I for one love all the new IP we're getting. It's not the 50th company that's gotten the Ninja Turtles license and is and is releasing their own version of the main four turtles. It's not Hasbro giving us our 500th Wolverine or Spider-Man. It's people telling new stories and giving us new characters that we can interact with, and attach ourselves to. It leads to new stories new Innovations, and creates an easier jumping on point for new fans.
I’m loving that there’s so many new companies making their own IPs and doing great figures for them. The industry needs competition in terms of quality engineering and designs so more people become aware of what’s possible and what is being accepted.
What an incredible looking product. Thanks for review Anthony. This is obviously a product that isn't from the Big Guys, and you can really tell. The detail in the paint and the décor impressed.
Really reminiscent of the Four Horsemen Seventh Kingdom figures from the early 2000s. Good stuff. And I appreciate new IP, especially when it's done well like some of the Fury Toys stuff, specifically the sharks.
I love new IPS, especially if it blends into a universe im currently collecting. Plus I love these new challengers to the game. More companies making awesome figures means more options for collectors and a wake-up call for the bigger names who are comfortable with not trying.
I can easily see interchangeable horns as a possibility for these figs since it would make sense considering the creature itself has different horn styles in it’s various depictions.
We really need some Bloody Roar figures. There's no way a small company can make a half human-half animal figure that good but no one has ever tried to take that license yet.
For a new IP, I really like how it looks. The muscle sculpt, paint and even articulation impresses me. Not even comparing to Hasbro, Tamashii Nations sometimes couldn't even give ab crunch without exposing huge gap in the torso from the front or back. Imagine if the bull head is customised into a Broly, it would look so good with this body.
I typically only stick with already established ip since I have more of an attachment to them and they’re easier to display than new ip. With that said, this Minotaur looks like a complete badass! I’ve been wanting some villains/monsters to display my hero figures fighting and I can picture this being an amazing figure to use. Especially for my Figma Link and FF7 play arts figures
I read it as "excess"Ray . Being Greek names I imagine these sound "tahlohs" and "Kahsohs". For new IPS I get them if I like it and I kinda fudge into something I already collect, like Castlevania for monsters
Bro, good on you with the Greek translation!! We are really close in our translations. You said Tahlohs and I said "Taalas". Those names are phonetically only separated by a vowel... which means essentially the same word (to really oversimplify it). I'm stoked someone else got it! ...and, youre the only other person Ive seen give an answer! LOL! Sik
Kickass figure. I personally really enjoy whenever they make mythical creatures; there are also tons of stuff in public domain these kind of companies could release: horror monsters, greek mythology, etc.
I question why anyone would dislike new IP, the more the merrier. Figures for everyone’s taste. You want superheroes, you get superpowers, you want scantily clad anime girls, you get scantily clad anime girls, you a giant Roman/Greek mythological bull man, you got it.
New IP/indie figures to me are some of the best right now especially compared to Hasbro and McFarlane, so it is nice to see reviews of these. I've seen you liked stuff on instagram that seems to be indie orcs or other mythical creatures, these would be nice to see reviewed.
Xesray figures all can be taken apart (theoretically) to take off all the armor/clothing and also to mix and match parts when on the same buck. Same with the initial offering of male gladiators, and same with the newer female gladiators. Obviously same with the minos. I don't really like their double-elbows, but as far as articulations go, they really do try to push the limits without involving stuff like drop down hips. I see them as a highly-articulated Mythic Legions. I have the female gladiators and the yellow mino and love them. They're going into viking figures and mythical druid type figures next, and that's very exciting.
love these. i got the two for 72 each since i pre ordered them a long time ago. i payed 90 bucks for the rhino one. They go pretty good with other things i have. I got a huge diablo figure in a display that have these xesray figures as minions.
Even if I don’t like most products from new IPs, it still means more products that I DO like than would otherwise exist. I actually own one Xesray figure; one of their female gladiators, because female figures, especially good ones, are so hard to come by
Huge thanks for this review. Really needed an archetypal minotaur for my display, and since this one gets the AnthonysCustoms stamp of approval, I really might buy this guy or his brother soon.
thanks for reviewing it, i t convinced me to buy it, im gonna pair it with my berserk armor guts to make photos, there are prcatically none apostle figures, so this will do
This figure is one of my favorites! Pairs well with the Gladiator figure from Combatants of Glory! I used this as a sort of Sayan Brahma Bull for a silly animation 😂
I have them both they are very good pieces on my collection, I have the brown one as my Dario Hagger for my asgard Display and this one on my gladiators display where difrent marvel and DC characters are powerless and wearing galdiators style custom, like superman wonder woman Batman ,Thor, Wolverine for example, fighting all the XesRay action figures, female combatants are very good too!
I'm still sticking with the $19.99 price for Marvel Legends. Currently the price is higher for less with the figure. That's part of why their sales are going down.
Wow, that's a big beefy unit! Looks great though. Perfectly good with new IP and as my main is Star Wars and there's not that many new figs each year I'm perfectly happy to grab anything new I like the look of. Eg, I grabbed the Romankey Gun Girl from Cyberpunk Edge Runners, as it looks awesome
For the QOTD, I'm interested with new IPs with cool figures (I would like to have figures from IPs I enjoy though). I like the material they use (nice hefty figure) and from my experience, the joints are smoother than what Axytoys uses.
I like to see new IPs but I hardly buy them because I don't have other figures to match with them (if that makes sense). There is one calles Ashura the Red Dem0n on BBTS that really tempts me tho.
Aside from the French version of the name "Thales", there really isn't a right or wrong answer per se, because it's a name from ancient Greece and we don't know exactly how they pronounced words. However, if you're talking about tte French incarnation of the name, it's pronounced Tahl, or Taal, because there is no "th" sound in the French language and also, "es" at the end of a name/word, is silent. I personally (knowing a bit about linguistics and phonetics) believe the Greeks pronounced it like Tall-es. So, I reckon via provided info, his name is pronounced either "Taal" in french, or in ancient Greek its probably "Taalez", or "Taaless. The one thing I AM certain of, is that it's NOT, pronounced the exact way it's spelled, like "Thayullz" (it's very hard to try annunciating via text. Lol!). I know that's a long answer, but you asked for a non guess and that's about as good as I think anyone besides the person who made the figure could answer! Lol! 😅 Sik
I like to see new IPs, especially the niche stuff. I can't afford all of it, but it's great to see. This guy, Furai Planet stuff, Axytoys, the original figures LooseCollector is doing etc. Funny that there's a notable focus on bestial or anthropomorphic animal figures across a few of these new/newer brands.
generally I don't get new IPs. I originally only collected figures that were video game related, but further branched out some from there. The only new IP that I started collecting is the FurRay Planet figures. They are so good and look amazing and are just unique and cool, so I couldn't resist. This guy almost fits in with them as well, so I may consider getting this. Only thing I'm not liking about the FurRay Planet figures is they are getting a bit too Eastern inspired characters. I was loving the Crocodile and Wolf and like the others, but want some that are not just ninja/samurai style
Lovely figure worth the 90 bucks like you mention is the whole wave of crappy Marvel figures but this guy has great paint, details and basically everything on this thing is worth it
Thales is probably pronounced Thay - Lees (Lees like Lee's) It's most likely based on Greek where in English the "e" at the end of words is pronounced like "Socrates".
I only collect Spider-Man rofl. But I still want to see these new IPs to be successful. With the amount of effort put into these, they deserve success, and if they're really good enough, eventually become mainstream collectibles. I will, however, back Rival Clans, not to kiss Anthony's ass, but because ninja are the coolest and there were never any ToyBiz level articulated ninja figures when I was a kid. And Rival Clans will finally allow that.
Yeah they are not exactly "new" since they've put out several gladiator figures years ago and a bunch of roman soldiers/gernerals as well. This figure and some other upcoming beasts are made to fight their gladiator figures.
The new ips from china are trashing the established brands. Not only are the prices reasonable, the higher quality, number of accessories, great attention to details and the consideration to use softer materials that make sense is so much better than brands like shf, mafex, etc
3 marvel legends LOL. You needed to mention your beloved hasbro, it´s stronger than you. I think if you would review an old MP5, you would still mention hasbro. Love it. Keep it up.
I have the sdcc 2023 red rhino version of this and I dig it. I have a bunch of the human figures and like those too. Hopefully they can keep the ball rolling
I don’t like any eye per. But seriously, I may buy 1-3 figures from a new IP but almost always loose interest. If I saw one of these in stores I’d maybe grab one for my army guys to shoot at while pooping their pants.
It's a shame that these indie companies are making all these awesome looking figures of IPs a lot people aren't familiar with while the companies making stuff a lot of people want are making terrible figures.
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Its a shame all the decent toys i want all cost $70 or more
Its supposed to be “Xerxes” but they are Chinese and dont have the best english. Easily my favourite figure in the past long while I ended up getting 4 lol. 2 for open and 2 in box and I also got the Rhino. I am more a fan of Kasos the brown but Thales is on display behind my Kratos
I for one love all the new IP we're getting. It's not the 50th company that's gotten the Ninja Turtles license and is and is releasing their own version of the main four turtles. It's not Hasbro giving us our 500th Wolverine or Spider-Man. It's people telling new stories and giving us new characters that we can interact with, and attach ourselves to. It leads to new stories new Innovations, and creates an easier jumping on point for new fans.
The new era is good. This guy will go well with any fantasy character
I’m loving that there’s so many new companies making their own IPs and doing great figures for them.
The industry needs competition in terms of quality engineering and designs so more people become aware of what’s possible and what is being accepted.
agreed
What an incredible looking product. Thanks for review Anthony. This is obviously a product that isn't from the Big Guys, and you can really tell. The detail in the paint and the décor impressed.
Really reminiscent of the Four Horsemen Seventh Kingdom figures from the early 2000s. Good stuff.
And I appreciate new IP, especially when it's done well like some of the Fury Toys stuff, specifically the sharks.
With a few modifications that could be a really good Hulk body.
It's pronounced ses-rey I think
I pronounced it as Sex-rey, lol.
@@ryantheanimator1156 its shess ray
sex-rex
Zes-tay
Cheese tray
I love new IPS, especially if it blends into a universe im currently collecting. Plus I love these new challengers to the game. More companies making awesome figures means more options for collectors and a wake-up call for the bigger names who are comfortable with not trying.
I can easily see interchangeable horns as a possibility for these figs since it would make sense considering the creature itself has different horn styles in it’s various depictions.
We really need some Bloody Roar figures.
There's no way a small company can make a half human-half animal figure that good but no one has ever tried to take that license yet.
For a new IP, I really like how it looks. The muscle sculpt, paint and even articulation impresses me. Not even comparing to Hasbro, Tamashii Nations sometimes couldn't even give ab crunch without exposing huge gap in the torso from the front or back. Imagine if the bull head is customised into a Broly, it would look so good with this body.
Aesthetics should of been 10/10 I don't understand why it isn't man
I explained it in the video
I typically only stick with already established ip since I have more of an attachment to them and they’re easier to display than new ip. With that said, this Minotaur looks like a complete badass! I’ve been wanting some villains/monsters to display my hero figures fighting and I can picture this being an amazing figure to use. Especially for my Figma Link and FF7 play arts figures
You should pre order a loosecollector the crypt great wolves figures they look amazing
im getting one of the wolves
@@AnthonysCustomswhich color do you think looks the best
I read it as "excess"Ray . Being Greek names I imagine these sound "tahlohs" and "Kahsohs".
For new IPS I get them if I like it and I kinda fudge into something I already collect, like Castlevania for monsters
Bro, good on you with the Greek translation!! We are really close in our translations. You said Tahlohs and I said "Taalas". Those names are phonetically only separated by a vowel... which means essentially the same word (to really oversimplify it). I'm stoked someone else got it! ...and, youre the only other person Ive seen give an answer! LOL! Sik
Kickass figure. I personally really enjoy whenever they make mythical creatures; there are also tons of stuff in public domain these kind of companies could release: horror monsters, greek mythology, etc.
This calls back to something Dark Horse would have made in the 2000s and I love it
I thought this was from Mythic Legions when you posted on your Community. Looks sick! 🔥
Anthony, an incredible figure. It could fit well into the fantasy side of my collection. Glad you reviewed✌️
I question why anyone would dislike new IP, the more the merrier. Figures for everyone’s taste. You want superheroes, you get superpowers, you want scantily clad anime girls, you get scantily clad anime girls, you a giant Roman/Greek mythological bull man, you got it.
New IP/indie figures to me are some of the best right now especially compared to Hasbro and McFarlane, so it is nice to see reviews of these. I've seen you liked stuff on instagram that seems to be indie orcs or other mythical creatures, these would be nice to see reviewed.
Xesray figures all can be taken apart (theoretically) to take off all the armor/clothing and also to mix and match parts when on the same buck. Same with the initial offering of male gladiators, and same with the newer female gladiators. Obviously same with the minos.
I don't really like their double-elbows, but as far as articulations go, they really do try to push the limits without involving stuff like drop down hips. I see them as a highly-articulated Mythic Legions.
I have the female gladiators and the yellow mino and love them. They're going into viking figures and mythical druid type figures next, and that's very exciting.
love these. i got the two for 72 each since i pre ordered them a long time ago. i payed 90 bucks for the rhino one. They go pretty good with other things i have. I got a huge diablo figure in a display that have these xesray figures as minions.
Even if I don’t like most products from new IPs, it still means more products that I DO like than would otherwise exist. I actually own one Xesray figure; one of their female gladiators, because female figures, especially good ones, are so hard to come by
Huge thanks for this review. Really needed an archetypal minotaur for my display, and since this one gets the AnthonysCustoms stamp of approval, I really might buy this guy or his brother soon.
You dont want to sleep on these XesRay figures
thanks for reviewing it, i t convinced me to buy it, im gonna pair it with my berserk armor guts to make photos, there are prcatically none apostle figures, so this will do
This figure is one of my favorites! Pairs well with the Gladiator figure from Combatants of Glory!
I used this as a sort of Sayan Brahma Bull for a silly animation 😂
Got mine today and (unsurprisingly) he's a beast! Nice quality, real heft in terms of size and weight and great shelf presence. Very happy :)
This guy look amazing. This company is seriously kicking ass. I would love if you review some of their gladiator figures.
There is also a red rhino version as well which I think is also still available that was some sort of convention exclusive .
Both these Xesrey Minotaurs are pretty great. They have a Rhino version too, but I'm not as big a fan of it personally.
i dont like the rhinos head/face
I love your work! You’re the only objective technical reviewer out there! Everybody else are just a bunch of clueless Yesman fanboys!
I love new IP if the figure is good and is a subject matter that interests me, like the Great Wolves coming out from Loose Collectors.
I have them both they are very good pieces on my collection, I have the brown one as my Dario Hagger for my asgard Display and this one on my gladiators display where difrent marvel and DC characters are powerless and wearing galdiators style custom, like superman wonder woman Batman ,Thor, Wolverine for example, fighting all the XesRay action figures, female combatants are very good too!
I like new things if it looks good. This minotaur looks awesome. If there was a good cyclops I could see picking it up for a myth shelf
It’s pronounced Zes•ray and I have both of these figures. They’re absolutely amazing and pair PERFECTLY with the Brotoys Deicide of War.
Minotaurs are so cool definitely have to see about getting this
Fingers crossed for a size comparison with NECA God of War 3 Kratos
I'm still sticking with the $19.99 price for Marvel Legends.
Currently the price is higher for less with the figure.
That's part of why their sales are going down.
If you love this you might like the Hero Toys Demon Hunter “Illidan”. That one looks awesome
New IPs are always fun.
Hopefully the quality of the figures is good.
It's always fun to have some interesting new diesigns.
Wow, that's a big beefy unit! Looks great though.
Perfectly good with new IP and as my main is Star Wars and there's not that many new figs each year I'm perfectly happy to grab anything new I like the look of. Eg, I grabbed the Romankey Gun Girl from Cyberpunk Edge Runners, as it looks awesome
I have both versions along with the LA-CON rhino and they are definitely amazing figures to own.
It's a bit fun a bull-man called Thales, since is a very common name here in Brazil. But it makes sense a minotaur with a greek name.
For the QOTD, I'm interested with new IPs with cool figures (I would like to have figures from IPs I enjoy though).
I like the material they use (nice hefty figure) and from my experience, the joints are smoother than what Axytoys uses.
I like to see new IPs but I hardly buy them because I don't have other figures to match with them (if that makes sense). There is one calles Ashura the Red Dem0n on BBTS that really tempts me tho.
Aside from the French version of the name "Thales", there really isn't a right or wrong answer per se, because it's a name from ancient Greece and we don't know exactly how they pronounced words. However, if you're talking about tte French incarnation of the name, it's pronounced Tahl, or Taal, because there is no "th" sound in the French language and also, "es" at the end of a name/word, is silent. I personally (knowing a bit about linguistics and phonetics) believe the Greeks pronounced it like Tall-es. So, I reckon via provided info, his name is pronounced either "Taal" in french, or in ancient Greek its probably "Taalez", or "Taaless. The one thing I AM certain of, is that it's NOT, pronounced the exact way it's spelled, like "Thayullz" (it's very hard to try annunciating via text. Lol!). I know that's a long answer, but you asked for a non guess and that's about as good as I think anyone besides the person who made the figure could answer! Lol! 😅 Sik
I like new, creative IP but they're a lot more expensive so it's hard to afford them. They have less stock too
Very glad Anthony is considering 3rd party figures now
This wouldn’t be a 3rd party figure, it’s a new line, with ties to its own story.
I like to see new IPs, especially the niche stuff. I can't afford all of it, but it's great to see. This guy, Furai Planet stuff, Axytoys, the original figures LooseCollector is doing etc. Funny that there's a notable focus on bestial or anthropomorphic animal figures across a few of these new/newer brands.
I'd love to pair this up with a Wonder Woman figure but at that price I sadly can't. Great review though!
Some customizers are using this figure to customize ps5 venom which is a genius idea and it got me doing the custom
generally I don't get new IPs. I originally only collected figures that were video game related, but further branched out some from there. The only new IP that I started collecting is the FurRay Planet figures. They are so good and look amazing and are just unique and cool, so I couldn't resist. This guy almost fits in with them as well, so I may consider getting this. Only thing I'm not liking about the FurRay Planet figures is they are getting a bit too Eastern inspired characters. I was loving the Crocodile and Wolf and like the others, but want some that are not just ninja/samurai style
I really hope he doesent sell out before i can get him. Id like to use him as a nosferatu zodd in my collection so i can match him with my guts figure
I asume it's pronounced "zes-ray". A bit like Xerxes.
How long does the soft PVC plastic last?
Will it eventually warp or disintigrate over time?
Lovely figure worth the 90 bucks like you mention is the whole wave of crappy Marvel figures but this guy has great paint, details and basically everything on this thing is worth it
Thales is probably pronounced
Thay - Lees (Lees like Lee's)
It's most likely based on Greek where in English the "e" at the end of words is pronounced like "Socrates".
Or a shield would go nicely with it as well
I only collect Spider-Man rofl. But I still want to see these new IPs to be successful. With the amount of effort put into these, they deserve success, and if they're really good enough, eventually become mainstream collectibles.
I will, however, back Rival Clans, not to kiss Anthony's ass, but because ninja are the coolest and there were never any ToyBiz level articulated ninja figures when I was a kid.
And Rival Clans will finally allow that.
Yeah they are not exactly "new" since they've put out several gladiator figures years ago and a bunch of roman soldiers/gernerals as well. This figure and some other upcoming beasts are made to fight their gladiator figures.
11:18 Not sure if it's good PVC or just the concentrate.
This Minotaur certainly looks beefy.
Man that looks badass
I’m Excited to get this one 😁
Anthony "super critical" customs 😂 love your reviews, man, looking forward to purchasing at least one of yours, that spawn was fire 👍🏼
Glad you like them! Thanks
I love new IP, but i cant afford to dip into them all.
You forgot to mention his mace
I talked about evening that came in the package
Isn’t it technically a mornings star?
@@AnthonysCustomsyou were excited/interested 😉 new IP and toy(whether it was evening or not)😏
I heard at a convention at the booth. It's pronounced Zes-Ray
Those spikes are seriously sharp. Be careful guys.
True
The new ips from china are trashing the established brands.
Not only are the prices reasonable, the higher quality, number of accessories, great attention to details and the consideration to use softer materials that make sense is so much better than brands like shf, mafex, etc
I generally stay away from new IPs unless they fit with something else I already collect. I don't have the space for random stuff
I don't either but a werewolf and a minotaur are still cool pieces too have.
I do wish the hooves worked better, they add a bit too much height. Still an amazing figure though!
I love new IP.
Excelente
100 x better than hasbro
But also 100x more expensive
3x
Got mine for 50 before and now the exlusive is going for 60 :)
looks good
3 marvel legends LOL. You needed to mention your beloved hasbro, it´s stronger than you. I think if you would review an old MP5, you would still mention hasbro. Love it. Keep it up.
They are the largest action figure company. Who should i reference in comparison?
@@AnthonysCustoms it´s your beloved hating company, that´s what i said. I only see your videos because you hate on hasbro. Love it.
I have the sdcc 2023 red rhino version of this and I dig it. I have a bunch of the human figures and like those too. Hopefully they can keep the ball rolling
I have the brown version of this also the red rhino, really like these
I will wait my dear antony review from new Vegeta Scouter sh figuarts and Kiewi sh figuarts
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really awesome piece. I want to see the human figures they're super cool. The chicks look dummy thicc and you can talk about butts again LoL
I don’t like any eye per. But seriously, I may buy 1-3 figures from a new IP but almost always loose interest. If I saw one of these in stores I’d maybe grab one for my army guys to shoot at while pooping their pants.
It's a shame that these indie companies are making all these awesome looking figures of IPs a lot people aren't familiar with while the companies making stuff a lot of people want are making terrible figures.
Its a shame all the decent toys i want all cost $70 or more
MAFEX Ban review?
Review one of the female fugures
What is ip?
Intellectual property. Probably better to Google than to wait for a yt comment response though. Much faster.
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dang took you this long to get this lol :D
There's a typo in your username.
@@AnthonysCustoms 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did you get Fei Long yet?
@AnthonysCustoms been focused on warhammer by joytoy I'm obsessed.
Its pronounced as xesray 😂😂
thats what i was thinking
First
Can you start doing a size comparison segment b4 your score
Im guessing you didn't watch the whole video and skipped around
He literally does😂
Its supposed to be “Xerxes” but they are Chinese and dont have the best english. Easily my favourite figure in the past long while I ended up getting 4 lol. 2 for open and 2 in box and I also got the Rhino. I am more a fan of Kasos the brown but Thales is on display behind my Kratos
They are working on their next female body, might want to grab one from 5k toys when It goes up for preorder