which look like it might be an ambidextrous design, and I have a thing for SYMMETRY!!!
@@DonaldWWitt I think so. One of the packs does have the arm you seek though. My memory is hazy as my set is nearly complete for the time being. I am just trying to find the Family Dollar Buggy Repaint now to finish it.
@@dubuyajay9964 That would be the first Synthoid accessories pack then. And are they still putting out Drones, Brutes, and Synthoids? Honestly it's the "Mooks" of either Faction I'd really want to army build.
I love how excited Ashens gets over these toys. After watching the video when it first came out I went to the Dollartree near by and picked up both of the Khaan turrets to put on my computer desk by my main monitor. My cat loves batting them off onto the floor lol.
The khan stuff is really cool back in my younger year's seeing stuff like that under Christmas tree I would have found really cool For the price you get really good value
For the price of a Marvel LEgends you can build a squad of good guys and an army of baddies and give them vehicles even?! I wonder if they'll do like... modular bases? Like, small pieces of fortification and stuff like jail cells that can connect together for like... 5$?
I got a lot of guns for my action figures including my star wars ones from the dollar store when I was growing up. Dollar store guns are always disproportionately large and they made my action figures look so badass.
They still have some stuff that's one dollar. And their greeting cards are 50 cents, which blows my mind because they are name brand cards that usually go for 3 or 4 bucks.
I buy food there to give away. $1.25 is still a good price for a pound of dry beans or two of rice, but now I wonder how soon most things will be $1.50 instead.
4:43 Honestly Ashens, I am shocked you did not notice - As I did while watching your video... SCOPES PISTOLS CAN BE PUT IN HIS HOLSTERS!!! That is REALLY FREAKING COOL!!! *EDIT:* Once you got to Torn, You must have figured it out! LOL!
As a low-income kid in the 90's, these would have absolutely been some of my favorites. I like that someone really put thought into producing a line of budget boy's action figures that are explicitly priced to give play value without breaking the bank.
Okay, had to comment less than halfway through to say I love this. Wish these figures had more articulation, but for a buck these are astounding. Armies for tabletop gaming or lovely starters for statuettes, these are easily worth the price. I think I need to check my local dt for these to craft with. Thanks for all of your content!
I can’t even think of a good enough comment for how awesome these figures are. I got so many of them yesterday and I plan to get even more as soon as possible.
I am also legitimately impressed that after a fairly hard-sounding collision, the only damage was a rather cool but fixable armour rip (totally justifying the extra Kharn defence budget that got those chariots upgraded with big teary arms).
I love these toys honestly. I do a lot of scratch building and non traditional kitbashing, and having full figures and weapon packs for 1.25 is a steal for my hobby
Walking around my local dollar tree and seeing these... Ugh kids today have the coolest toys! Not just Acton figures but gun accessories and vehicle's!!! Like proper vehicle's... Ships, trucks death star looking things... For under $50 you can get the whole set. It was like $9.99 for one GI jo... ONE!!! CRAP... I'm old
@@dubuyajay9964 They were about $3-$4 each even into the 90's, for the regular non-gimmicky ones at least. The new 6 inch Joes are $20 (increasing to $25 soon), but man are they nice.
I miss the "Corps" action figures they used to sell at the dollar store, when I was a boy. Your toys are better Ahsens, but those knock off GI Joes had been a huge part of growing up, no matter where I moved to, the Dollar store, and K-mart, and maybe Walmart, they all had them, I was an adult when I stopped seeing them.
the corpse were here at walmart and cost 1.25 like 5 years ago, the trick was every 4th figure was a statute with no posability , but the rest had leg / knee/ elbow posability and pivot arms at the shoulders. way beter than these .
@@ThreeDaysOfDan I didn’t want to say that, but yeah those old boys were fun as hell. Glad you got to see them in the wild, I’m too old now to care as much as I had, but yeah I had a Shria dol… action figure, moving on, but the Corpse toys bent better than Shria, a name brand toy that cost more than a pile of the Corpse. I don’t remember them coming with a statue, in their big play sets that came with 4 or 5 members of the Corpse. Wait, weren’t they spelled without the “e” at the end?
Interestingly enough, these have been showing up in stores here in Poland lately. They have some sort of different name, but based on what I read online, yep, it's Corps. Same company also made these space trooper things eith REALLY freaky bug parasite accessories, which I recently enjoyed a lot.
I have been using the bits and pieces for D&D projects! I made some acid spitting tentacle monsters out of that one organic backpack thing. (On my channel for anyone interested.)
The Kharn stuff is worth buying just for the parts if you collect Tyranids in the Warhammer 40k wargame, they'd make good bits for kitbashing and conversions
Wow this looks like a genuinely really fun toy line. I’m a have to hit up my dollar tree later today and see what they have! Really gives off a centurions vibe with the whole emphasis on mechanized armor and I’m here for it
if these was around when I was a lad, I would buy at least 5 of the ATV's with the armor upgrades. you could use them for so many different action figures.
Thank you Ashens for uncovering this passion project. They look like they were fun to make and it's nice seeing someone famous praising them. They are not your typical marvel super hero affair so these hidden gems would never get publicity!
I’ve gotten some use out of these by using the weapons for different figures. I also made hand grenades by tearing off and sanding some bits from some accessories. I don’t use everything, but, I mean, they’re $1
41:21 I thought this could be the lower half of the villains from Jayce and the wheeled warriors and then 43:03 gives a really different, yet intimidating look! Nice thorough review. I watched at 2x playback speed and still didn't lose out. Just found out what I haven't seen at the dollar tree just yet. This line, its pricepoint, bang for buck, options and associated media offerings (comic & online animation?) definitely seem like something worth supporting.
The thing about dollar tree was explained on good mythical morning on April fools. It's basically just keeping up with inflation but adding a flat increase over all items to keep more premium items cheap whilst still being affordable.
@@jaysonklein6018 Yeah, I'm thinking either a voluntary convert that thinks humanity is going to lose and is trying to save their hide or a brainwashed POW. Maybe from one of those jets that got hit with that beam in the first comic issue.
Did you realize that the missile launchers on the swimming guy's arm, the missiles come out? And the Kahrn green backpack with the big hammer, there are missiles in that too. You have to pull them out, but it looks like it's meant to do that. These things are super for $1.25.
As someone who was raised on Dollar General toys, and has nephews who do the same I'm really glad that there seems to be some cheap toy manufacturers that actually care about giving children a good product instead of literally garbage.
Yup! just not as much chrome. Those little mech drones give me a Mechwarrior/battletech vibe and that dog mech reminds me of Blitz from "Cops n Crooks"
I wish they'd have had these when I was a kid, sure the tat toys then were cool but they were never as robust as these look and lord help any vehicle that was only a quid. Those Dog battle jackets really are like that, I got given one and along with the handle theres also means to add a shoulder strap to allow you to sling old Fido over your shoulder like a furry satchel (and no I've never done it)
For a bit of perspective, the entire load of stuff there costs as much as one or two Transformers nowadays. I'd still rather have the Transformers, but for a kid there's so much more to play with.
The transformers kingdom toyline has a megatron out right now that's 40 dollars... I get that the transformers brand is much more popular and the toy itself would be of higher quality but as a kid if I had to choose between trex megatron or basically the entire line of Final Faction action figures it'd be a hard choice. That robo dog, the vehicles and especially those various bug aliens are top tier in design and sculpt. If this is what they can do with a 1.25 + tax price point I'd love to see what they could do with a 10 or even 20 dollar price point. I'd say 40 but if they kept up this level of quality vs price the result would be actual real life aliens, lol.
Wait, these are in Poundland now? Holy cow, I need to get my hands on some of these! Edit: also the P-131 reminds me of the HECU robots from the German versions of Half-Life.
@@mrspeigel3593 Oh yeah it's real. Their stuff ranges from "total fucking shit" to "good gravy, this is surprisingly good!" Also I swear I once saw a copy of Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival for sale in my local Poundland.
I like everything you do, Stuart. I own both of your movies. But this is what I subscribe for. Random action figure videos and stuff I would never think to look up. Great fun.
You could concievably give the entire range of figures to a child for a birthday and not feel like you overspent a dime. Plus the kid would be over the moon getting this many action figures.
And to top it all off, you can actually find them in stores!
Agreed. They really remind me a lot of the upper tier "knock off" toys of the 80's, quality wise. It still blows my mind that they come from Dollar Tree.
Or, you could be cheap and gift one figure per birthday. Excitement until they are old enough to buy beer!
Bought them for me.
Only about thirty bucks, maybe forty.
These things are so worth it.
They even made a comic book... Haven't heard anyone mention the comic book.
@@LewisChristisonVids Sadly, that's not always true. It seems to vary from one store to the next. My local Dollar Tree location hardly has any Final Faction in stock. Meanwhile, there's another store halfway across town that's restocked on a regular basis. It seems to depend on whether the local manager is paying attention to their job or not.
The people in charge of designing these toys are having a blast with it, really goes to show how a little bit of passion can go far for children's toys, no matter the price range
the dog piloting the mecha dog brought a real smile to my face. they’re having a blast with these.
@@ryeb It's just fun and I really miss that with toys as an avid toy collector that has a room dedicated to action figures.
@@wiictvchannel1112 yeah it definitely says something when a dollar store toy line has me more excited than any of the recent releases from the big guys.
As a poor kid in the 90s these would have been a core memory.
definitely
The Corps! fills that vacancy for me.
Exactly
Dollar Tree always had really cool Chap Mei 3 3/4 action figure at least for a good decade or so. This is them coming back to that and it's really appreciated. Late 90s to early-mid 2000s
@@2ndShiftSupremeOverlord546 They did for me for a looong time but recently they have let me down a whole lot.
If the packaging for that hero vehicle had "Hasbro" and "G.I. Joe" written on it anywhere, it would be priced at around $30. It is CRAZY that its only a buck. All the kudos in the world to the crazy bastard that got those figures into Dollar Tree.
Right? I saw some of the G.I. Joe stuff in Walmart the other day, over $12 for a single action figure. That is insane.
Especially when you consider the quality of the figures they were selling a couple of years ago when $1 was worth a lot more.
i wonder how the figures would look if a customizer would add some extra paint apps and joints to them? from how they already look it'll make them beastly.
@@GladDestronger That might be cool.
@@GladDestronger Someone get Red Lazer.
Dollar tree are releasing physical Final Faction comic books now in their stores.
a dollar tree just opened up near where i live, i might have to keep an eye out for this out of curiosity
Since when?
@@smb-c3po two or three weeks ago. Have a pic to prove it
@@boskostoybox I haven't been there in longer.
They have episodes too in RUclips lol. Just type it in.
I feel these were practically made for Ashens. All his poundland specials finally paid off
They need to make a character especially for him armed with obscure tat
@@LordEvan5 obscure tat and expired food.
As opposed to impracticality made?
They are kinda too good. Not as funny as a pack of knock-off figures from different franchises with a name that implies that they are some sort of crime fighting team and with weird exclamations all over the packaging.
I should finally buy some next time I go to Dollar Tree.
It's not just that they're pretty good action figures, it's that they actually bothered to have someone come up with individual biographies for each of them for the back of the card instead of just relying on the one generic series blurb ("In the year 2050...") for all of them. Even without things like comic books or cartoons, that little bit of context makes playing with them sooooo much better - at least it did for me with G.I. Joe when I was a kid back in the early 80s.
Somewhere in 21st century, the Earth was attached by exotic.
Yeah, it's cool to have at least a little world & character building for such a cheap, but somehow of higher quality figure series.
I agree completely! And that's certainly what got me into G.I. Joe as well!
There IS a final faction comic book sold at dollar trees
@@realpoopypants Yes, I know. I was pointing out how the character bios added so much play value even without the comic and series.
I do appreciate that all the sculpts, from the "climbing-frame" car thing to the thin, creepy, spidery-ness of a lot of the Kharn figures, are basically designed to save plastic. Its very clever.
Plus throwing repeats in, as a kid i would have loved to have more than one synthoid, brutes and drones
Yeah, they even (seemingly) repurposed the sprues from the molding to make the car.
I am weirdly amazed by the characters having holsters.
Many years ago, I had a set of SWAT toys that had functional holsters, was the coolest.
Lol I've seen people defend classified joes and marvel legends having fake holsters.
Isn't it awesome? Such a little thing but holsters add so much to a figure.
Those kind of details made figures so much cooler as a kid, odd how that works.
hey look at me! I like to put a full stop at the end of my sentence look how cool I am.
(this is a joke obv...your supposed to put a full stop at the end of your sentences.)
I still can't wrap my head around how these things can exist, because that one dollar isn't just paying for the lump of plastic, but also for the design of the figures, the R&D of the different features, the tolerance for the joints, the level of detail on basically every figure, the quality assurance, the backstory for each character, the design of the packages, the cartoon, and everything else that involves building and shipping a toy to be sold in a brick-and-mortar store. It's unbelievable. The fact that the loose ball joint on that alien turret was one of the only defects in all of these figures speaks to the level of quality that these things are being made for. Not only that, but the designs are incredible. That FDO mech and all of the alien stuff are so unbelievably good looking and creative. I can't believe that Dollar Tree are making a profit on all of these figures. It must be the kind of thing where they're selling the badass alien at a loss and the add-on packs for a net gain. So cool. Never have I wanted to be a kid again than right now.
Fun fact: crepetus is the term for bones grinding on bones after one has broken.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to know the word. Until you share terminology one never can be sure! Also c not k (surely k is more hardcore). Also also: best metal band name.
Medical school dropout on staff?
@@lollersteaks Wow, they put thought into that guy's name. I am impressed.
@@markiangooley coulda just completed a first aid course. You get taught a lot more in those than you'd expect.
Torn is so edgy because his name is actually Tom, and he’s upset that he has to go by Torn after the pen malfunctioned while signing his contract.
At least he's not Major Tom.
@@tncorgi92 I understood that reference
I’m convinced this was sort of a passion project for someone at Dollar Tree.
And just over a year later it comes out that you were very close to being totally right.
The main head of project etc... behind these always did these with his Son in mind, who was going through treatment at the time for quite serious illness.
Thankfully, his treatment was successful, + we also got to share in this cool stuff, so it all worked out good in the end.
The kids ok, the toys are cool as + you were on the right track.
Groovy.
I want to meet the people who designed these. They are almost too creative for something that's sold for so cheap.
Dollar Tree does what Hasbro won't.
Hasbro? More like Hasnobros.
@@IsiahTomas Myes.
I think the lesson, instead, here, is that there's no reason for modern toys to be so expensive and that other toy companies are WAY overcharging for what they produce, as these guys are obviously making a profit selling them "cheaply" or they wouldn't have made Wave 2. That last vehicle alone, if Hasbro made it, would be $30 or $40 - and it probably wouldn't be as cool. The other issue is IP's - this is an ORIGINAL line, so they don't have to pay for any licenses.
@@redadamearth Spot on.
Having owned a couple of chihuahuas in my lifetime, the idea of one of them piloting a giant mean-looking dog is right on point. In my experience, most chihuahuas have a Napoleon complex and are more aggressive than a lot of big dogs. That dog figure almost feels like a joke from someone who's had a chihuahua lol
They barely need a giant mech to cause major damage.
@@DevinGates lol true
You should see the dog in the episodes. LOL.
Churro lol I bought that one too
@@michaeldunscombe1003 Churro can be a kind doggo when he wants to be. XD
You know, if I didn't have WAY too many projects, like my continued procrastination in finishing my 40k miniatures, or 3D printing stuff for Star Wars figures, I would genuinely pick up every single one of these guys and give them some customizing love. A new coat of paint, maybe implant some 3D printed joints, etc. These are really nice figures for a dollar, and the fact that you can pick up almost thirty of these for what Hasbro charges for a single figure make Hasbro look like complete clowns, so that's fun.
Just shows how much Hasbro marks up their products...
As someone who likes Nerf blasters I can confirm that the Hasbro inflated prices extend to them as well
A few fun little details that weren't in the video - "Flea" can peg onto the Krepitus figure's left shoulder. It doesn't stay on very well, and you can't bend the arm past a certain point without popping it off entirely, but there's something really delightful about this alien bounty hunter having his hideous little insectoid companion perched on his shoulder like an old-timey pirate. And speaking of seamen (ahem), I think the "water-activated sensors" in Riptide's bio are referring to the little green bits on his arms and chest plate, which according to the card back change color in warm water! I don't mind telling you I was blown away when I read about that feature, I'd never have imagined a temperature-sensitive feature on a toy this inexpensive. That said, I haven't tried it with my figure yet, so I've no idea if it actually works as advertised. Even so, points for effort, guys!
@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE fascinating choice to just bring some racism to this comment section there
@@TheHopperUK Are you serious?
@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE Did you delete your previous comment?
@@wiictvchannel1112 Nope. Looks like magic automated censorship courtesy of RUclips. I made a joke involving Irish Travellers that hopper deemed "racist".
Oh boy more cheap yet quality figures for Ashens to be genuinely impressed by.
These things are amazingly well done for the price. I can see them being used as the base for lots of custom figures.
I thought the saqme if i would have them here i would buy them for Custom things
I don't know which ones to buy the next time I go to Dollar Tree.
@@smb-c3po Sll the Walker things from the Aliens would i totally buy for Tabletop Purposes
@@TheCotzi I have some idea of which ones I want.
Man I wish they were around when I was a kid, I would have loved them since I was too poor to get bigger brands like Transformers.
These figures make me both very happy that kids can get such cool toys, and very jealous that they can get cooler toys than i had growing up
Yeah, but i have 5000 toy soldiers that are rotting away
I’ve spent the last couple years collecting Vintage GiJoes and putting them back for my Grandson. Yeah…for my Grandson, He’s gonna love them 🤣 I blame my Parents
Who says you can't buy them right now? Heck, you could buy even fancier stuff that a child could only dream about.
Can you get it for a dollar?
Your never to old for fun, and that's includes toys. Just ask the adult fans of Lego (afol's). Not to mention these would be a fun canvas for some model paints, if you're into that.
Military dogs actually have harnesses with handles so it is easier to pick them up or evacuate them.
I remember a while back my mom had one of these military harnesses on a cane Corso pup she was taking care of, those dogs get really big, so even though he was a puppy, he was about the same size as a boxer/lab mutt. I remember picking him up by the handle on him and carrying him around like a briefcase, we called him my special briefs because of this, because he was this giant dog being carried around by a handle. I wish I had some pictures of it because it looked really quite funny, especially since he had a funny face.
For something so cheap these are really friggin good, especially the aliens. The humans look a bit generic but the aliens? WOW they look cool.
It's crazy how much bang you get for your buck.
Don't forget about the goddamn doggy mech. That thing is amazing.
It just proves that ALL toys should - and CAN - be cheap. Paying $20 for a single action figure is absurd.
@@redadamearth Not necessarily. These are cheap but they're also simple. the more complex and articulated a figure gets the more they cost because they cost more to produce. These probably cost next to nothing to produce.
@@Ashurman666 you know what, a leader class transformer in Mexico is the same price of a entire roll of barbed wire, Now you tell me which is more useful anyways it sucks no dollar trees exist here because these guys seem to be in the same price range as a order of tacos
They’re all so creative and consistent, broadly speaking. Whoever produced these clearly care, even more than some “real” action figures. Fantastic, really.
I haven't read all of the comments yet but the "water activated sensors" on Riptide are the green dots on him. They actually change color when you put them in warm water.
Honestly I have no idea how they did that for a dollar
Man I wish these were around when I was a little kid, I remember getting dollar store toys all the time that were so poorly made they'd often fall apart before you took them out of the package.
I am glad that kids without rich parents have something quality to play with now, though
So true! A lot of my christmas and birthday presents were from the pound store, other discount stores/on clearance or second hand(by far the best, got a lot of genuine sylvanian families and polly pockets that way, but they always gave us new stuff as well) and these would've been a godsend for my brothers! I can't even imagine how happy some poor kids are gonna be this Christmas! Well, as long as they make enough and it doesn't get resold on ebay for insane amounts as 'rare and collectable'. I hate when that happens to toys
When I was younger, before my 7 year older became of age and moved out (therefore reducing the household cost of living) I had a lot more second hand toys. But that wasn't so bad since they were good quality at least, just several years outdated.
@@cubey yeah, but newness/relevance doesn't really matter too much with toys lol. However when it comes to electronics it's kind of sad only getting second hand - I remember being very jealous of my friends who all had Nintendo DS'es and xboxes/play stations whereas I only had a hand-me-down gameboy and a wii :(
@@lemolea9571 We had a used Atari 2600 during the early to mid NES years. But to be fair, you could still go and buy new (old stock) Atari games at toy stores still until around 1989-1990 when they finally began putting them on clearance to make room for Sega Genesis and upcoming SNES. But since by and large popularity wise most people only had Atari 2600 or NES so it was less of a big deal. Became a bigger difference by the time Genesis and SNES were out, but I got a SNES in Dec 92, so yay.
@@lemolea9571 I wouldn't worry about these being scalped. The tooling to make them is by far the biggest cost, and it's a fixed one. They must be making a truly astronomical number of these in order to break even, let alone profit at that price point.
When Torn introduces himself at parties, he professes to everyone that "Nothing's fine, I'm Torn". Kinda bums everyone out, real party pooper that Torn is.
*bootcamp*
Sarge - "everyone under my command uses cool aliases, step forward to receive your new kick ass designations... we'll call you Torn"
Torn - "you're a little late, I'm already Torn"
*cut to Torn doing push ups in the rain*
@@harryallsopp9136 First place use of lyrical punning, all the points! Candace, second place, but like, almost first place, especially since you inspired... Equal first place. Also all the points.
@@Patrick-Phelan Yeah. I'm a little late.
I'll see myself out.
@@dubuyajay9964 "I don't care, I have no luck," either.
this was the perfect comment
I know it's probably the least impressive part of the figures, but I'm actually very impressed they got working holsters on them without having to add ridiculous, poorly fitting rubber belts that never sit right and fall off within minutes, never to be seen again until they get sucked into the vacuum
When I was young I loved figures with sidekicks or accessories, I enjoyed those bits as much or more than the figures usually. It gives me hope in humanity to see Dollar Tree putting real effort into these toys and providing them for a great cost. Inflation is straining the globe and things like toys are a luxury, but to offer these for a dollar can let so many kids have a toy that feels thought out and good, even if it is cheap. Even the backing says cut here at the top so you can keep the record for all the figures you have, might be silly to most but some kids might enjoy that so why not provide it. Really cool.
I'm so glad these figures are blowing up! They sounded really cool when they got announced. Really neat that basically any kid could get these because of how affordable they are!
Decent paint, articulation, and accessories for $1.25.......and here I am spending over $100 for Godzilla figures with no accessories and bad paint.
These dollar tree toys BTFO super 7.
@@dragonballspaghetti154 And Super 7 BTFO out of Hasbro. It's like a heirarchy. :-P
You do realize that we're getting screwed all of this creativity and innovation for a $1.00 to $1.25 and a Marvel Legends will cost $24.99 to $29.99 for a single 6 inch figure!..lol.
@@dgenergene4418 Life's unfair that way...isn't it?
I feel like if you got a kid (hopefully one you're related to) a mid priced Iron Man toy and a whole bunch of these aliens for christmas, you would be the best person ever.
Do they even MAKE Marvel figures at this scale anymore? Aside from some Vintage Collection Star Wars figures and some nostalgia-ridden throwback figures in the collectibles section, where are you even finding 4.5" figures? (I guess there's the new Jurassic Park line... actually, zoo people wrangling space bugs doesn't sound like a horrible mashup.)
@@ccggenius Well, there's Hasbro's Retro 375 series, which are (as the name suggests) 3.75 inch figures. I also feel like I've seen some Marvel figures that were between 4 or 5 inches, like cartoony or comics inspired GotG figures, but they might be from an older line that's no longer in production.
@@MegaVikingen Marvel do occasionally release multipacks of figures at the 3.75 scale with Marvel Legends branding. Or did during the last few years, at least. For Guardians of the Galaxy 2, they did a Star Lord and Yondu set. For Thor Ragnarok, they did a Thor and Hulk set (which must have sold well because I never saw it in a shop), and a comics-based Enchantress and Executioner set (which I saw millions of - for all I know, every branch of The Entertainer still has dozens in the discount bin).
They had a Gamerverse line as well at the same scale, which included figures from the Marvel vs Capcom games and the Spider-Man PS4 game. I don't think it lasted long though, and they moved to producing 6-inch scale figures in that branding instead.
There's also the Disney Marvel Toybox line, which are 4 inches or so. They're very stylised, but I don't know that that would matter to a kid.
Ironic how a dollar store toy actually has firing missiles unlike most pricier options. That’s wild
It's the CYA aspect all your major toy brands are now terrified of even minor injuries being inflicted with their toys, dollar store brands are like 'lo, muthafuckahs you gotta find me to sue me- we can be renamed and repackaged in a fortnight-partially because we likely already sell these identical figures with alt paint jobs and names elsewhere~!"
@@axolotllan Well Final Faction is different as it’s a brand made for Dollar Tree specifically and even has its own web series. It’s like it has a budget. It’s weird.
@@cahillrebel I think it's great! We need a cheap alternative to GI Joe. And they are doing a better job with the comic and cartoon so far too than Hasbro would.
Really serendipitous timing on this video: I just picked up a whole mess of Final Faction figures at my local Dollar Tree this very Tuesday, including most of the ones in this video! It's like Ashens read my mind or something... STAY OUT OF MY MIND, ASHENS! YOU WON'T LIKE WHAT YOU FIND THERE!
God, we even had the same Neil Breen thought after reading Riptide's bio. You really ARE reading my mind.
@@TsunogaiDanshaku D:
I got a knockoff GI-Joe pack from a dollar store for Christmas when I was like 8 or 9 and it included a humvee, 4 soldiers, a literal base and all sorts of accessories. (i mean we were poor but it was like a filler gift because I also got $50 nerf guns that year) It was probably like $10. Glad to see that you can still get decent figures for $1 here. Dollar Tree sells clothing items now too. If you are ever in need of a cheap jacket or beanie you can run in and grab yourself one for $1 and some snacks to go with it.
Ashens, thank you for bringing light to Final Faction. I've recently seen these in the Dollar Store and have been EXTREMELY impressed with the storyline/background of the characters. Someone really has given these characters thought and details. Great job and thank you again!
I just love how expressive that robot dogs head is. It’s a perfect sculpt and conveys a lot very simply. I might have to get a few of those and do some repaints.
I can't help but feel the guy who came up with this range, despite the low price, actually gave a shit about them. Great stuff.
i agree
These designs feel like they've come from a co-op third person shooter...which I approve of. A game with these designs could work, mmmm-hmmm.
Like if Aliens Fire team didn't get the aliens license.
imagine if we get a dollar tree licensed game and it’s actually good
Even the Synthoid alone feels like such a fun and memorable figurine, honestly.
It reminds me of a Crayboth from Glyos
My favorite figure in the range. I really modded mine with both weapon packs.
@@dubuyajay9964 Does the first pack give him a Right hand to match his?
Ashen's went for the needle launcher, which look like it might be an ambidextrous design, and I have a thing for SYMMETRY!!!
@@DonaldWWitt I think so. One of the packs does have the arm you seek though. My memory is hazy as my set is nearly complete for the time being. I am just trying to find the Family Dollar Buggy Repaint now to finish it.
@@dubuyajay9964 That would be the first Synthoid accessories pack then.
And are they still putting out Drones, Brutes, and Synthoids?
Honestly it's the "Mooks" of either Faction I'd really want to army build.
I love how excited Ashens gets over these toys. After watching the video when it first came out I went to the Dollartree near by and picked up both of the Khaan turrets to put on my computer desk by my main monitor. My cat loves batting them off onto the floor lol.
The delivery of "look at it! It's like an insect bastard!" at 19:14 is delightful.
The khan stuff is really cool back in my younger year's seeing stuff like that under Christmas tree I would have found really cool
For the price you get really good value
For the price of a Marvel LEgends you can build a squad of good guys and an army of baddies and give them vehicles even?! I wonder if they'll do like... modular bases? Like, small pieces of fortification and stuff like jail cells that can connect together for like... 5$?
I got a lot of guns for my action figures including my star wars ones from the dollar store when I was growing up. Dollar store guns are always disproportionately large and they made my action figures look so badass.
$1.25 is correct. They were the last chain "Everything is a dollar" store remaining. They've now increased the base price. So now it's $1.25 Tree
They still have some stuff that's one dollar. And their greeting cards are 50 cents, which blows my mind because they are name brand cards that usually go for 3 or 4 bucks.
I buy food there to give away. $1.25 is still a good price for a pound of dry beans or two of rice, but now I wonder how soon most things will be $1.50 instead.
Actually impressed someone remembers the Centurions. Bit like the Telebugs all slipped in to obscurity.
I was thinking about that when the diver figure came, then again I think about old cartoons a lot
4:43 Honestly Ashens, I am shocked you did not notice - As I did while watching your video... SCOPES PISTOLS CAN BE PUT IN HIS HOLSTERS!!! That is REALLY FREAKING COOL!!!
*EDIT:* Once you got to Torn, You must have figured it out! LOL!
Churro is the hero we needed all along.
I love how happy these make Ashens
this is probably the most positive ashens review and I really love it.
This is such a good set I'm strongly considering buying and importing them even though I neither collect nor play with action figures.
You would be so disappointed with yourself if you did this. Do it.
As a low-income kid in the 90's, these would have absolutely been some of my favorites. I like that someone really put thought into producing a line of budget boy's action figures that are explicitly priced to give play value without breaking the bank.
Okay, had to comment less than halfway through to say I love this. Wish these figures had more articulation, but for a buck these are astounding. Armies for tabletop gaming or lovely starters for statuettes, these are easily worth the price. I think I need to check my local dt for these to craft with.
Thanks for all of your content!
I can’t even think of a good enough comment for how awesome these figures are. I got so many of them yesterday and I plan to get even more as soon as possible.
I look forward to adding to my Final Faction display when these hopefully make it to the UK!
I'm still at the start, but man, that Synthoid baddie actually looks very cool. Love the odd shape, eyes, and the jet engine.
The jet is a blaster in the CGI episodes and comic. One of the new accessory packs also gives him an arm with a similar "jet engine" blaster.
I remember dollar tree having some great action figures in the nineties.
Made for some good times fighting aliens and dinosaurs.
I am also legitimately impressed that after a fairly hard-sounding collision, the only damage was a rather cool but fixable armour rip (totally justifying the extra Kharn defence budget that got those chariots upgraded with big teary arms).
I absolutely LOVED the designs of all the baddies and their vehicles!
That chariot thing was very metal.
I love these toys honestly. I do a lot of scratch building and non traditional kitbashing, and having full figures and weapon packs for 1.25 is a steal for my hobby
Walking around my local dollar tree and seeing these... Ugh kids today have the coolest toys! Not just Acton figures but gun accessories and vehicle's!!! Like proper vehicle's... Ships, trucks death star looking things... For under $50 you can get the whole set. It was like $9.99 for one GI jo... ONE!!!
CRAP... I'm old
GI Joe's were not that expensive in the 80s.
@@dubuyajay9964 They were about $3-$4 each even into the 90's, for the regular non-gimmicky ones at least. The new 6 inch Joes are $20 (increasing to $25 soon), but man are they nice.
I bought my first mound of these directly after the first Ashens video. After this one...TO THE DOLLAR TREE!
Man, 10yo me would've flipped finding something like this at a dollar store.
Stunning figures, they really had a creative step forward for these than their standard items you'd find in the dollar shops.
I am so in love with these figs. I got one of each at first, but have since gotten doubles and triples of all the baddies.
I miss the "Corps" action figures they used to sell at the dollar store, when I was a boy. Your toys are better Ahsens, but those knock off GI Joes had been a huge part of growing up, no matter where I moved to, the Dollar store, and K-mart, and maybe Walmart, they all had them, I was an adult when I stopped seeing them.
the Corps was pretty cool and they had a grenade thing that fired Nerf darts
the corpse were here at walmart and cost 1.25 like 5 years ago, the trick was every 4th figure was a statute with no posability , but the rest had leg / knee/ elbow posability and pivot arms at the shoulders. way beter than these .
@@ThreeDaysOfDan I didn’t want to say that, but yeah those old boys were fun as hell. Glad you got to see them in the wild, I’m too old now to care as much as I had, but yeah I had a Shria dol… action figure, moving on, but the Corpse toys bent better than Shria, a name brand toy that cost more than a pile of the Corpse.
I don’t remember them coming with a statue, in their big play sets that came with 4 or 5 members of the Corpse.
Wait, weren’t they spelled without the “e” at the end?
Interestingly enough, these have been showing up in stores here in Poland lately. They have some sort of different name, but based on what I read online, yep, it's Corps.
Same company also made these space trooper things eith REALLY freaky bug parasite accessories, which I recently enjoyed a lot.
@@CaptainZaimon Good to know they are still a thing, and branching out as well, I've never seen anything like Space Troopers, but they sound neat.
I have been using the bits and pieces for D&D projects! I made some acid spitting tentacle monsters out of that one organic backpack thing. (On my channel for anyone interested.)
Would probably be great for Mutants and Masterminds, too. Huntra especially.
Back when I was a kid, I would have spent my pocket money on the whole set of these. Probably the best budget figure range out.
The Kharn stuff is worth buying just for the parts if you collect Tyranids in the Warhammer 40k wargame, they'd make good bits for kitbashing and conversions
Wow this looks like a genuinely really fun toy line. I’m a have to hit up my dollar tree later today and see what they have! Really gives off a centurions vibe with the whole emphasis on mechanized armor and I’m here for it
These are truly beautiful figures and vehicles. If available in Canada, Id be buying them
I love how Krepitus is just an iteration on The Predator. That's good stuff.
I love that his name is a misspelling of the word crepitus which describes the sound of bones creaking.
@@incredibleflameboy
Purposefully misspelled id think.
@@fritzy8318 most definitely and for the better if I'm honest. It's a cool word but words are infinitely better if you can add a K to them
@@incredibleflameboy I konkur
@@incredibleflameboy Very 90s.
if these was around when I was a lad, I would buy at least 5 of the ATV's with the armor upgrades. you could use them for so many different action figures.
Still trying to find the Collector's Edition with Scope added to it. :(
I love your reviews as a kid I would love theses, as an adult I love these!
Well done buddy
damn, I wish these were around when I was a kid, I would have loved them and my parents would have happily bought me dozens of them for the price
The cartoon on Dollar Tree's RUclips channel is pretty good. There's a sentence I never thought I'd write in my lifetime.
Damn I wish I had these as a kid, for the price of like 3 normal figures you can have an army. Nice on dollar tree for this line. genuinely impressed.
Thank you Ashens for uncovering this passion project. They look like they were fun to make and it's nice seeing someone famous praising them. They are not your typical marvel super hero affair so these hidden gems would never get publicity!
Wow, I was in a dollar tree about 8 hours ago and saw the new ones and wondered if Ashens knew! Of course he was way ahead of me!
I was a child of very low income who would get a lot of dollar tree toys, I would have loved these! Glad to see kids getting these sets of toys
I’ve gotten some use out of these by using the weapons for different figures. I also made hand grenades by tearing off and sanding some bits from some accessories. I don’t use everything, but, I mean, they’re $1
41:21 I thought this could be the lower half of the villains from Jayce and the wheeled warriors and then 43:03 gives a really different, yet intimidating look!
Nice thorough review. I watched at 2x playback speed and still didn't lose out. Just found out what I haven't seen at the dollar tree just yet. This line, its pricepoint, bang for buck, options and associated media offerings (comic & online animation?) definitely seem like something worth supporting.
The thing about dollar tree was explained on good mythical morning on April fools. It's basically just keeping up with inflation but adding a flat increase over all items to keep more premium items cheap whilst still being affordable.
At 34 I sit in my 1 bedroom apartment, watching a stranger play with dollar tree action figures for 45 minutes wondering where it all went wrong.
I genuinely wish this went beyond the dollar bin these designs are fucking fantastic
I'm going to get flack for this, but since we have Torn I want to see a human that joined the Kharn too.
that would be neat. A human turncoat.
@@jaysonklein6018 Yeah, I'm thinking either a voluntary convert that thinks humanity is going to lose and is trying to save their hide or a brainwashed POW. Maybe from one of those jets that got hit with that beam in the first comic issue.
Did you realize that the missile launchers on the swimming guy's arm, the missiles come out? And the Kahrn green backpack with the big hammer, there are missiles in that too. You have to pull them out, but it looks like it's meant to do that. These things are super for $1.25.
As someone who was raised on Dollar General toys, and has nephews who do the same I'm really glad that there seems to be some cheap toy manufacturers that actually care about giving children a good product instead of literally garbage.
I know I am not alone in this, but I still really get "captain power" memories looking at all of these again
Yup! just not as much chrome. Those little mech drones give me a Mechwarrior/battletech vibe and that dog mech reminds me of Blitz from "Cops n Crooks"
@@maximal10 It is somewhat easy to see the influences on most of these figures.
especially the flying one he said is not falcon
At 17:37 - Riptide looks like a Windsor Davis action figure ;)
I wish they'd have had these when I was a kid, sure the tat toys then were cool but they were never as robust as these look and lord help any vehicle that was only a quid.
Those Dog battle jackets really are like that, I got given one and along with the handle theres also means to add a shoulder strap to allow you to sling old Fido over your shoulder like a furry satchel (and no I've never done it)
"Nothing is scarier than a flying chihuahua with guns", I mean... They have a point :P
They really let the designers do whatever they want. It looks like they were in the midst of a fever dream but I’m sure they had fun
Isn't it great?
The more I hear about the lore of these toys the more intrigued I get.
I kind of hope they keep making more of these.
For a bit of perspective, the entire load of stuff there costs as much as one or two Transformers nowadays. I'd still rather have the Transformers, but for a kid there's so much more to play with.
The transformers kingdom toyline has a megatron out right now that's 40 dollars... I get that the transformers brand is much more popular and the toy itself would be of higher quality but as a kid if I had to choose between trex megatron or basically the entire line of Final Faction action figures it'd be a hard choice. That robo dog, the vehicles and especially those various bug aliens are top tier in design and sculpt. If this is what they can do with a 1.25 + tax price point I'd love to see what they could do with a 10 or even 20 dollar price point. I'd say 40 but if they kept up this level of quality vs price the result would be actual real life aliens, lol.
Man, I've still gotta get myself down to the old Dollar Tree to see if I can pick up wave one, thanks for the reminder, Stuart.
Wait, these are in Poundland now?
Holy cow, I need to get my hands on some of these!
Edit: also the P-131 reminds me of the HECU robots from the German versions of Half-Life.
Is Poundland a real thing ? Because that doesn't sound like a discount retailer.
@@mrspeigel3593 Oh yeah it's real. Their stuff ranges from "total fucking shit" to "good gravy, this is surprisingly good!"
Also I swear I once saw a copy of Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival for sale in my local Poundland.
I like everything you do, Stuart. I own both of your movies. But this is what I subscribe for. Random action figure videos and stuff I would never think to look up. Great fun.
The designs, especially the Kharn, are sick as FUCK - even for their quality. I can see some heavy Half-Life inspiration in some of this, too.
Yeah the designers definitely played some HL and Halo.
I just picked up 4 more from the Tree. Got a bunch of Masters of the Universe guys too. Make great gifts for all my adult child friends.
Seems they haven't quite realized _why_ these have been flying off the shelves. That being, of course, tabletop RPG crafters.
Good painting project too. And troop builders for 1/18 collections and displays.