I’m committing myself to getting through the first assortment of Cosmic Legions figures in a timely manner, so as not to create the backlog problem, I had with Mythic Legions. Heck, I still haven’t opened that last wave of Mythic Legions and I really want to get around to it sooner or later. As for Cosmic Legions, so far I’ve checked out Kraggnar and both versions of Olek Thygar. Today, I thought I’d tackle two of the ladies in the line with Vorgga and Zeerian Spyre!

As we saw last time, T4H have switched to using window boxes, which I like. The boxes are colorful, have dedicated character art, and blurbs about the story and character on the side panels. On the downside, the extras are all stored on a tray mounted inside the bubble. I’m not a fan of this, as they are a pain to get out and they leave a lot of open space on the trays. Just look at all that void in Zeerian’s packaging. It’s deceptive because she does come with a lot of goodies and I think the presentation would look better with them placed all around her. But, who knows if I’ll still have these boxes in a month or so, so it’s no big deal to me. Let’s start with Vorgga.

Vorgga looks like a badass, and that’s because she’s kind of a space special forces agent for the Interorbital Perimeter Guard. As such, she’s clad in a pretty cool suit of space armor. Her muscular arms are left exposed, she’s got shoulder pieces that peg into the back just like the Mythic Legions line uses, and a belt with lots of pouches, each with individually painted straps and buckles. The detail on the armor is quite nice, and most of it has a rounded and organic shape to it. She also has a rather large backpack, which is removable and works with her weapon, which we’ll see in a bit. The mix of teal and silver looks great on this figure and you also get some copper paint hits. I like the gradient colors on display in the boots, and there’s some brushed weathering on the shoulders.

You get two head sculpts to choose from, one with a breather mask and one without, both of which are quite beautiful. Vorgga has sculpted markings all over her face with a tan and red deco and various bright blue panels that match her blue pupiless eyes. Her skull is elongated in the back and terminates with a bound ponytail, and she has long pointed goblin-like ears. It’s a very distinctive looking portrait with some striking colors.

The head with the breather mask looks slightly angrier in the eyes and the lower half of the face and cheeks are encompassed by the mask, which looks absolutely phenomenal. As much as I dig the first head, I think I’ll be displaying her with this masked version most of the time.

Vorgga also has a rather distinctive tattoo printed on her upper left arm, which I think is a really cool touch.

Vorgga does not come with a lot of stuff, but she she goes for quality over quantity with an enormous heavy blaster. Yes, this is a slightly modified version of the jackhammer-like digging tool we saw bundled with Olek. This time it has a dual barrel on the front and a slot on the side to feed in what is either a charging cable or some kind of belt-fed ammo. The other end plugs into the bottom of the backpack, so I’d like to assume it’s just a big ass battery to power that gun.

The positioning of the wide ammo belt can sometimes be at odds with her legs, but it works OK most of the time. It’s possible that feeding it into the side would have worked better, but I’m no space weapon engineer, so who am I to nitpick the design? Either way she looks amazing when she’s wielding this thing and I can just imagine her clearing out entire corridors of rampaging alien scum.

Just like with the Olek figures, here you get a set of clear rod-like pegs that can fit into ports on the figure to secure things, but Vorgga really doesn’t have anything to secure to them. I don’t really see a use for the ones on her gauntlets, but you can use them on the backpack ports to attach the gun by pegging it into the slot for the ammo belt. I’m not sure if this was intended, but it works really well and despite the weapon’s big heft, she can take the weight just fine without toppling over.

Wow, do I love this figure! I dig the alien anatomy of her portrait and her armor is just gorgeous. A few more extras would have been nice, but there’s a lot of plastic in that heavy blaster, backpack and ammo belt, so I get it. At first I assumed Vorgga was meant to be some kind of security force for the prison, but having reviewed the narrative, I guess she was thrown into the GraveRing as well. Granted, I don’t hang too much on the narrative, I’m just here for the figures and I do hope we get some more Edgehounders like her in the line. Next up… let’s look at Zeerian Spyre!

Zeerian has one of the most intriguing backgrounds in the narrative. A disgruntled scientist, she fled her homeworld and joined up with a mysterious organization called The Mortal Thorn, which ultimately landed her in the prison. The base figure here is pretty simple compared to Vorgga, but she makes up for it with more gear and some softgoods. The bulk of the body is a smooth bodysuit with a sculpted tabard sort of piece running from the shoulders down the center of her torso and connecting with the belt. The suit is mostly gray with the tabard being very light brown. The belt has a big buckle and lots of pouches on the sides and back. Her gauntlets and boots are really cool in that they have an angular sci-fi look to their sculpt, but are painted brown to look a little more pedestrian. I really dig the pieces at the top back of the boots which look like some kind of jump jets. My only real gripe here is that the sockets and slot in her back are very exposed and unsightly, but we’ll see some fixes for that in a bit.

You get two head sculpts here, with the main difference being the hair style. One has the left side sculpted all tidy and brushed back while the right side is grown long and cascades over that side of her face. The portrait itself is pretty with some soft features. The blue skin tone looks good and the spots are nice as well. The second head has the bulk of the hair on the right side of down to just a single group of strands, allowing you to see more of her face.

You also get a breather mask, which unlike Vorgga’s is an actual accessory and can be used on either head, but I find it works best on the second one. It looks cool, but it’s only held on by friction and has a habit of sliding off from time to time.

And then there’s the softgoods poncho, which I have mixed feelings about. It’s a nicely tailored piece with a hood and a large emblem on the back. Probably the best thing about it is that it has wires running through all the edges so you have plenty of opportunities to shape it as you want it. I plan on exploring it’s potential some more, but for now I’m probably going to display the figure without it.

You may remember that Olek came with a hologram piece for his gauntlet, and Zeerian sees a return to that with a translucent purple ringed planet. I love this effect and I’d be interested in T4H selling just a pack of these in different colors and sculpts.

As for weapons, Zeerian comes with the same pair of pistols we saw with Olek. These are great sculpts, but one running gripe with me and this assortment of figures is the heavy reuse of accessories. At least they are cast in a new color. Once again you can use the clear peg rods to attach them to the ports on the figure, and I think these look pretty good positioned back just behind her hips. Zeerian only comes with two sets of hands and they are both trigger-finger hands. The only difference is in the hinge where one rocks forward and back and the other side to side.

Her main weapon is this banger of a sniper rifle, which can be pegged into her back using the clear rods or by using the sling. If you go with the pegs, it actually attaches in the holes that are normally used for these figures’ shoulder armor, but since Zeerian doesn’t come with any shoulders, it’s a good opportunity to use them for something. The rifle is massive, measuring longer than Zeerian is tall. It’s packed with detail in the sculpt and the stock even has a bit of a woodgrain to the sculpt. The sling has a working clasp and the scope can be removed.

It’s a little tough to get her to shoulder it because it’s such a long boi, but I think it works. I’m guessing this thing has some pretty impressive reach.

While Zeevian is definitely one of the less complex looking figures in this assortment, I really love how she turned out and I have had a great time playing around with her. I think she packs a lot of personality, and that’s saying something considering the rather unique makeup of this assortment’s characters.

With five figures down, I have so far been absolutely delighted by Cosmic Legions’ debut. While the DNA doesn’t stray far from what makes Mythic Legions so great, this line wasted no time in developing a personality all its own. I’m almost at the halfway mark, and next week I’m going to bust out this wave’s biggest brute of them all!