Joytoy has continued to release action figures of the Primarchs since our last review, but almost all of them have been from the Horus Heresy. However, Joytoy has finally managed to revisit the Primarchs as they exist in the 41st Millennium and unleashed Angron, Daemon Primarch of Khorne upon the action figure community.
Packaging
Angron comes in a very large box. It is not as big as the Imperial Knight box, but it is still enormous. The package has the standard Joytoy figure photograph. I kept the box, but as I continue to collect these things, these packages are not sufficiently interesting to be worth keeping.
Within there are four trays: one tray containing Angron, his accessories, and his tail; two trays with a wing each; and a tray with the sculpted base with three articulated support arms. I initially overlooked the sculpted base tray, because I did not recall the model coming with a sculpted base. This would come back to bite me in the butt several times when preparing for this review.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Assembly
Angron comes in, effectively, three parts: Angron himself, his two wings, and his tail. These wings attach to thicker pegs on his upper arms. Trying to actually get the wings to peg into these arms was a pain in the tuchus, however. I think I spent half an hour trying to get them to remain attached. Occasionally the weight of the wings would pull the entire upper arm out of its socket as well. Getting the figure to stay fully assembled while taking it from one floor of my house to another was a challenge.
Honestly, I think I found assembling the Citadel model to be less frustrating than assembling the action figure.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Sculpt
While getting Angron assembled was a pain, the sculpt is absolutely faithful to the model. It is appropriately fierce and spikey, and towers over the rest of the Primarchs. Sanguinius on his flight stand doesn't even reach Angron's shoulder. None of the details (when rendered in 3d) look too big or disproportionate, and there are no obvious action figure seam lines or articulation points.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Paint
Angron continues the Joytoy tradition of having some of the best paint in the action figure market. Angron's red has shading, fades, highlights, and washes. The metallics have both sculpted and painted textures, and the World Eater symbols even took the time to paint the world that is being eaten. The only downside is the figure's eyes: they're just bright red orbs. No pupils or glow effects, just two shiny red plastic orbs. The lack of painted volume is noticeable. It really should have been yellow to contrast with the red skin, in my opinion.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Poseability
Angron has significantly more articulation than the average Joytoy figure, but that is because he has a lot of extra limbs. The tail is also articulated, though it's relatively limited and makes it difficult to pose it to support his giant body. The waist and knees are also a smidge looser, which is a problem because it means the figure's weight is difficult to support. Lastly, the wing poseability seems far more limited in practice than it would appear, making it difficult to arrange the wings in a balanced manner to ensure the figure stays upright. The wings and/or their arms also have a habit of falling out of their slots, to boot. So Angron is stuck in one specific pose on my shelf, because that is the best way to have it supported and upright.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Accessories
Angron comes with a few different options. He comes with his two swords (Samni'arius and Spinegrinder), two different head sculpts (one roaring, and one ROARING), and various hand options to either: 1) Punch; 2) hold the swords; or 3) have open palms. I went with the ROARING face and for Angron to hold both his melee weapons. Nothing unexpected, but the head option is pretty nice and the swords are well-decorated and fit into his hands pretty easily. Oddly enough though, there are no hooks on Angron himself to connect Angron's wrist chains to the weapon chains.
Stand Alone Ability
Sigh. And here we are. Angron is a very large action figure with two arms, two arms that have giant plastic wings, a tiny waist, legs with....questionable curves, and a tail that won't bear weight easily. This figure struggles mightily to stand up because the figure is too top heavy and the leg/tail articulation is not balanced around trying to keep the figure standing. While it does have peg holes in the feet and a sculpted base which lets you basically screw the base into a peg hole, there is only *one* peg hole. The base has three articulated plastic arms to hold Angron's waist and his wing arms, which is how the figure is posed upon my shelf. While I appreciate the assistance, I don't think it looks particularly attractive and getting the various arms aligned was surprisingly challenging.
Joytoy Angron. Credit: Kevin Stillman
Also, I didn't realize that the base was necessary to keep the figure upright until after I had finished photography in my upstairs studio.
Final Verdict
Yeah, this one is the first Joytoy I was actively disappointed by. The rest of the range is extremely poseable while also standing on its own. Angron, by contrast, is basically stuck in one pose to mange the figure's weight. It also takes up way too much of my shelf because of the wings and the base in a way that none of the other Primarchs take up. It's also extremely expensive, costing the same as a HasLab playset. The price, combined with the space requirements and difficulties assembling, posing, and standing, make this probably my least favorite of the Primarchs released so far. I'm very disappointed in this, because Angron is a fun model to build and paint and filled with lots of character on the Tabletop. Nevertheless, because there does not appear to be a Warhammer 30K Angron in the pipeline this is the Angron on my shelf.
Until next time!
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