Mythic Legions Gorgo Aetherblade & Attila Leossyr 2 Pack Review - War of the Aetherblade: Tactics

In this video Bill reviews Mythic Legions Gorgo Aetherblade & Attila Leossyr 2 Pack from the War of the Aetherblade: Tactics Kickstarter by Four Horsemen Studios.
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[@ericwharker]

I'm SOOOO glad you like it Bill. Means a lot to mean to give back to someone that has helped me out so much. Thank you buddy!

[@DorkLair]

LOVE it! Thank you so much my friend.

[@mikemasi7513]

Outstanding Review …Gorgeous Figures…Truly Amazing 😎

[@NickDoobs]

Just opened my set up. I was blown away. Wasn't expecting to like them this much.

[@uncardedreviews9721]

This unboxing and figure review was a visual feast 👏😎 I don't think that it's an exaggeration to say that the FourHorsemen are consistently producing some of the most detailed action figures available today. The sculpts are amazing, but the paint deco is an extremely good value considering the low initial offering price of these figures, not to mention the addition of high-quality soft-goods: incredible! Rahmulus is my favorite recently released Mythic Legions figure, but once I have this 2-pack in hand, these will be a very close second, if not all three, sharing 1st place. Again, great 🎉review Bill 👏 thank you for sharing 🎉

[@DorkLair]

I love Rahmulus as well, one of my faves.

[@ArtGcollection]

Yes!! Got mine in too! Need to open as well and review! Extremely excited!

[@DorkLair]

Nice! I look forward to your review!

[@english26]

Thanks for the in-depth look! Your reviews are my favorite because of how thorough and descriptive you are! Keep up the good work! 😁

[@xer0vi]

Thanks for the tip on Gorgos Cape. I guess I was doing it right. But it seems to easily slide off the arm with posing so I was wondering. It also doesn't seem to stay on the hook. I'm sure I'll get a configuration that works.

[@LewisChristisonVids]

A pity the four horsemen didn't think to also make a new shield peg handle setup for the shields that's not as breakable and can plug into the back adaptors like the turtle shield can. I hope we keep getting more figures with Figma style face plates.

[@DorkLair]

That would be cool.

[@Laura-es7pw]

Speeding home to watch this on the big screen!!

[@DorkLair]

Enjoy Laura, thanks for watching!

[@hedgehogaction]

Wow! Fastest review in the East lol - let’s gooooooooooo 🔥

[@DorkLair]

Enjoy brother!

[@leebirdwell7783]

Great review! This pack and 6 of All Stars 5+ are getting delivered tomorrow. It's gonna be a great day!

[@DorkLair]

Epic haul!

[@Actionfigcollector]

As a new Legions collector, these are bona fide awesome! Thanks for the review

[@DorkLair]

My pleasure thanks for watching!

[@stevewegling8070]

Bill, the 2.0 updates are a favorite of mine. So far none have seemed unnecessary all added sculpt and paint in my opinion. Speaking of which the new Vorgus again wow. Fantastic review.✌️

[@DorkLair]

Can't wait for that Vorgus!

[@BrickSomething]

Can’t wait for these. Shipping. Great breakdown as always. ✌🏾➕✊🏾

[@batforcegrump]

I really like that Attila figure. Everything about it is so interesting.

[@DorkLair]

It has some very unique features.

[@batforcegrump]

I like the way they made the options for the head and shield.

[@thetoylocoschannel5393]

Great video! These figures are amazing! Thanks for the tips on the capes. We at ToyLocos can't wait until we have ours in hand! I have to tell you that Belphegor head on Gorgo looks insane in the membrane! Keep up providing great content! Psycho Ed out!

[@DorkLair]

Thanks Ed!

[@natestrong2187]

Excellent review per usual, Bill!

[@DorkLair]

Thanks Nate!

[@DavidSmith-vw5eg]

I really like that gladiator kitbash

[@curtismakerman]

Really great review. Thanks for all you do.

[@modanmardaanye]

Made my Sunday u did! Got 2 of these sets I pre-ordered, feels like 2 yrs ago.

[@DorkLair]

I'm pretty sure it was indeed two years ago lol. Definitely great to finally have in hand.

[@enduroslaven]

Another great review Bill! Great stuff!

[@DorkLair]

Thank you Tomas!

[@jacos.870]

Atilla looks so good with Balius

[@whitefriarnerd]

I missed this whole wave because I was ridiculously busy at the time, really annoyed about it now. I want this two pack and a bunch of the various legion builders (especially that deluxe female orc LB) but they're sold out everywhere. Fustrating, this review really shows how far Mythic Legions had advanced since the first waves. Magnificent figures.

[@uncardedreviews9721]

You might be able to pick them up from BBTS. The site is showing that only the Deluxe versions of this wave (with bonus) are "Sold Out." The standard versions are showing "pre-orders sold out" which in my experience with buying from BBTS frequently means that they will release the remaining inventory once all of the pre-orders are processed. I watched the inventory all weekend and purchased all of the Deluxe figures by continuing to refresh the listing. Hope this helps and good luck 👍

[@whitefriarnerd]

@@uncardedreviews9721 Cheers! I'll keep an eye on their listings

[@whitefriarnerd]

@@uncardedreviews9721 Thanks again for the heads up, I was able to order one when they went in stock briefly

[@uncardedreviews9721]

@@whitefriarnerd Excellent 👏😎 now that is good news 👍 I'm glad that you were able to get them,because this really was a really good wave. Cheers 🍻

[@ToyKennections]

Excellent! I just got mine today and was wondering how the capes go on. Thx for this.

[@Ocram_sokart]

I was so stoaked about these figures back in September of 2021. Now I can’t wait for someone to buy them from me on mecari.

[@DorkLair]

You should have no problem getting your money back.

[@Ocram_sokart]

@@DorkLair hope so. Same goes for cosmic legions. These are gorgeous figures but the time waiting kills the collecting for me.

[@DorkLair]

Assuming yours isn't one of the $250+ listings on Mercari and you are genuinely just trying to get your $100-140 (plus shipping) back, the 2 pack will sell very fast.

[@albertomorales7579]

Wow these are pretty neat 😲

[@DorkLair]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevinmboots7736]

I was going to ask about the neck. Great review!

[@BigDub]

Great review man! These are filthy.

[@DorkLair]

Thanks!

[@travisbolles9773]

Great video Bill!

[@DorkLair]

Thank you Travis!

[@drewchase6577]

@dorklair Are you selling Calavius' boots?

[@DorkLair]

No, calavius is only temporarily disassembled.

[@gonickyourself]

Good stuff Bill, looking forward to getting my rewards… sometime in 2023. 😅

[@kiltedcripple]

I'm coming at these with a slightly different POV than most. Both of these guys are kind of hitting on why I'm less and less enthused about Mythic Legions these days. I still like the line, but I'm nowhere near as devoted as I once was, and a lot of it has to do with these updated figures. The updates LOOK amazing, no question, no doubt. But I kept hoping as the line aged, our updates would yield more function, not less. But that's not what's happening. The cloth loin cloths are really the only victory for improved posability. It bums me out. The huge new pauldrons are great looking, but they kill the arm articulation almost entirely. How are you supposed to pose them fighting with all those cool new weapons? You know, the ones that are insanely huge and make the figures so excessively heavy that they fall over easily and makes the joints loose? Like that new hammer Attila comes with, much like the gorgeous hammer Nate's giant upgrade kit came with, is huge, gorgeous, ornate, and completely ruins the figure's ability to stay standing. Not to mention, with the pauldrons on, the figure can't really be posed doing anything with the wildly too heavy weapon. I had hoped, as things progressed, we'd see a modified torso to add range of motion, maybe alternate elbows or shoulders to help posing, soft pauldrons and hair that would allow better head and arm posing, that kind of thing. It'd be nice if we could get a torso or shoulder set up that really facilitated good archery poses, as they keep including bows, and they make sense given the fantasy setting. Look how great the Cosmic Legions look with their rifles, I wish Mythic could look that good with their bows. And the weapon weight is just getting out of hand. I have a bin full of the 1.0 hammers, because they're just too heavy, I had a pandemic of shelf divers until I took them off my figures. Now I have a half giant standing Captain Morgan style on his hammer because he can't ne power holding it up. He either shelf dives, or the shoulder/elbow sag under the weight if you try to pose him holding the hammer up, and to boot, the wrists don't really facilitate posing him as if he's swinging it anyways. I experimented giving it the very long axe handle configuration to give him a two handed grip, but again, he can't hold it up anyways, and his ankles still sag on the side with the hammer head. I'm leaning more and more into figures that pose better these days, and I'm shortly weaning off Mythic Legions just because I don't think they're gong where I'm interested in following. I already kind of resolved that Necronominus was my last all in wave, but for real, if they keep going this route, the "looks great, in a static pose" route, I'm more like all out. Please note, this is not a hate post for those who still love the line, or like the aesthetic heavy style were going towards. You guys keep enjoying these, no gem no foul. Just noting that for me this is not what my collection will look like moving forward. I tell you, the recent success that is AWOK was a really psychological shake up for me, they pose SO WELL, they kind of took my tendencies in collecting these days and made them laws. And then I've acquired several small company blank figures, ostensibly intended to be used with Mezco, but I'm having fun making them cloths and finding accessories to pair them with my Mythics, but it does sadden me when my VToys, GW Toys, Crazy Figure, or Nowhere Toys guys can get into these cool weapon or fighting poses that my Mythics can't. I love being able to snap shot a fight scene I can choreograph with actual fighting styles, and Mythic Legions just can't do that. I'm hoping Cosmic proves a little more possible for that kind of thing, they look good and using guns gives them more posing options. The cloth goods capes are great, they are a big step in the right direction because they can lend motion to the posing that the figures themselves fall a little flat on. But the capes can't do all the heavy lifting. It just makes me sad that to get the most out of posing a Mythic, you have to strip them almost entirely down. Final note, the recent Jada Toys Street Fighter figures feature this VERY soft plastic for Ryu's gi top, and the crotch cover, so the legs are super posable. I'd LOVE to see Mythic Legions move to hair and pauldrons made of a plastic like that so you could still pose the arms and heads fully.

[@DorkLair]

I think it's a very smart move to get out of Legions for anyone hoping to see someday see double elbows, double knees, butterfly joints, and other types of complex joints. That has seemed apparent to me for years now.

[@kiltedcripple]

@@DorkLair I agree, but I'm not even going that far. With some materials choices and divets cut into new pieces, sort of like what were seeing in the revised torso socket in the Valak chest, the range of motion could be improved without adding more POA. But yeah, I never thought we'd get double elbows or anything, I just want a little more flex out of the existing elbow joints. And to reiterate, soft pauldrons that preserved the range of motion in the existing joint would be in keeping energy what I was hoping for. Especially of the very ornate paulsrons, they have no give at all to keep the arms posable, and they rotate much in the back socket to show up or down posing. I much prefer the smaller softer oauldrons, again like we see on Valak or Duban. Like to give an example that really bugs me, I was super stoked for Apharius, he was hands down my most wanted in his wave. He gets here, I open him, Hurray, Huzzah... until I pit the bow in his hand and tried to raise his arms, or turn his head, so I could get a great mounted archer pose. He just can't. If you remove the pauldrons, they frees up his arms, but he will can't really reach across his chest, you have to fudge an angle. But you can't lose his head either. Soft hair should have in order to keep that ball as mobile as possible. And the figure went in a vanilla pose, near the back of my shelf, to be reserved as the prop a more posable figure sits on. That was a hard bummer man, especially as not much later, I lay hands on the Axy Toys carnotaurus, and he's so posable even with all the bits and bobs on him. Clearly, he's more articulated, so it's not a fair comparison entirely but that Sting of a figure that disappointed, followed closely by a figure that delighted, that's why I'm give off Mythic Legions. That, and honestly, space. Despite my complaints, I still love the property, I love the connection of figures I've assembled, and it bugs me to or any of them in storage, so at some point, I either have to sell off every other toy I own, or I have to stop acquiring. This feels like the right time to offboard for me, mostly. I'm still in on that dragon they've been teasing for years, I still want the bear they teased for Attlus, and I'm open to being wowed from time to time. But man, the bar to be wowed has come up significantly recently, Spero Toys is killing it, that not-warcraft orc from Mithril Studio is an instant classic, Loose Collector just dropped Monster Hyde... there's a ton out there competing for my interest/money.

[@DorkLair]

@@kiltedcripple Yeah those double elbows, double knees, and butterfly joints on the AWOK figures get fantastic range that's for sure. Definitely a better option for collectors who prioritize extreme movement.

[@uncardedreviews9721]

I think that this is a good point of conversation 🤔 I'm relatively new to seriously collecting Mythic Legions (going on my 3rd year now) and the lack of articulation seems to be a common concern with some collectors. Have you ever considered customizing your Legions and outfitting them with pieces that would increase their utility, for how you are wanting to use them? I enjoy Kitbashing, and modify most figures that I get to maximize my enjoyment of them. I think that Mythic Legions have a lot of potential for customizers. AWOK looks like a great line too, and I can't wait to get my hands on some Savage Crucible figures. I enjoyed reading about your experience with Legions and your suggestions are definitely something to think about 😎👍 Cheers 🍻

[@Cyberrat629]

I kept almost pulling the trigger on these when they were up for preorder but now I'm hoping BBTS gets some cancelled or extras so I can get one...*le sigh* lol.

[@DorkLair]

If you're vigilant, you'll snag one.

[@uncardedreviews9721]

They should be releasing some more stock once they finish processing the pre-orders. I watched the listing all weekend and picked up each of the Deluxe figures as they became available. Good luck 👍

[@joseelizondo3647]

Is Gorgo chest not removable like Baron V?

[@DorkLair]

It is removable. Sorry forgot to mention.

[@joseelizondo3647]

@@DorkLair I actually wasn't sure, glad to know!

[@robzamora79]

Does Atilla chest plate come off like Gorgos?

[@DorkLair]

No, Attila has the same chest as the original 1.0 wave figures.

[@giorgionasnaretto7615]

fantastic

[@Star-qc4br]

Hey Bill, are the large horns on the face Attila's shield removable?

[@UnknownFilipino]

Are these two the main two characters of the whole series?

[@DorkLair]

They are among the most important, yes. But there are some other big names including Attlus, Artemyss, Gideon, Skapular, and more. Also the various gods.

[@uncardedreviews9721]

Aetherblade figures are currently back in stock on BBTS 🎉

[@blacknightblacknightrpsandmore]

Dorklair his hammer name is Leossyr

[@DorkLair]

Yeah I know. I looked it up. This video is a few weeks old now.

[@jkhadem5729]

Leossyr should have came with an epic sword like aetherblade did instead of that lame hammer.

[@bud_kleric2771]

Otho 2.0!

[@kikepoveda7077]

No doubt that Cosmic & Mythic Legions are my 2nd favorite line in 1/12, the first one is Mezco By the way, that Conan figure, which brand it is?

[@DorkLair]

Mezco