My Vote: Coolest New Action Figures of 2014 - Oritoy's Acid Rain World: The Last Line of Defense

    For those who are not familiar, Oritoy has quietly been making the best new action figures on the market.  Their product, Acid Rain World is founded upon a storyline taking place on a parallel Earth where in the wake of WWII, global fighting never really ceased.  The end result is a factional populace who now competes over scarce resources and in turn renew their conflicts.  The result on the environment is catastrophic pollution, the common foe that exists alongside the geographical ones.  Acid Rain World is one where mankind fights against himself and also the weather. 

     One interesting aspect of Acid Rain World is that of man and machine.  These machines appear to combine elements of both classic, human piloted Mechs and also Transformers as most vehicles can change into large robots while encasing their human pilots.  What should appeal to most though is these toys are being done on a roughly 1:18th scale and are fully compatible with all current  3.75 / 4 inch figures

Here is a good example of Acid Rain World Machines: A.K.A the Speeder MK 2

 

     Personally, while I've never been one for post apocalyptical story lines, especially when they have men in big robots running around in agonizing display of man's shortcomings, I will say the line is extremely well done.  In fact, I would go so far as to say that these are some of the best action figures I have personally seen.  Is articulation important to you? How about some 30 points of posable articulation? WOW!  Also, each one features removable gear for customization and army building, come weathered and ship in really nice collector grade boxes with foam inserts - very nice indeed.

 

 

 

Overall A Real Winner

      To my knowledge, this is one of the first toy lines to give 3.75" action figures big, armed to mechanical teeth, robots to rampage around in.  That they can transform and are basically collector grade quality with outstanding artwork and weathering right out of the box makes them a big hit and I look forward to what the new year will bring.