JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Ultramarine Heavy Intercessor Sergeant Aetus Gardane

 

One of the three Heavy Intercessor members, Sergeant Aetus Gardane, comes with a helmet-less head. The body design is the same (Nikos and Helvin), with limited mobility in the shoulders and legs. The paintwork is fine, but I did experience some loose joints in the torso and a microphone that kept popping off. I had to glue it multiple times for this particular figure. It's interesting because I didn't notice a missing component while taking pictures and only discovered it when it fell to the floor while posing on the display shelf.

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Ultramarine Heavy Intercessor - Nikos Phaetz

One of the three Heavy Intercessor members, Nikos Phaetz, utilizes the Excecutor Heavy Bolter. The figure's body design features limited mobility in the shoulders and legs. Some areas of the figure have a dirty paint job, with the most noticeable being on the top of the backpack.

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Ultramarine Heavy Intercessor Helvin Gure

It was a last-minute decision to order the set from Show.Z before CNY because I have a bad feeling it going to sell out very fast and was right about it. I seriously need another Helvin Gure version but the markup price currently put me off. Hopefully, there will be some price drop to normal in the future.

Product Information: 

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Ultramarine Heavy Intercessor - Helvin Gure
• Accessories:
• 1x Executor Bolt Rifle
• 1x Bolt Pistol
• 1x Combat Knife
• 1 set of pairs of hands
• Release Date: December 2022
• Purchase Price: USD 85.94 (A bundle Set of three with discount points)
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 34.99 (Checkout at Amazon!)
  
• My Rating: 7/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad - Jaric Thule

Jaric Thule is one of the Brotherhood Terminators squad series that uses Nemesis Force Halberd which is the most popular to get among the team. I was so happy able to order another one after JT announced a PO rerun from LT this month. Otherwise, I will just skip it entirely. No point in paying a price with nearly 20-30% markup.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad - Jaric Thule
• Accessories:
1. 1x Nemesis Force Halberd
2. 1x Book Tome
3. 1 set of pairs of hands
• Release Date: December 2022
• Re-Run: March 2023
• Purchase Price: USD 67.99
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 75.00
• My Rating: 9/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad - Retius Akantar

The Squad Flagman is one of the Brotherhood Terminators squad series who hold Grey Knights brotherhood banner. Same as the rest of his brothers, he comes with high-quality paintwork, a beautiful design and using a 2.0 body. Articulation is limited as usual (especially the shoulder) but since he is going to hold the banner (heavy) so it is alright. The weapon is the same as Paladin using Nemesis Force Sword.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad - Retius Akantar
  
• Accessories:
1. 1x Nemesis Force Sword
2. 1x Book Tome
3. 1x Grey Knights Brotherhood Banner
4. 1 set of pairs of hands
• Release Date: December 2022
• Purchase Price: USD 67.99
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 75.00
• My Rating: 9/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad Incanus Neodan

The Squad Paladin is one of the four released Brotherhood Terminators squad series. Same as the rest of the Grey Knights, he comes with high-quality paintwork and a beautiful design. The interesting bit about this set is it comes with additional accessories than other terminator brothers. He also has a swappable helmetless head and comes with a dead daemon head for decoration or a diorama.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad Paladin Incanus Neodan
• Accessories:
1. 1x Nemesis Force Sword
2. 1x Book Tome
3. 1x Familiar figure (attaching in shoulder armour)
4. 1x Incanus Neodan head
5. 1x Daemon head
6. 1 set of pairs of hands
• Release Date: December 2022
• Purchase Price: USD 67.99
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 75.00
• My Rating: 9/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar

 

Having Chapter Master Marneus Calgar in the collection is a must for Ultramarine. He wears a big-size armour that arms with both a power fist and a built-in bolter. The figure has a bulky design with a beautiful emblem and decoration around the figure's armour plate. However, there are problems with the figure.

Product Information:-

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar
• Accessories:
1. 1x Marneus Calgar head
• Release Date: January 2023
• Purchase Price: HKD 530
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 69.99
• My Rating: 7/10

The common one is very limited articulations. In the Calgar case, the hip joint movement was blocked by the armour causing some problems in posing. Secondly, the paintwork is not as good compared to the Librarian, even to the Grey Knights. My biggest complaint would be the Marneus Calgar head is so poorly done. Looks like it was hastily worked on from the factory and the painting is far too different from the official promo. My eagle decor was affected (on the backpack) with a visible dirty gold colour in the photo.

Thirdly, the ‘Halo’ and the bullets at the bolter cannot be removed. Both of them are directly fixed. I see some community reported the ‘Halo’ is somewhat fragile and can be easily broken. 

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad Caddon Vibova

The squad team member is one of the four released Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminators squad series. I am happy to say the quality of the paintwork is the same as Castellan Crowe and comes with a beautiful design. Not only that, you can feel the weight when holding the figure, it’s like the figure comes with a die-cast part.

Product Information:-

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Grey Knights Brotherhood Terminator Squad Team Member Caddon Vibova
  
• Accessories:
• 1x Nemesis Daemonhammer
• 1x Book Tome
• 1 set of pairs of hands.
• Release Date: December 2022
• Purchase Price: USD 67.99
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 75.00
• My Rating: 9/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Ultramarines - Captain With Master-Crafted Heavy Bolt Rifle

This is an Ultramarines Primaris Captain wielding a master-crafted heavy bolt rifle and a power sword that comes with a sheath. The set only comes with a clock, and pairs of swappable hands. It’s a shame it doesn’t have the option to swap helmetless character heads because look a bit plain despite him being a captain. I may have to do mixing with other figures to upgrade his looks. Surprisingly, he is taller than the Librarian and comparable in size to Grey Knights Terminator.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Ultramarines - Captain With Master-Crafted Heavy Bolt Rifle
• Accessories: 
1. 1x Heavy Bolt Rifle
2. 1x Power Sword
3. 1x Sword sheath
4. 4x swappable hand.
• Release Date: Dec 2022
• Purchase Price: HKD 600.00
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 62.99 (MSRP)
  
• My Rating: 7/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K: Grey Knights - Castellan Crowe

This is the first champion character I wanted to collect from the Grey Knights wave 1 when I first saw it in the W40K: Chaos Gate – Daemon Hunters DLC. He has an awesome design quality and is beautifully painted. The awesome part about this set is you get the Black Blade of Antwyr which comes with a beautifully crafted effect part that you can optionally put together for display. His swappable head mod is also incredibly good and preferred over the helmet version.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Grey Knights Castellan Crowe
• Accessories: 
1. 1x Black Blade of Antwyr
2. 1x Sword Effect Part
3. 1x Helmet
4. 1x Crowe head
5. 1x Banner
6. 1x clock
7. 4x swappable hand.
• Release Date: Dec 2022
• Re-Run: March 2023
  
• Purchase Price: USD 69.99
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 79.99
• My Rating: 9/10

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K - Ultramarines Primaris Librarian Review

The Ultramarines Primaris Librarian is the second wave released in 2022 which I asked the Game Workshop local dealer to help me purchase when it was put up on the official website. Good articulation (limited), is nicely painted and the quality is better than the Mcfarlane toys. Sadly, this figure comes with a few problems like loose shoulder joints and side armour plating easily popping off.

Product Information:

• Brand: JoyToy
• Size: 1/18 Scale Action Figure
• Series: Warhammer 40K
• Space Marine Chapters: Ultramarines Primaris Librarian
• Accessories: 
1. 1x Force Sword
2. 1x Marine helmet
3. 4x swappable hands (two psychic painted power effect)
• Release Date: January 2022
• Purchase Price: SGD 90.00
• JoyToy Retail Price: USD 69.00 
• My Rating: 5/10

Locker Toys Premium Membership #1 – Box 2 is such a Bad Deal

This is very upsetting to find myself paying such a bad deal. Never crossed my mind there are no figures at all in the first place and that only getting exclusive helmets. The descriptions were not clear (it’s now updated) and put up the image with the first and second lots with figures. Before I proceed with the purchase, I also drop an email to inquire about the images just to confirm if I am getting any figures from the lot plus helmets. Well, one of them told me we will be getting either two lots with all 8x exclusive helmets. So what does this tell you? We are getting figures with helmets, right? Now, it’s nothing.
 

The price of box 2 cost HKD 980, which is a lot for just 8 exclusive helmets compared with other bundles that come with random figures valued at HKD 752. If I knew there are no figures or they choose to correct me on the question above, I would just go for random two figures from W40K Interceptors Set which is a way better value than getting helmets.

 

 

Yes, I already made my complaints to Locker Toys and shows the previous email response including feedback on the premium membership issue. I won’t be asking for any cancellation or demanding any refund and just continue to try out the one-year premium membership. For now, my biggest problem is the LTS reward points. It’s kind of a fuckup to see high and low reward points numbers for selected figures and not to mention, premium membership doesn’t get either double or any increase points. There are no differences from the normal membership so what’s the point buying premium membership?

Looking For Alternative Store for JT Warhammer 40K Figure Plus Membership

Did you know, JoyToy has released over 100+ Warhammer 40k Action Figures in 2022? This is an insane number of Warhammer 40K releases I have ever seen coming from them. Before I even post this, the T’au Empire faction has just up for PO and announced coming in Dec (next month). Not only that, JoyToy recently announced the Space Marine White Scars series too so expect more incoming. No one can imagine what is next again for next week and seriously hope they slow down during the Lunar New Year.

At the moment, I am waiting for the Grey Knight's arrival at Gundamit (Show.Z) and going to spend points to bring the price down a little. The exchange rate for the US dollar is still just too strong right now and sometimes reaching the point of closing one eye and cancelling the PO. Yeah, I did look into the Japanese stores. The problem here is that both Ami-Ami and HLJ are not carrying a lot. The older release is not even shown up from June until now so I don’t see any reason to PO there, especially since their price is higher. The good exchange rate is not helping either and huge lack behind the release wave.

I am now looking at the third alternative option from the Hong Kong side, Locker Toys. Their price cannot compete with Gundamit store and had no option to pay a deposit for any pre-order. However, the plus side, they give free airmail shipping if you order over 0.6 KG which means we save more in the shipping fee compared to the competitor. If you guys want to get more bargains, you may have to buy the one-year (fans-only) membership which offers VIP discounts and gifts including reward points. I was hesitant to go for it at first until I saw the HKD 980 bundle with a special Warhammer 40K exclusive set of 8 helmets that caught my eye.

The only confusion about the bundle is about the ‘First’ or ‘Second’ lot for the sets of 4 figures. The Locker Toys didn’t specify if we are allowed to choose or not. Maybe, until stock last. Anyway, I will just drop them an email to go for the second lot and see what the response is. Yeah, I love the Space Marine Captain with the decoration and the cape. The first lot is more of armies building unless I have a Land Rider (seriously, we need one!). 

Anyway, I will update you from time to time about my experience with the membership services status and the discount soon.

JoyToy X Warhammer 40K Is Getting too Corrupted

My emperor, Warhammer 40k release schedule by JoyToy for this year is not stopping. This is just too insane to chase when the USD exchange rate has been rising non-stop lately. My local bank right now today, is asking SGD 1.4428 lately which is just too high for me. I am putting my gas down focusing on Grey Knights and monitoring the daily exchange rate until it start goes down. If the exchange rate is not improving and continue to rise, there will no Black Friday shopping.

Joining JoyToy x Warhammer 40K Craziness

It all started with the PC game. From Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate to Dawn of War II, this is where I started to grow interested in the W40K universe and its story (always watched at YT 😂). I always hoped there will be action toys to collect but back then it was all about the tabletop figures. These hobbies are entirely out of the question and are just freaking expensive hobbies to invest in. Not to mention, you need to paint them. Gunpla is a way cheaper investment. Opsss…I hope I didn’t trigger the W40K fans but hey, it’s the truth 😙.

Getting the action figures is a different story. When it was first announced that JoyToy got the license to produce Warhammer 40K last year, I was filled with joy and happiness seeing the prototype in June 2021. These guys are well-known and produced high-quality action figures. The size of the figure itself is 1:18 scale, which is smaller than both Bandai and McFarlane current released as a 1/10 scale. The price is also in between the two but JoyToy price can go beyond Bandai depending on the W40K character and vehicle we are looking at. So far the Outriders bike is expensive, I rather invest in Dreadnought or tanks.

Originally I started with the McFarlane Toys version (only one, phew!) but the quality and painting are meh. There’s no denying that their price is always affordable and does offer a non-painted version for collectors to customize themselves. Too bad, I am not interested and already put up mine for sales on FB. Yeah, I know. The recent teasing first look of Darktide 40k action figures does look amazingly good. Nonetheless, I choose to stay with JoyToy brand. I may consider buying the Bandai version, depending on my budget and the character they intend to release. But I do hope it’s the Blood Raven because they are my favourite chapter of all.