Jazwares Fortnite Valkyrie

I was in my local Target, browsing the action figures, looking for the Jazwares Peely. I didn't find him, but came across this instead, so I picked her up.

Valkyrie is the first female Fortnite figure to be released from the Jazwares Legendary Series line. She comes with 3 different face plates, a battle axe, a hand gun, rifle, a pair of wings and slice of cake. As far as paint and sculpt, she's really great. The patterns throughout her outfit are very detailed. From her leather and armor, her blue braided hair and her shoulder pads and skirt. Even her axe has intricate patterns and etchings. In that regard, Jazwares did a fantastic job. Unfortunately, the goodness ends there.

While the 3 face plates are nicely detailed, the 2 normal faces look too much alike. Only in the eyebrows and lips can you notice a slight difference. The smiling face stands out much more. Nice as they may look, they have an issue.

Because of the sculpt of the hair in the front, the face plates, with their armored spike, can easily pop off. They will go onto the face well, but simply moving the head or brushing against them and off they'll fly. This could've been avoided by simple reducing the bangs in the front, or better yet, applying an indentation in the middle so that the spike could rest securely in it.

Due to the sculpt, the articulation is limited. The shoulder pads and skirt, while soft, get in the way. Had they put a cut on the sides of the skirt, it would've made it easier for the legs to kick further out and forward. She also has a lot of trouble standing on her own. The poses in the above photos took almost 5 minutes each to achieve, as she kept falling over, even in poses with both feet on the ground. Even trying to get her in a neutral pose took effort. As thus, despite having all the regular Jazwares joints, her articulation is lousy.

Detail and sculpt wise, she's great, but due to the crappy articulation, her poor ability to stand, and those face plates that easily fall off, her rating drops way down. It's a shame, because she could've been as good as some of their other releases, had they simply made a few adjustments. Ultimately, Jazwares Fortnite Valkyrie is a big disappointment.

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