Panda Mony Toys - Quillroy (Alter Nation)

Panda Mony Toys is a very recent toy company to the scene. They sell (at this time) a limited line of action figures based on their own created lore and min comics (a graphic novel is due out this summer though!). Their marketing is to focus on kids' toys that aren't repeats of the older generation of collectors have (GI Joe, Transformers, etc). To that end, they succeed really well in marketing something interesting with play features, accessories and enough posing to make it a fun toy.

The setting of the Alter Nation toyline is that of a team that has been created on a remote island called GK Delta Special forces by mixing traits of both animal and human genetics. They fight against the Kymera conspiracy while also trying to deal with a society that fears them.


This bundle of spikes is Quillroy. A mix of human, rhino and porcupine! He's a vegan, weightlifting bro-dude who doesn't back down from a fight. Judging from the comics he's got a friendly and at times intense attitude. The ultimate gym-rat. Gym-rhinopine!

He's a solid action figure that is nicely suited for play and also has a play feature: press either of the black buttons on his shoulders and he shoots up to 3 quills (one at a time). He's not particularly poseable but I do like his barbell and dumbbell chain weapon accessory!

Paint/Sculpt: 3/5 They did a pretty good job of creating a mix of colours to make the figures interesting and some variation in details on Quillroys costume, skin and face. The sculpt is pretty decent as well. I do find that the paint rubs off VERY easily, however, and I've barely used the figures, so for a kids' action figure that's not particularly stellar.  Another point is I wish the face sculpt didn't look like he was sucking on a lemon. The face sculpt from the cover art of the comic would have been preferable! Overall satisfying though and generally better quality than something like Playmates toys.

Articulation: 3/5 (17 points) In general with the Alter Nation toys, the articulation is all over the place and sometimes this is due to how the play features mechanisms are put into the figures. In this case, his single jointed knees and elbows don't offer much. The wrists are simple swivels but the ankles are ball joint swivels. Interesting! Limited range, but ok. The head is on a large ball joint that has some range where the waist has zero joints. The best joints are definitely the hinged elbows and T ball-jointed hips. He's quite limited and can't even really hold the bow well that he comes with.

Accessories: 3/5 The toys also come with quite a few accessories. In the case of Quillroy, there are mostly weapons: His barbell flail (very clean and shiny) and bow with 4 different arrow types. The bow is kinda just a bland gray unpainted plastic compound bow but does have a notch to hold the arrows. He also comes with a can of "Horse Bull" an allusion to Red Bull I guess but it sounds kinda rude! Anyway, it's his energy drink that required you to put on a sticker wrapped around a gray plastic cylinder.

Fun Factor: 1/5 I gotta say even though I like the concept and certain parts the fact you cant barely put him into any decent poses isn't great. He's got a neat look but has no dynamic look on the shelf. He looks good just standing with his barbell weapon, but not much else. I definitely am more of a fan of the other toys in this line.

Verdict: 10/20 I'd give it a pass for a collector. It's not fantastic but it definitely gets points for being an original creation being tested out there for the first time. For a kid, it would probably be something pretty cool, especially with the rocketing spines play feature.

All included!

that's as close as the arms get.
He almost looks like he finished pulling though!

Haha!

When your muscles (articulation) is too
bulky to eat or drink!

"Come at me bro!"