Just Toys Intl. "Fallout" 3.75" Action Figures Review:
Just Toys Intl.'s just released "Fallout" 3.75" action figures are exclusive to Gamestop and utilize the "Glyos" modular joint system making them fully compatible with any other Glyos figures you already own. There are currently 4 different figures available- T-45 Armor, T-51 Armor, T-60 Armor and the X-01 Armor (this one seems to be shortpacked, 3 per case as opposed to the 5 per case ratio of the remaining 3 armors).
First off, I am not a gamer so I really do not know anything about these armors or how accurate their sculpts might be to the games so take the rest of this review as my impressions of the figures themselves without relation to their roles in the games.
The sculpts are fairly crisp all around, there are only a few "soft" details. The paint on most of them is fairly basic, but very neatly applied. The X-01 has some nice weathering paint apps that really make it the most striking of the 4. The figures are scaled on the small side if they are to represent 6' tall humans in powered armor. They would need to be 4.25" or so to he more properly scaled. As they are, they work better as droids since their height would not need to accommodate a human inside.
Due to utilizing the Glyos system, the figures disassemble and reassemble fairly easily. The figures are assembled more or less the same and break down into: head (uses ball joint similar to most 3.75" figures), torso, pelvis, upper arms, lower arms, shoulder armor (all but X-01 who has removable collar armor), upper legs, and lower legs (all but T-60 who has legs that are 1 solid piece each).
There are quite a few disappointments to these figures. All of the joints save for the head are swivel joints. Hinges at the elbows and knees would have been MUCH better for posing the figures dynamically. The figures are only capable of holding their included weapon in their right hand as the left hand is a solid fist lacking the hole to insert the weapon's peg handle. The weapons having simple, undetailed pegs for handles is another disappointment. Having more detailed handles would have been better and allowed for other figures to use the weapons and these figures to use weapons from other lines.
At $9.99 each, they are not great. The extra joints afforded by the Glyos system are mostly useless, the paint is very basic and the weapons have crappy handles. If you are a fan of the games, you might see them as being great, but to a non fan looking for decent action figures, they fall short.
