Joy toy actually looks more attractive to me. However, despite being aware of the Ultramarines for a long time I didn't really play the game, so I wasn't keen on collecting it. I'm a Comic book geek, and grew up with Marvel and DC, so naturally the 6 and 7 inch lines are the bulk of my collection. When I saw how reasonably priced the Mcfarlane Ultramarines were, and how I could integrate them into my collection, I gave it a go. If my collection was in the 1/18tb scale however, I would have collected Joy Toy. It's a scale issue for me at this point. It's too expensive to get both scales with all the price increase these days, but Mcfarlane keeps his prices consistently. And that made the difference.
I understand where you are coming from for sure. McFarlane from my understanding has always done action figures of comic books so I understand why you would stick to the McF action figures. I on the other hand, am very new to the action figure scene (but not 40k) and obviously because I need to create content, I buy all brands of action figures that are related to Warhammer. I think out of all the 3 brands that currently produce 40K action figs, JoyToy despite all its crappy painting, still remains my favorite.
@@SpruesNStuds Honestly, if I had the resources to buy all the different scales, I would. The Joy Toys are really very tempting, but I have to stay within budget. I like watching your videos though. After all, they are quite informative and also very interesting.
I collect neca Predators, and I searched for Space Marines to put them in a fighting position. I saw a Joy Toy, and I liked it very much, but the size is too small, unfortunately, because the Predators are 8 inches. I wanted to buy a McFarlane, but they lack clear paint.
JoyToy's painting is more detailed compared to McFarlane in general. Both of the action figure makers do have some painting issues with JT being a bit sloppy and McFarlane not putting enough paint on their figures. Either way, when you throw them in a display cabinet, these issues disappear when you are looking far away. In the end as a Warhammer 40k fan, I'm just glad that someone is producing action figures now!
@@SpruesNStuds Yes, after thinking, I decided to buy Black Legion, but there is a paradox in the prices. Some stores sell it at 52, and some sell it at 70, and I don't know why.
@@JN_KR20 wow, I have not seen that much price disparity between the same action figures. Almost online stores sell within $5-10USD of each other. I only own 3 Black Legion action figs and while they are solid, again, they do have painting issues (but take that with a grain of salt as I am a miniature painter by trade so my view is skewed)
For me its value for money so its hands down McFarlane. That said, IF Joytoy were to ever go retail with a retail price then I'd probably spend far too much on them to army build... as well as the Halo 4 inch since its the perfect scale.
Mcfarlane is better in my opinion. They’re in good scale with other 6 inch figures since Space Marines are larger than normal humans and the figures are a lot more affordable and customizable. Bought an artist proof Space Marine from Mcfarlane and had a blast painting him!!
tbh joytoy seems better if you dont want or cant paint yourself. I have seen mcfarlane space marines and have a ork myself but today arived 2 joytoy marines and the detail is so much better. Im really impressed by joytoy and will buy from them again
@@michaelfranzgarcia7769 But it is possible. Besides, I make those only for miniatures, big figures don't need that in my ophinion, except maybe a good background art on the shelf.
@@SpruesNStuds Should had made the list. Personally i rather pay less and paint some of the details myself. Sculpt-wise, the McFarlane one is as detailed as the JoyToy one but the missing paint makes it hard to notice.
McFarlane look very cheap to me, like normal toy from shop, the way how it is painted look like standard factory paint method that missing tons of details. If i have that on my shelf my friends will think i collecting toys not decorations.
Yes, I do agree with you. The reason why McF is so cheap is that they spend a lot less time with the painting and the detail on their action figures to keep the cost down. I do personally like the JT more in most instances but they do cost quite a lot more. I suppose you pay for what you get...
Lol, I did not forget about the Havoc. The reason why I didn't add the Havoc in this video is that it is not a 1:1 comparison. The Havoc is a heavy infantry unit and the 2 black legion marines featured in this video fulfill a troop role.
Not going to lie, yes some of the joints especially the shoulder joints on the version 1 figures are complete garbage. Thankfully JT did improve it with later figures.
Sculpture and body Scale mcfarlane win, color paint joytoy is good, mcflarlane could do more of this type, maybe a astarter, or just more chaos stuff, in my opinion, 40k original set body scale is not fit for realistic version, mcfarlane did it good, they got the experience and good artist working on that, joytoy scale look defference because they got a confused scale between the real one and the chess one, maybe some like it, but not work for me.
Hey there! Thanks for leaving a comment and engaging in conversation as I appreciate that! McF does make really good action figs. They are very true to the miniatures in terms of accuracy. I just wish that they would put a little bit more effort in color selection. If the colors were a bit more "appealing" then I believe that the McF would have won in my opinion.
For sure. Thanks for the suggestion. However, I have 100's of unpainted GW WH40K miniatures that I need to paint. So many unbuilt battle brothers that repainting is on the back burner for me. You'd be horrified to see the legions of "grey knights" that I have lol
Displaying my Chaos Marine with my Halo Reach and Halo 3 Spartans from mcfarlane is amazing! The scale is believable to me! Haha
Joy toy actually looks more attractive to me. However, despite being aware of the Ultramarines for a long time I didn't really play the game, so I wasn't keen on collecting it. I'm a Comic book geek, and grew up with Marvel and DC, so naturally the 6 and 7 inch lines are the bulk of my collection. When I saw how reasonably priced the Mcfarlane Ultramarines were, and how I could integrate them into my collection, I gave it a go. If my collection was in the 1/18tb scale however, I would have collected Joy Toy. It's a scale issue for me at this point. It's too expensive to get both scales with all the price increase these days, but Mcfarlane keeps his prices consistently. And that made the difference.
I understand where you are coming from for sure. McFarlane from my understanding has always done action figures of comic books so I understand why you would stick to the McF action figures.
I on the other hand, am very new to the action figure scene (but not 40k) and obviously because I need to create content, I buy all brands of action figures that are related to Warhammer.
I think out of all the 3 brands that currently produce 40K action figs, JoyToy despite all its crappy painting, still remains my favorite.
@@SpruesNStuds Honestly, if I had the resources to buy all the different scales, I would. The Joy Toys are really very tempting, but I have to stay within budget. I like watching your videos though. After all, they are quite informative and also very interesting.
@Antonio C De Chavez well thank you! I’m glad that you find them informative and thanks for the support 👍
I collect neca Predators, and I searched for Space Marines to put them in a fighting position. I saw a Joy Toy, and I liked it very much, but the size is too small, unfortunately, because the Predators are 8 inches. I wanted to buy a McFarlane, but they lack clear paint.
JoyToy's painting is more detailed compared to McFarlane in general. Both of the action figure makers do have some painting issues with JT being a bit sloppy and McFarlane not putting enough paint on their figures. Either way, when you throw them in a display cabinet, these issues disappear when you are looking far away. In the end as a Warhammer 40k fan, I'm just glad that someone is producing action figures now!
@@SpruesNStuds Yes, after thinking, I decided to buy Black Legion, but there is a paradox in the prices. Some stores sell it at 52, and some sell it at 70, and I don't know why.
@@JN_KR20 wow, I have not seen that much price disparity between the same action figures. Almost online stores sell within $5-10USD of each other.
I only own 3 Black Legion action figs and while they are solid, again, they do have painting issues (but take that with a grain of salt as I am a miniature painter by trade so my view is skewed)
@@SpruesNStuds I like that their colors catch my eyes right away and thanks I will see your videos
For me its value for money so its hands down McFarlane. That said, IF Joytoy were to ever go retail with a retail price then I'd probably spend far too much on them to army build... as well as the Halo 4 inch since its the perfect scale.
Not going to disagree with you on that one. However it would appear that McF WH40K collaboration has ground to a halt which is disappointing
@@SpruesNStudsthat’s sad. I was hoping for a clean generic ultra marine.
Mcfarlane is better in my opinion. They’re in good scale with other 6 inch figures since Space Marines are larger than normal humans and the figures are a lot more affordable and customizable. Bought an artist proof Space Marine from Mcfarlane and had a blast painting him!!
Nice! I haven’t seen a lot of the artist proof action figs being painted.
tbh joytoy seems better if you dont want or cant paint yourself. I have seen mcfarlane space marines and have a ork myself but today arived 2 joytoy marines and the detail is so much better. Im really impressed by joytoy and will buy from them again
Both are great, BUT McFarlane one has some SERIOUS presence on my shelf tbh
Nice! Im guessing that you were collecting McF action figures for a long time?
@@SpruesNStuds i got some of his first line ups such as Spawn, Dragons etc.
@@SpruesNStuds now i also have 6 figures of the w40k series
@@asdrubael1985 nice! I’ve heard that McFarlanes earlier action figs were packed with details compared to what they are now
@@asdrubael1985 Awesome to hear! Welcome to collecting plastic “crack.” Or plastic figs that are so addicting, you can’t stop buying them lol
The only thing of the Mcfarlane one that bugs me is the fact that his gun holding hand is that of a primaris spacemarine.
Personally I prefer the McFarlane one. Something with proportions of it just feels right. And that ancient bolter, yum.
Everyone has a preference and this is meant to be a light hearted comparison but I believe that I may frazzle the TH-cam’s with video lol
@@SpruesNStuds Both is good, bit big is gooder )
@@sablebubble4630 it's freaking hard to make transpot and diorama for big item
@@michaelfranzgarcia7769 But it is possible. Besides, I make those only for miniatures, big figures don't need that in my ophinion, except maybe a good background art on the shelf.
Hi, did you mention the price and the fact that one is double the size of the other?
I mentioned that during the individual reviews of each action figure.
@@SpruesNStuds Should had made the list. Personally i rather pay less and paint some of the details myself. Sculpt-wise, the McFarlane one is as detailed as the JoyToy one but the missing paint makes it hard to notice.
I wish the joytoy was larger to fit all my 1/12th scale figures!
Yeah it's tough. Each and every single one of these action figure manufacturers have their own scale of things.
I can see a daemon prince coming.🙂
That would be awesome if that were the case. Especially a demon Primarch!
McFarlane look very cheap to me, like normal toy from shop, the way how it is painted look like standard factory paint method that missing tons of details. If i have that on my shelf my friends will think i collecting toys not decorations.
Yes, I do agree with you. The reason why McF is so cheap is that they spend a lot less time with the painting and the detail on their action figures to keep the cost down.
I do personally like the JT more in most instances but they do cost quite a lot more.
I suppose you pay for what you get...
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Thank you! I appreciate the support
Mcfartlane is clearly the better value.😛
I’m am definitely not going to argue with that one for sure lol
u forgot about chaos
havoc bro!!!!!
Lol, I did not forget about the Havoc. The reason why I didn't add the Havoc in this video is that it is not a 1:1 comparison. The Havoc is a heavy infantry unit and the 2 black legion marines featured in this video fulfill a troop role.
@@SpruesNStuds u my warmasta!!!)))
@@sashasky717 lol I think I’m too much on the false emperor side right now 😂😂😂
JoyToy is loose and flimsy af, and WILL fall apart if you barely play with it.
Not going to lie, yes some of the joints especially the shoulder joints on the version 1 figures are complete garbage. Thankfully JT did improve it with later figures.
Sculpture and body Scale mcfarlane win, color paint joytoy is good, mcflarlane could do more of this type, maybe a astarter, or just more chaos stuff, in my opinion, 40k original set body scale is not fit for realistic version, mcfarlane did it good, they got the experience and good artist working on that, joytoy scale look defference because they got a confused scale between the real one and the chess one, maybe some like it, but not work for me.
Hey there! Thanks for leaving a comment and engaging in conversation as I appreciate that!
McF does make really good action figs. They are very true to the miniatures in terms of accuracy. I just wish that they would put a little bit more effort in color selection. If the colors were a bit more "appealing" then I believe that the McF would have won in my opinion.
Just use glanzer to remove this discusting paint and do it by yourself, it will be better so far. Trust me
For sure. Thanks for the suggestion.
However, I have 100's of unpainted GW WH40K miniatures that I need to paint. So many unbuilt battle brothers that repainting is on the back burner for me. You'd be horrified to see the legions of "grey knights" that I have lol
@@SpruesNStuds Courage man xD Emperor protect you agains't this heresy.