True Legends

Videoviper · Mar 7, 2013

Found these recently at toys R Us. (No pictures on the website yet.)

Its basically a midevil version of True Heros.

Bought the Ceribrus hounds, They have Griffins that would be perfect for anyone making a beast Man 4" custom.

The also have Ninjas including some large scale vehicles (Ninja VTOL & Car.)

http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=true%20legends&origkw=true+legends&f=Taxonomy/TRUS/2254197&sr=1

What do you think of these?

K-Tiger · Mar 7, 2013

I believe the beasts, elves and orcs are Chap Mei, but I want to say the ninjas are different, or Chap Mei has downgraded on their sculpting.

I think the ninja VTOL is dangerously close to schooling Hasbro on how it's done, with some work.

Videoviper · Mar 7, 2013

Ya the figures for the basic 5 point movment.

Videoviper · Mar 21, 2013

Pict are finnally up.

The castle & Ninja VTOl arn't up yet.

K-Tiger · Mar 21, 2013

Good to see the Chap Mei wolves again in different decos. Can't imagine they wouldn't be aces for use with The Hobbit orcs.

NSA · Mar 21, 2013

Yeah I saw the Ninja VTOL a few weeks back.. it looked pretty good sized for what it was.

Meddatron · Mar 21, 2013

I may get the ninjas for alternate headsculpts. Will need to see them in person to decide if they are sized OK. LOTR lovers should buy these up for the orcs. They look like great background orcs. Just need a little paint.

G.I.*EDDIE · Mar 21, 2013

Mutated two headed wolves for Snow Serpents to ride!!

Videoviper · Mar 21, 2013

VTOL
EDIT: Better picts.

K-Tiger · Mar 21, 2013

There are some actual pics on HT. If the wings were longer and the nacelles rotated you could get some better props on there and be ahead of Hasbro.

The Willoughbian · Mar 21, 2013

The Cerberus looking wolves are pretty neat. Do the saddles come off?

K-Tiger · Mar 21, 2013

I believe they do.

Videoviper · Mar 21, 2013

The Willoughbian said:
The Cerberus looking wolves are pretty neat. Do the saddles come off?

Yes. The heads move too.

Psycho Joe Guy · Mar 21, 2013

The Ninja VTOL shows just how easy it would have been for Hasbro to scale up the Black Dragon to be more than just a single seat vehicle.

Slaymaker · Mar 21, 2013

Psycho Joe Guy said:
The Ninja VTOL shows just how easy it would have been for Hasbro to scale up the Black Dragon to be more than just a single seat vehicle.

pics of the size of this are here:

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/toys/319120-tru-true-heroes-ninja-aircraft-set.html

NSA · Mar 21, 2013

Those ninja star props need to die.

G.I.*EDDIE · Mar 21, 2013

Do the rotor heads rotate up vv?...and while that thing is kinda cool, the blades on it suck nuts...

Videoviper · Mar 21, 2013

I've only seen it in box, I stole the photos from Voldermort

fogger1138 · Mar 21, 2013

I'm digging the griffins.

the_Archivist · Jun 5, 2014

Since Boss Fight is bringing up the Greek Mythology genre these would make some good filler characters to go with them.

Iok · Jun 26, 2014

I posted a Review of the Legends Heroes of Olympus set a while back. It's a great set of really solid, retro-ish figures - especially for the price.

That Figures: REVIEW: True Legends Heroes of Olympus

Meddatron · Jun 26, 2014

That Medusa is pretty cool. I would have bought that set if I had seen it in store.

I got the Orc's a long time ago. Painted them up and they look decent with LotR figures.

Iok · Jun 26, 2014

Meddatron said:
That Medusa is pretty cool. I would have bought that set if I had seen it in store.

I got the Orc's a long time ago. Painted them up and they look decent with LotR figures.

Yeah, I have the Orc Raider/Wolf Rider set, too. The articulation is a bit weak (and the Orcs aren't a good fit in the saddles) but the wolves look awesome.

Monkeywrench · Jun 26, 2014

Iok said:
I posted a Review of the Legends Heroes of Olympus set a while back. It's a great set of really solid, retro-ish figures - especially for the price.

That Figures: REVIEW: True Legends Heroes of Olympus

Very cool!

the_Archivist · Jun 27, 2014

I love True Legends and Chap Mei figures in general. I picked up that Hydra and the Tree Warrior. I love the Hydra (If anyone cares his original release name was Kronox) The tree warrior is kinda disappointing because they didn't sculpt the back of it.

They have a new big red Dragon out called Darkfire that looks amazing. I can't wait to get him.

This isn't my picture but it was on the TRU website.
For scale:

Chap Mei also updated their website to include a new line called Dragon Legends that have some new Orcs, Elves, and Dwarves. I hope TRU adds them to the True Legends line.

K-Tiger · Jun 27, 2014

Better than the Smaug we aren't gonna get from The Bridge Direct.

the_Archivist · Jun 27, 2014

WHAT!!! We're not getting the Smaug they displayed box art for at Toy Fair. That seems so unlike them...

K-Tiger · Jun 27, 2014

That's more personal cynicism than anything else. They paired down their offerings for the second film, and I'll be surprised if TrU doesn't drop the line altogether.

And I still haven't seen a 4" Azog.

Iok · Jun 27, 2014

I bought the War Troll, too (same wave/price as the Treant) and it's superb. I love the retro feel of these toys and the sheer size just makes up for the limited articulation. But even with the few points of movement it does have, it's still really expressive.

the_Archivist · Jun 27, 2014

Yeah I love that War Troll. It's a great design. I'd love to see them bring over their big Cyclops too.

Iok · Jun 27, 2014

the_Archivist said:
Yeah I love that War Troll. It's a great design. I'd love to see them bring over their big Cyclops too.

I'm just a huge monster/creature geek so I'd be happy to see anything!

Dr Syn · Jun 27, 2014

I want that dragon.

But I still have hope that we'll be getting a large Smaug figure this year.

the_Archivist · Jul 8, 2014

This is the cave troll/cyclops I was talking about earlier. It looks to be 6"-8" tall

Iok · Jul 8, 2014

the_Archivist said:
This is the cave troll/cyclops I was talking about earlier. It looks to be 6"-8" tall

Ha! He's kind of cutesy but still awesome.

K-Tiger · Jul 8, 2014

Wonder if the head would work scale-wise on a Goblin king......

the_Archivist · Jul 10, 2014

K-Tiger said:
Wonder if the head would work scale-wise on a Goblin king......

That's not a bad idea, so far I haven't been able to convince ELC that they want to ship one to the US though...

here is a better idea of his scale

Iok · Jul 10, 2014

Nice.

I really want to grab some more True Heroes/Legends this weekend.

I think I just might...

the_Archivist · Jul 10, 2014

Iok said:
Nice.

I really want to grab some more True Heroes/Legends this weekend.

I think I just might...

The Greek ship is on clearance for 12.50 at the moment.

Here is a couple pictures I took of the Tree Warrior. It shows how its back is hollow.

K-Tiger · Jul 10, 2014

Tree Warrior looks like he would fit right in with the '90 Swamp Thing line.

Dropshipbob · Jul 10, 2014

the_Archivist said:
The Greek ship is on clearance for 12.50 at the moment.

Ahhh, who am I kidding. Even if I picked this up and spent a ton of cash stocking the ship with HACKS figures, it would all probably just sit around.

I'd have to get two ships and splice them together to make it look desent.

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