Glyos System Series
Item No.: No. n/a Manufacturer:Onell Design Includes:n/a Action Feature:Pops apart Retail:$10.00 Availability: July 28, 2019 Other: Not quite standard Pheyden but pretty darned close
I've bought lots of Glyos figures and some of them get reviewed immediately and some like Pheyden Regeneration sadly take while. Since they tend to sell out immediately I'm not necessarily in a huge rush - it's not like you can go buy it from the original source. Or eBay, much of the time. Produced in the low hundreds, these guys have been in production - in different colors - since 2007. The paint masks change, the colors change, and the plastic has been gradually tweaked until it had just the right amount of "give" so you can easily swap parts between releases.
Speaking of, this came from Wave 82 way back in 2019.
Pheyden is the star space traveler of Onell Design, who gets an occasional adventure in the form of a comic or brief animation. We don't know much about him other than he tends to be a particular shade of blue, sometimes mutating to different colors or finding his various panels remixed. The first Pheyden had some painted panel lines and a few gray elements, with eyes that were a little different with each new release. More recently, Onell Design have taken to changing up which panels get painted. This results in a fresher experience.
The 2 3/4-inch figure may well be one of the longest-running figure molds going. I can't name anything from 2007 that Hasbro or Mattel still have in production, minus an occasional retro reissue. There have been a lot of figures of Pheyden in roughly this configuration in the last few years, like Pheyden Strayline, Pheyden Prime, or First Pheyden. Along with occasional bonus gear like a vest, these figures have slightly different paint. Pheyden Regeneration here has unpainted boot sole that make him stand out, along with the bottoms of the shoes being painted.
The figure's design is more or less the same as it's always been, which is kind of amazing when you look at the toy aisles. LEGO and Playmobil figures are generally very similar in function and form year over year, and everything else tends to change a bit here and there. The Onell Design Pheyden mold has held up well - and sold out routinely - without altering the pop-apart swivel joints. As always, you can swap parts around for different poses or unique configurations. I was messing with this figure when taking photos and was surprised to realize I could get him to balance on one foot unassisted. It's a pretty versatile design which has been painted in scores of colors, each of which holding some different significance.
Is it worth re-re-rebuying this guy for slightly different paint masks? Well, I got one, but I don't have all of 'em. They're neat to see in terms of variation on a theme, and honestly I hope everybody can get one like this at some point (if they want one.) It's a sturdy figure that has somehow proven the test of time, plus has shown resilience in the face of the free market. People still love these guys, even if the articulation is - arguably - not particularly modern. It's durable, it functions, and I don't think I've ever had issues with these guys falling over. If you see a variation on Pheyden for sale at a fair price, I'd still recommend it.
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