Action Force and Valaverse

[Damien]

I'm torn. I'd like to disagree, but the Corsair feels like an important piece of the puzzle, being the army builder of the set, and he does look a little too much like a standard Valaverse. And Vane is leaning that direction, too,

Exactly my point. Of this new subline, Fully two-thirds of the offerings don't carry the concept in any meaningful way. If Vane and the Corsair were released as part of the regular Valaverse line, no one would be like 'hey, why are these pirate guys in my army line?' As I said, there's no unifying design to anything Bobby is doing. The entirety of Valaverse is just 'throw it at the wall and see what sticks' in terms of design. Which means that when you try to create a subline with its own identity it falls flat.
The only figure that actually seems to do the legit 'modern day interpretation of Golden Age pirates' thing is the main character himself. That's pretty weak for a new subline.

None of that is to even say any of them are bad figures or bad designs. It's more about the intent of -how- they fit in to the overall narrative he's created visually.

 

[vicious]

Exactly my point. Of this new subline, Fully two-thirds of the offerings don't carry the concept in any meaningful way. If Vane and the Corsair were released as part of the regular Valaverse line, no one would be like 'hey, why are these pirate guys in my army line?' As I said, there's no unifying design to anything Bobby is doing. The entirety of Valaverse is just 'throw it at the wall and see what sticks' in terms of design. Which means that when you try to create a subline with its own identity it falls flat.
The only figure that actually seems to do the legit 'modern day interpretation of Golden Age pirates' thing is the main character himself. That's pretty weak for a new subline.

None of that is to even say any of them are bad figures or bad designs. It's more about the intent of -how- they fit in to the overall narrative he's created visually.

There's four characters. Blackbeard and "The Black" are different figures. The Black seems to be an outlier being fantastical, so YMMV. I think a nudge further towards the pirate theme for Vane and Corsair would have made this whole set really cool. I think it's Corsair's green vest that's mostly throwing me for a loop. IMO he played it a little too safe with that one.

 

[Damien]

There's four characters. Blackbeard and "The Black" are different figures. The Black seems to be an outlier being fantastical, so YMMV. I think a nudge further towards the pirate theme for Vane and Corsair would have made this whole set really cool. I think it's Corsair's green vest that's mostly throwing me for a loop. IMO he played it a little too safe with that one.

I wasn't counting 'The Black' given it seems less like a part of Valaverse and more like an easy way to tie-in to Zolocon with something supernatural which, as far as I am aware, has not been part of Valaverse in any way until now, and probably won't be in the future until another con comes along where 'regular military guy' doesn't quite fit in.

I can actually think of a whole lot of ways Vala could have tied these figures more firmly to a pirate aesthetic/feel. But I'm not going to list them because I already did this stupid asshole's job for him once before and didn't even get a thank you card.

 

[vicious]

He's also using some oversized Valaverse rifle that I'm pretending is a vehicle buster, since he doesn't have his tank to do the job rn.

I'm really enjoying this pack since it doesn't fall out/off of his back. Shame it's the only strapped pack in the set. It also has a slot for an ammo belt on the bottom.

Cross-post from the Joe thread, just to share these Valaverse accessories on Steeler.